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Dr. David Joshua Merriman, MD
NPI1245434828PAC ID0648304394
- Medicare services, 2024
- 396
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 171
- Part D claims, 2024
- 93
- Publications
- 3
- Hospital affiliations
- 2
- Practice address
- 1235 E Cherokee St, Springfield, MO 65804
- Practice phone
- Call (417) 820-2000
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Mercy Hospital Springfield & Children's Mercy
Springfield, Missouri
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Dr. David Joshua Merriman is an orthopaedic trauma physician in Springfield, Missouri
Dr. Merriman practices at Mercy Hospital Springfield & Children's Mercy in Springfield, Missouri.
Dr. Merriman's NPI, 1245434828, was assigned on June 14, 2007. Dr. Merriman holds Missouri license 2010013500.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1245434828NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 0648304394
- NPI enumeration date
- June 14, 2007
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (417) 820-2000
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 47
- Medical school graduation
- 2005
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. David Joshua Merriman practices at Mercy Hospital Springfield & Children's Mercy in Springfield, Missouri
Dr. Merriman's primary practice is Mercy Hospital Springfield & Children's Mercy, at 1235 E Cherokee St, Springfield, MO 65804 in Greene County. The practice phone is (417) 820-2000.
- Mercy Hospital Springfield & Children's Mercy1235 E Cherokee St, Springfield, MO 65804 · Greene CountyPhone(417) 820-2000
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. David Joshua Merriman is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Merriman's primary practice is Mercy Hospital Springfield & Children's Mercy in Springfield, Missouri. Dr. Merriman is also affiliated with Mercy Hospital Springfield. The medical group on file is Mercy Clinic Family Medicine - Hollister. Dmand AI also links Dr. Merriman to 1 more hospital, named with a free account.
Mercy Hospital Springfield & Children's MercyPrimary
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. David Joshua Merriman's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Merriman practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Mercy Hospital Springfield & Children's Mercy | Available with a free account |
| +2 more affiliated sites | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. David Joshua Merriman is one of 26 orthopaedic trauma physicians in Missouri
Orthopaedic trauma is Dr. Merriman's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207XX0801X. Dr. Merriman is licensed in Missouri.
Specialties and state licenses
- Orthopaedic trauma, MissouriPrimary
Orthopaedic trauma physicians near Dr. Merriman
Counts of orthopaedic trauma physicians with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
26orthopaedic trauma physicians in Missouri
6orthopaedic trauma physicians in Springfield
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. David Joshua Merriman billed Medicare for 396 services in 2024
CMS data shows 396 Medicare services from Dr. Merriman across 8 procedure codes in 2024, for 171 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $37,624 for them.
Medicare services, 2024396
Medicare patients171
Paid by Medicare$37,624
Procedure codes8
Dr. Merriman's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Imaging
- 2023: 3532024: 3326%
- Surgery
- 2023: 402024: 385%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 612024: 2657%
Where Dr. Merriman's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office35890%
- In a facility3810%
Dr. Merriman compared with the Missouri median for orthopaedic trauma physicians, 2024
- Dr. Merriman
- Missouri median
- Medicare services
- 396vs 30231% above
- Medicare patients
- 171vs 14816% above
- Part D claims
- 69vs 8014% below
Medians across 24 orthopaedic trauma physicians in Missouri with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Merriman's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024
CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.
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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. David Joshua Merriman treated 171 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 76
CMS counts 171 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Merriman in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 67 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 15% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.67, 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. Merriman's median patient age at 75, with 66% women.
Medicare patients, 2024171
Average age76
Average risk score1.67
Also on Medicaid15%
Dr. Merriman's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Merriman's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women11768%
- Men5432%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Merriman's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Arthritis56%
- Mood disorders44%
- Anxiety41%
- Depression40%
- Chronic kidney disease39%
- Diabetes37%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Merriman's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 75
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women66%
- Men34%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. David Joshua Merriman wrote 93 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Merriman wrote 93 Medicare Part D claims for 73 patients. 99% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 69 of them, across 2 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $380 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 66 claims across 2 drugs.
