Dr. Lauren Platt Cook, MD

Dr. Cook practices at University Hospital (MU Health Care) in Columbia, Missouri.

Dr. Cook's NPI, 1275829764, was assigned on June 22, 2011. Dr. Cook graduated from University of South Alabama College of Medicine in 2011. Dr. Cook holds Missouri license 2016018772.

Dr. Cook's primary practice is University Hospital (MU Health Care), at 1 Hospital Dr, Columbia, MO 65201 in Boone County. The practice phone is (573) 882-4141.

Dr. Cook's primary practice is University Hospital (MU Health Care) in Columbia, Missouri. Dr. Cook is also affiliated with University Hospital. The medical group on file is University of Missouri Health Care. Dmand AI also links Dr. Cook to 3 more hospitals and 1 home health agency, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Cook practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Cook's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dr. Cook is licensed in Missouri.

CMS data shows 515 Medicare services from Dr. Cook across 9 procedure codes in 2024, for 264 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $66,940 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 264 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Cook in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 125 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. 10% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.05, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Cook's median patient age at 73, with 61% women.

In 2024, Dr. Cook wrote 440 Medicare Part D claims for 192 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 413 of them, across 7 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $2,749 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 173 claims across 5 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 80 out of 100 for Dr. Cook for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Cook accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 36 procedures of knee replacement by Dr. Cook, more than 70% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Removal of tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

CMS Open Payments shows 75 general payments to Dr. Cook from 20 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Education make up the largest share, 43% of the total. Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. paid the most, $2,263.

Dr. Cook graduated from University of South Alabama College of Medicine in 2011.