Dr. Steven B. Thom, MD

  • Fargo, ND
  • Ophthalmologist
NPI1063434637PAC ID7113005125
Medicare services, 2024
8,771
Medicare patients, 2024
735
Part D claims, 2024
2,259
Publications
1
MIPS score, 2024
89
Practice address
3171 44th S St, Fargo, ND 58104
Practice phone
Call (701) 235-0561
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Primary practice

Eye Consultants of Fargo

Fargo, North Dakota

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Dr. Steven B. Thom is an ophthalmologist in Fargo, North Dakota

Dr. Thom practices at Eye Consultants of Fargo in Fargo, North Dakota.

Dr. Thom's NPI, 1063434637, was assigned on July 24, 2006. Dr. Thom graduated from University of Minnesota Medical School in 1993. Dr. Thom holds Minnesota license 40522.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
7113005125
NPI enumeration date
July 24, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(701) 235-0561
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
59
Medical school graduation
1993

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Steven B. Thom practices at Eye Consultants of Fargo in Fargo, North Dakota

Dr. Thom's primary practice is Eye Consultants of Fargo, at 3171 44th S St, Fargo, ND 58104 in Cass County. The practice phone is (701) 235-0561.

  • Eye Consultants of Fargo
    3171 44th S St, Fargo, ND 58104 · Cass CountyPhone(701) 235-0561

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. Steven B. Thom is affiliated with 4 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Thom's primary practice is Eye Consultants of Fargo in Fargo, North Dakota. Dr. Thom is also affiliated with Elbow Lake Medical Center. The medical group on file is Lake Region Healthcare. Dmand AI also links Dr. Thom to 1 more hospital, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Steven B. Thom's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Eye Consultants of FargoAvailable with a free account
+3 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Steven B. Thom is one of 42 ophthalmologists in North Dakota

Ophthalmology is Dr. Thom's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207W00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Thom's licenses on file in 2 states: Minnesota and North Dakota.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Ophthalmology, MinnesotaPrimaryLicense 40522 · taxonomy 207W00000X
  • North Dakota licenseLicense 7692

Ophthalmologists near Dr. Thom

Counts of ophthalmologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Steven B. Thom billed Medicare for 8,771 services in 2024

CMS data shows 8,771 Medicare services from Dr. Thom across 18 procedure codes in 2024, for 735 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $477,613 for them.

Medicare services, 20248,771
Medicare patients735
Paid by Medicare$477,613
Procedure codes18

Dr. Thom's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Drugs given in the office
2023: 2132024: 5,8602651%
Tests and treatments
2023: 1,1902024: 1,1027%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1,1132024: 98212%
Surgery
2023: 9482024: 81314%
Imaging
2023: 172024: 1418%

Where Dr. Thom's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office7,38584%
  • In a facility1,38616%

Dr. Thom compared with the North Dakota median for ophthalmologists, 2024

  • Dr. Thom
  • North Dakota median
Medicare services
8,771vs 2,0244.3 times
Medicare patients
735vs 51443% above
Part D claims
2,147vs 3166.8 times

Medians across 44 ophthalmologists in North Dakota with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Thom's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Steven B. Thom treated 735 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 79

CMS counts 735 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Thom in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 333 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 74% have high blood pressure. 4% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.20, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Thom's median patient age at 76, with 54% women.

Medicare patients, 2024735
Average age79
Average risk score1.20
Also on Medicaid4%

Dr. Thom's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Thom's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women40956%
  • Men32644%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Thom's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High cholesterol75%
  2. High blood pressure74%
  3. Arthritis45%
  4. Chronic kidney disease27%
  5. Diabetes27%
  6. Ischemic heart disease26%
  7. Anxiety24%
  8. Mood disorders21%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Thom's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 76

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women54%
  • Men46%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Steven B. Thom wrote 2,259 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Thom wrote 2,259 Medicare Part D claims for 481 patients. 51% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,147 of them, across 22 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $301,786 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 2,078 claims across 26 drugs.