Part D claims, 202493
Drugs named by CMS2
Total drug cost$380
Part D patients73
Dr. Merriman's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic92 claims99%
- Brand-name and other1 claims1%
Dr. Merriman's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024
CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.
Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Merriman's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids87%81 of 93 claims
Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.
Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2023: 662024: 695%
Drugs named by CMS: 2 in 2024, 2 in 2023.
Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. David Joshua Merriman ranks in the 65th percentile for removal of tissue in Medicare
Dr. Merriman accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 14 procedures of removal of tissue by Dr. Merriman, more than 65% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Where Dr. Merriman ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Hip replacement
- 59th percentile15 procedures
- Removal of tissue
- 65th percentile14 procedures
CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)
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Dr. David Joshua Merriman has 3 publications on record
Dmand AI links 3 papers to Dr. Merriman. The most frequent topics are Bone Screws. Dr. Merriman's most frequent co-author is William Michael Ricci, MD.
Papers3
Topics Dr. Merriman writes about most
- Bone Screws
Dr. Merriman's most frequent co-authors
Recent publications by Dr. Merriman
Anatomy, Cross-SectionalBone ScrewsSacrum
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. David Joshua Merriman received $5,998 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 49 general payments to Dr. Merriman from 9 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 58% of the total. Smith & Nephew, Inc. paid the most, $4,105.
General payments to Dr. Merriman by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Merriman by kind, 2016 to 2025
$6Kin total
- Food and beverage$3,45858%
- Travel and lodging$2,54042%
Companies that paid Dr. Merriman the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Sources for Dr. David Joshua Merriman's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. David Joshua Merriman's NPI number?
Dr. David Joshua Merriman's NPI number is 1245434828. It was assigned on June 14, 2007, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. David Joshua Merriman?
Dr. David Joshua Merriman is an orthopaedic trauma physician in Springfield, Missouri. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Trauma Physician (taxonomy code 207XX0801X).
Where does Dr. David Joshua Merriman practice?
Dr. Merriman practices at 1235 E Cherokee St, Springfield, MO 65804. Dr. Merriman's primary practice is Mercy Hospital Springfield & Children's Mercy in Springfield, Missouri. Dmand AI also links Dr. Merriman to 1 hospital.
What is Dr. David Joshua Merriman's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Merriman is (417) 820-2000.
What is Dr. David Joshua Merriman's medical license number?
Dr. Merriman holds Missouri license 2010013500.
Which hospitals is Dr. David Joshua Merriman affiliated with?
Dr. Merriman is affiliated with Mercy Hospital Springfield. Dmand AI links Dr. Merriman to 1 more hospital.
What medical group is Dr. David Joshua Merriman part of?
Dr. Merriman is linked to Mercy Clinic Family Medicine - Hollister.
Does Dr. David Joshua Merriman accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Merriman billed Medicare for 396 services in 2024, and Dr. Merriman accepts Medicare assignment.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. David Joshua Merriman see?
CMS counts 171 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Merriman in 2024, with an average age of 76.
What services does Dr. David Joshua Merriman bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Merriman's most billed Medicare services were diagnostic imaging (73502), diagnostic imaging (73030) and diagnostic imaging (73610).
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What drugs does Dr. David Joshua Merriman prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Merriman's most prescribed drugs by claims were Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen and Oxycodone HCl.
Has Dr. David Joshua Merriman received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $5,998 in general payments to Dr. Merriman from 9 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Smith & Nephew, Inc.
How long has Dr. David Joshua Merriman been practicing?
Dr. Merriman graduated from medical school in 2005, 21 years ago.
Does Dr. David Joshua Merriman do research?
Dmand AI links 3 publications to Dr. Merriman.
Who does Dr. David Joshua Merriman publish with?
Dr. Merriman's most frequent co-authors are William Michael Ricci, MD (1 shared paper).
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