Dr. Michael E. Darowish, MD

  • Hershey, PA
  • Orthopedic surgeon
NPI1659389377PAC ID1658426267
Medicare services, 2024
615
Medicare patients, 2024
312
Part D claims, 2024
319
Publications
9
MIPS score, 2024
79
Practice address
500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033
Practice phone
Call (717) 531-8521
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Dr. Michael E. Darowish is an orthopedic surgeon in Hershey, Pennsylvania

Dr. Darowish practices at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania, part of Penn State.

Dr. Darowish's NPI, 1659389377, was assigned on August 5, 2006. Dr. Darowish graduated from University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in 2002. Dr. Darowish holds Pennsylvania license MD437382.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
1658426267
NPI enumeration date
August 5, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(717) 531-8521
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
50
Medical school graduation
2002

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

Dr. Michael E. Darowish practices at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania

Dr. Darowish's primary practice is Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, at 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033 in Dauphin County. The practice phone is (717) 531-8521.

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Dr. Michael E. Darowish is affiliated with 6 sites of care and 4 medical groups

Dr. Darowish's primary practice is Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania, part of Penn State. Dr. Darowish is also affiliated with Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center. The medical group on file is Phoenix Physical Therapy. Dmand AI also links Dr. Darowish to 1 more hospital, 3 group practices and clinics and 3 medical groups, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Michael E. Darowish's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Darowish practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical CenterAvailable with a free account
+5 more sites and 3 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Michael E. Darowish is one of 994 orthopedic surgeons in Pennsylvania

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

Specialties and state licenses

  • Orthopaedic surgery, PennsylvaniaPrimaryLicense MD437382 · taxonomy 207X00000X

Orthopedic surgeons near Dr. Darowish

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

Dr. Michael E. Darowish billed Medicare for 615 services in 2024

CMS data shows 615 Medicare services from Dr. Darowish across 8 procedure codes in 2024, for 312 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $30,189 for them.

Medicare services, 2024615
Medicare patients312
Paid by Medicare$30,189
Procedure codes8

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Surgery
2023: 2652024: 31117%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 3332024: 3049%

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

  • In an office32052%
  • In a facility29548%

Dr. Darowish compared with the Pennsylvania median for orthopedic surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Darowish
  • Pennsylvania median
Medicare services
615vs 1,15347% below
Medicare patients
312vs 27613% above
Part D claims
285vs 1022.8 times

Medians across 929 orthopedic surgeons in Pennsylvania with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Darowish'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. Michael E. Darowish treated 312 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73

CMS counts 312 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Darowish in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 169 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 0.97, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Darowish's median patient age at 70, with 62% women.

Medicare patients, 2024312
Average age73
Average risk score0.97

Dr. Darowish's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Darowish's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women19763%
  • Men11537%

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

  1. Arthritis75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. High blood pressure74%
  4. Anxiety28%
  5. Mood disorders27%
  6. Depression26%
  7. Osteoporosis23%
  8. Diabetes21%

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

Dr. Darowish's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 70

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women62%
  • Men38%

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

Dr. Michael E. Darowish wrote 319 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Darowish wrote 319 Medicare Part D claims for 151 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 285 of them, across 8 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,950 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 189 claims across 6 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024319
Drugs named by CMS8
Total drug cost$1,950
Part D patients151

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

  • Opioids36%115 of 319 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: 1892024: 28551%

Drugs named by CMS: 8 in 2024, 6 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. Michael E. Darowish scored 79 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 79 out of 100 for Dr. Darowish for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Darowish accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Darowish's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 79of 100Final score
  • 56.7of 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.

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

Removal of tissue: 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. Michael E. Darowish has 9 publications on record

Dmand AI links 9 papers to Dr. Darowish, published from 2011 to 2024. The most frequent topics are Bone Screws and Fractures, Bone. Dr. Darowish has published most often in Hand (N Y). Dr. Darowish's most frequent co-authors are Mark Lewis Dunleavy, MD, Kent Thomas Weinheimer, MD and Rodney Brenneman, MD.

Papers9
Years published2011 to 2024

Dr. Darowish's papers by year, 2011 to 2024

Topics Dr. Darowish writes about most

  • Bone Screws
  • Fractures, Bone

Dr. Darowish's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Darowish

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

Dr. Michael E. Darowish received $1,744 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 5 general payments to Dr. Darowish from 2 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Accredited education speaker fees make up the largest share, 57% of the total. Synthes GmbH paid the most, $1,362.

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

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

$1.7Kin total
  • Accredited education speaker fees$1,00057%
  • Travel and lodging$53731%
  • Food and beverage$20712%

Companies that paid Dr. Darowish 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. Michael E. Darowish graduated from University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Dr. Darowish graduated from University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in 2002.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Michael E. Darowish'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 phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy 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. Michael E. Darowish's NPI number?

Dr. Michael E. Darowish's NPI number is 1659389377. It was assigned on August 5, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Michael E. Darowish?

Dr. Michael E. Darowish is an orthopedic surgeon in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207X00000X).

Where does Dr. Michael E. Darowish practice?

Dr. Darowish practices at 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033. Dr. Darowish's primary practice is Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania, part of Penn State. Dmand AI also links Dr. Darowish to 1 hospital, 3 group practices and clinics and 3 medical groups.

What is Dr. Michael E. Darowish's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Darowish is (717) 531-8521.

What is Dr. Michael E. Darowish's medical license number?

Dr. Darowish holds Pennsylvania license MD437382.

Which hospitals is Dr. Michael E. Darowish affiliated with?

Dr. Darowish practices at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Dr. Darowish is also affiliated with Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Darowish to 1 more hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Michael E. Darowish part of?

Dr. Darowish is linked to Phoenix Physical Therapy. Dmand AI links Dr. Darowish to 3 more medical groups.

Does Dr. Michael E. Darowish accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Darowish billed Medicare for 615 services in 2024, and Dr. Darowish accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Michael E. Darowish's MIPS score?

Dr. Darowish's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 79 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Michael E. Darowish see?

CMS counts 312 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Darowish in 2024, with an average age of 73.

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What services does Dr. Michael E. Darowish bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Darowish's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99213), surgery: bones and joints (20600) and surgery: bones and joints (20550).

Where did Dr. Michael E. Darowish go to medical school?

Dr. Darowish graduated from University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in 2002.

What drugs does Dr. Michael E. Darowish prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Darowish's most prescribed drugs by claims were Meloxicam, Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen and Tramadol HCl.

Has Dr. Michael E. Darowish received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $1,744 in general payments to Dr. Darowish from 2 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Synthes GmbH.

How long has Dr. Michael E. Darowish been practicing?

Dr. Darowish graduated from medical school in 2002, 24 years ago.

Does Dr. Michael E. Darowish do research?

Dmand AI links 9 publications to Dr. Darowish, published from 2011 to 2024.

Who does Dr. Michael E. Darowish publish with?

Dr. Darowish's most frequent co-authors are Mark Lewis Dunleavy, MD (2 shared papers), Kent Thomas Weinheimer, MD (2 shared papers) and Rodney Brenneman, MD (1 shared paper).

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