Part D claims, 20242,259
Drugs named by CMS22
Total drug cost$301,786
Part D patients481

Dr. Thom's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic1,160 claims51%
  • Brand-name1,099 claims49%

Dr. Thom'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. Thom's Part D claims, 2024

  • Antibiotics1%21 of 2,259 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: 2,0782024: 2,1473%

Drugs named by CMS: 22 in 2024, 26 in 2023.

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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. Steven B. Thom scored 89 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 89 out of 100 for Dr. Thom for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Thom accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 173 procedures of cataract surgery by Dr. Thom, more than 82% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Thom's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 89of 100Final score
  • 86.8of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 75of 100Cost

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Where Dr. Thom ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Cataract surgery
82nd percentile173 procedures

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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. Steven B. Thom has 1 publication on record

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Thom. Dr. Thom's most frequent co-authors are Keith H. Baratz, MD, Lauren A. Dalvin, MD and Hind J. Fadel, MD.

Papers1

Dr. Thom's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Thom

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. Steven B. Thom received $3,327 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 120 general payments to Dr. Thom from 28 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 87% of the total. Alcon Laboratories Inc paid the most, $543.

General payments to Dr. Thom by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Thom by kind, 2016 to 2025

$3.3Kin total
  • Food and beverage$2,90987%
  • Education$41813%

Companies that paid Dr. Thom the most, 2016 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Steven B. Thom graduated from University of Minnesota Medical School

Dr. Thom graduated from University of Minnesota Medical School in 1993.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity of Minnesota Medical School

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Steven B. Thom's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare 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 percentilesDoctors 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)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Steven B. Thom's NPI number?

Dr. Steven B. Thom's NPI number is 1063434637. It was assigned on July 24, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Steven B. Thom?

Dr. Steven B. Thom is an ophthalmologist in Fargo, North Dakota. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Ophthalmology Physician (taxonomy code 207W00000X).

Where does Dr. Steven B. Thom practice?

Dr. Thom practices at 3171 44th S St, Fargo, ND 58104. Dr. Thom's primary practice is Eye Consultants of Fargo in Fargo, North Dakota. Dmand AI also links Dr. Thom to 1 hospital, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Steven B. Thom's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Thom is (701) 235-0561.

What is Dr. Steven B. Thom's medical license number?

Dr. Thom holds Minnesota license 40522, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Steven B. Thom been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Thom in Minnesota and North Dakota.

Which hospitals is Dr. Steven B. Thom affiliated with?

Dr. Thom is affiliated with Elbow Lake Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Thom to 1 more hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Steven B. Thom part of?

Dr. Thom is linked to Lake Region Healthcare. Dmand AI links Dr. Thom to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Steven B. Thom accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Thom billed Medicare for 8,771 services in 2024, and Dr. Thom accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Steven B. Thom's MIPS score?

Dr. Thom's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 89 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Steven B. Thom see?

CMS counts 735 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Thom in 2024, with an average age of 79.

What services does Dr. Steven B. Thom bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Thom's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J2777), eye exam or test (92134) and office visit, established patient (99214).

Where did Dr. Steven B. Thom go to medical school?

Dr. Thom graduated from University of Minnesota Medical School in 1993.

What drugs does Dr. Steven B. Thom prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Thom's most prescribed drugs by claims were Latanoprost, Lumigan and Prednisolone Acetate.

Has Dr. Steven B. Thom received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $3,327 in general payments to Dr. Thom from 28 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Alcon Laboratories Inc.

How long has Dr. Steven B. Thom been practicing?

Dr. Thom graduated from medical school in 1993, 33 years ago.

Does Dr. Steven B. Thom do research?

Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Thom.

Who does Dr. Steven B. Thom publish with?

Dr. Thom's most frequent co-authors are Keith H. Baratz, MD (1 shared paper), Lauren A. Dalvin, MD (1 shared paper) and Hind J. Fadel, MD (1 shared paper).

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