Dr. James A. Garrity, MD

Dr. Garrity practices at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls, Minnesota.

Dr. Garrity's NPI, 1497734958, was assigned on January 12, 2006. Dr. Garrity graduated from University of Minnesota Medical School in 1980. Dr. Garrity holds Minnesota license 26232.

Dr. Garrity's primary practice is Lake Region Healthcare, at 712 S Cascade St, Fergus Falls, MN 56537. The practice phone is (218) 736-8341.

Dr. Garrity's primary practice is Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Dr. Garrity is also affiliated with Elbow Lake Medical Center. The medical group on file is Lake Region Healthcare. Dmand AI also links Dr. Garrity to 1 more hospital, named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Garrity practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Ophthalmology is Dr. Garrity's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207W00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Garrity's licenses on file in 6 states: Minnesota, Arizona, Florida, Iowa, North Dakota and Wisconsin.

CMS data shows 182 Medicare services from Dr. Garrity across 6 procedure codes in 2024, for 136 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $17,198 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 136 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Garrity in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 54 patients. 68% of them have high blood pressure, and 68% have high cholesterol. 14% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.29, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Garrity's median patient age at 75, with 66% women.

In 2024, Dr. Garrity wrote 99 Medicare Part D claims for 40 patients. 77% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 77 of them, across 4 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $11,146 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 14 claims across 1 drug.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 89 out of 100 for Dr. Garrity for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. CMS counts 22 procedures of cataract surgery by Dr. Garrity, more than 47% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Melanoma (skin cancer) excision: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Removal or shaving of skin growth: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Skin biopsy: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 53 papers to Dr. Garrity, published from 2012 to 2025. 2019 was the busiest year, with 6. The most frequent topics are Graves Ophthalmopathy, Orbital Diseases and Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Dr. Garrity has published most often in Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. Dr. Garrity's most frequent co-authors are Andrea Tooley, Laurence J. Eckel, MD and John Jing-Wei Chen, MD, PhD.

CMS Open Payments shows 15 general payments to Dr. Garrity from 2 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2024. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 99% of the total. Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation paid the most, $10,520.

Dr. Garrity graduated from University of Minnesota Medical School in 1980.