Dr. Jacob P. Benford, MD

Dr. Benford practices at CHI Mercy Health in Valley City, North Dakota, part of CommonSpirit Health.

Dr. Benford's NPI, 1063467595, was assigned on May 23, 2006. Dr. Benford graduated from David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in 1995. Dr. Benford's California license number on file is A60475.

Dr. Benford's primary practice is CHI Mercy Health, at 570 Chautauqua Blvd, Valley City, ND 58072 in Barnes County. The practice phone is (701) 845-6400. Dr. Benford also practices at CHI Mercy Health, 2700 NW Stewart Pkwy, Roseburg, OR 97471.

Dr. Benford's primary practice is CHI Mercy Health in Valley City, North Dakota, part of CommonSpirit Health. Dr. Benford is also affiliated with Asante Three Rivers Medical Center. The medical group on file is Asante Three Rivers Medical Center. Dmand AI also links Dr. Benford to 3 more hospitals and 3 medical groups, each named with a free account.

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

Emergency medicine is Dr. Benford's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207P00000X. Dr. Benford is board certified in emergency medicine by the American Board of Emergency Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Benford's licenses on file in 2 states: California and Oregon.

CMS data shows 556 Medicare services from Dr. Benford across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 481 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $60,903 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 481 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Benford in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 172 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 71% have high cholesterol. 27% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.79, 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. Benford's median patient age at 49, with 53% women.

In 2024, Dr. Benford wrote 378 Medicare Part D claims for 260 patients. 97% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 232 of them, across 10 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,362 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 189 claims across 7 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 96 out of 100 for Dr. Benford for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Benford accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

CMS Open Payments shows 1 general payment to Dr. Benford from 1 drug or device company in 2018. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Genentech, Inc. paid the most, $23.

Dr. Benford graduated from David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in 1995.

Dr. Benford is in network with 6 carriers, including United Healthcare, Aspirus Health Plan and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 3. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.