Dr. Edward Birch Bower, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 717
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 139
- Part D claims, 2024
- 62
- MIPS score, 2024
- 94
- Hospital affiliations
- 5
- Practice address
- 600 Hospital Dr, Monroe, NC 28112
- Practice phone
- Call (704) 283-3100
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
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Dr. Edward Birch Bower is a general surgeon in Monroe, North Carolina
Dr. Bower practices at Atrium Health Union in Monroe, North Carolina, part of Advocate Health.
Dr. Bower's NPI, 1073511382, was assigned on July 11, 2005. Dr. Bower graduated from Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in 1970. Dr. Bower holds North Carolina license 21453.
- NPI
- 1073511382NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 4183752462
- NPI enumeration date
- July 11, 2005
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (704) 283-3100
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 82
- Medical school graduation
- 1970
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Edward Birch Bower practices at Atrium Health Union in Monroe, North Carolina
Dr. Bower's primary practice is Atrium Health Union, at 600 Hospital Dr, Monroe, NC 28112 in Union County. The practice phone is (704) 283-3100.
- Atrium Health Union600 Hospital Dr, Monroe, NC 28112 · Union CountyPhone(704) 283-3100
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Edward Birch Bower is affiliated with 9 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Bower's primary practice is Atrium Health Union in Monroe, North Carolina, part of Advocate Health. Dr. Bower is also affiliated with Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center. The medical group on file is Atrium Health Cleveland Imaging. Dmand AI also links Dr. Bower to 3 more hospitals, 2 clinical labs, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 home health agency, each named with a free account.
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Edward Birch Bower's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Bower practices, 9 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Atrium Health Union | Available with a free account |
| +8 more affiliated sites | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Edward Birch Bower is one of 1,053 general surgeons in North Carolina
Surgery is Dr. Bower's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Bower is licensed in North Carolina.
Specialties and state licenses
- Surgery, North CarolinaPrimary
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Edward Birch Bower billed Medicare for 717 services in 2024
CMS data shows 717 Medicare services from Dr. Bower across 9 procedure codes in 2024, for 139 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $20,288 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.
Dr. Bower's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 4282024: 25540%
- Surgery
- 2023: 3482024: 24131%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 3222024: 22131%
Dr. Bower compared with the North Carolina median for general surgeons, 2024
- Dr. Bower
- North Carolina median
- Medicare services
- 717vs 1514.7 times
- Medicare patients
- 139vs 11521% above
- Part D claims
- 23vs 4144% below
Medians across 950 general surgeons in North Carolina with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Bower'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. Edward Birch Bower treated 139 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 76
CMS counts 139 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bower in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 52 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 12% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.79, 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. Bower's median patient age at 74, with 49% women.
Dr. Bower's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Bower's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women6144%
- Men7856%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Bower's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Diabetes58%
- Chronic kidney disease56%
- Arthritis55%
- Heart failure47%
- Atrial fibrillation43%
- Ischemic heart disease42%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Bower's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 74
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women49%
- Men50%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Edward Birch Bower wrote 62 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Bower wrote 62 Medicare Part D claims for 48 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 23 of them, across 2 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $440 in total drug cost. In 2021, CMS named 44 claims across 3 drugs.
Dr. Bower's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2022
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. Bower's Part D claims, 2024
- Antibiotics90%56 of 62 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, 2021 to 2022
- 2021
- 2022
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2021: 442022: 2348%
Drugs named by CMS: 2 in 2022, 3 in 2021.
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. Edward Birch Bower scored 94 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 94 out of 100 for Dr. Bower for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Bower accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 405 procedures of removal of tissue by Dr. Bower, more than 96% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Dr. Bower's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 94of 100Final score
- 81.6of 100Quality
- 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Where Dr. Bower ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Removal of tissue
- 96th percentile405 procedures
CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.
Removal of nail tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Removal of skin lesions: 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)
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)
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Dr. Edward Birch Bower received $377 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 14 general payments to Dr. Bower from 6 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Integra LifeSciences Corporation paid the most, $167.
General payments to Dr. Bower by program year, 2016 to 2025
Companies that paid Dr. Bower the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Edward Birch Bower graduated from Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University
Dr. Bower graduated from Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in 1970.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Edward Birch Bower'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 | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand 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)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Edward Birch Bower's NPI number?
Dr. Edward Birch Bower's NPI number is 1073511382. It was assigned on July 11, 2005, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Edward Birch Bower?
Dr. Edward Birch Bower is a general surgeon in Monroe, North Carolina. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).
Where does Dr. Edward Birch Bower practice?
Dr. Bower practices at 600 Hospital Dr, Monroe, NC 28112. Dr. Bower's primary practice is Atrium Health Union in Monroe, North Carolina, part of Advocate Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Bower to 3 hospitals, 2 clinical labs, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 home health agency.
What is Dr. Edward Birch Bower's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Bower is (704) 283-3100.
What is Dr. Edward Birch Bower's medical license number?
Dr. Bower holds North Carolina license 21453.
Which hospitals is Dr. Edward Birch Bower affiliated with?
Dr. Bower practices at Atrium Health Union in Monroe, North Carolina. Dr. Bower is also affiliated with Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Bower to 3 more hospitals.
What medical group is Dr. Edward Birch Bower part of?
Dr. Bower is linked to Atrium Health Cleveland Imaging.
Does Dr. Edward Birch Bower accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Bower billed Medicare for 717 services in 2024, and Dr. Bower accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Edward Birch Bower's MIPS score?
Dr. Bower's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 94 out of 100, reported through an alternative payment model (APM).
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Edward Birch Bower see?
CMS counts 139 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bower in 2024, with an average age of 76.
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What services does Dr. Edward Birch Bower bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Bower's most billed Medicare services were physical therapy and rehabilitation (97597), office visit, established patient (99212) and surgery: skin and soft tissue (11042).
Where did Dr. Edward Birch Bower go to medical school?
Dr. Bower graduated from Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in 1970.
What drugs does Dr. Edward Birch Bower prescribe most?
In 2022 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Bower's most prescribed drugs by claims were Cephalexin and Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass.
Has Dr. Edward Birch Bower received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $377 in general payments to Dr. Bower from 6 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Integra LifeSciences Corporation.
How long has Dr. Edward Birch Bower been practicing?
Dr. Bower graduated from medical school in 1970, 56 years ago.
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