Dr. Laurel A. Cushing, MD

Dr. Cushing practices at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, part of Sutter Health.

Dr. Cushing's NPI, 1659579324, was assigned on July 4, 2007. Dr. Cushing holds Minnesota license 46340.

Dr. Cushing's primary practice is Abbott Northwestern Hospital, at 800 East 28th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55407 in Hennepin County. The practice phone is (612) 863-4000.

Dr. Cushing's primary practice is Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, part of Sutter Health. Dr. Cushing is also affiliated with Mercy Hospital. The medical group on file is Buffalo Hospital. Dmand AI also links Dr. Cushing to 1 more group practice or clinic, 1 home health agency and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Cushing practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Infectious disease is Dr. Cushing's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RI0200X. Dmand AI has Dr. Cushing's licenses on file in 2 states: Minnesota and Virginia.

CMS data shows 476 Medicare services from Dr. Cushing across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 185 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $39,738 for them.

CMS counts 185 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Cushing in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 60 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 69% have high cholesterol. 29% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 3.24, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Cushing's median patient age at 61, with 47% women.

In 2024, Dr. Cushing wrote 320 Medicare Part D claims for 85 patients. 95% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 191 of them, across 10 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $6,437 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 410 claims across 19 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 86 out of 100 for Dr. Cushing for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Cushing accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Cushing as offering telehealth.

Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Cushing, published from 2016 to 2017. Dr. Cushing's most frequent co-authors are Rohit M. Modak, MD, Ian Ainsley Seemungal, MD and Hana Akselrod, MD, MPH.

CMS Open Payments shows 7 general payments to Dr. Cushing from 3 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2022. Education make up the largest share, 69% of the total. Insmed, Inc. paid the most, $81.