Dr. Thomas A. Bayer, MD

Dr. Bayer practices at Providence VA Medical Center in Providence, Rhode Island, part of Veterans Health Administration.

Dr. Bayer's NPI, 1710276316, was assigned on April 4, 2011. Dr. Bayer holds Rhode Island license LP04898.

Dr. Bayer's primary practice is Providence VA Medical Center, at 830 Chalkstone Avenue, Providence, RI 02908 in Providence County. The practice phone is (401) 457-3042.

Dr. Bayer's primary practice is Providence VA Medical Center in Providence, Rhode Island, part of Veterans Health Administration. The medical group on file is Brown Health Medical Group Primary Care. Dmand AI also links Dr. Bayer to 2 more group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account. Dr. Bayer's employer is on file too: a hospital.

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

Geriatric medicine is Dr. Bayer's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RG0300X. Dmand AI has Dr. Bayer's licenses on file in 3 states: Rhode Island, Illinois and Missouri.

CMS data shows 110 Medicare services from Dr. Bayer across 2 procedure codes in 2024, for 37 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $12,436 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 37 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bayer in 2024. The largest group is 85 and over, with 22 patients. 75% of them have alzheimer's and dementia, and 75% have high blood pressure. Their average risk score is 1.59, 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. Bayer's median patient age at 78, with 52% women.

In 2024, Dr. Bayer wrote 1,719 Medicare Part D claims for 57 patients. 91% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,548 of them, across 43 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $82,937 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,793 claims across 46 drugs.

Dr. Bayer accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Bayer as offering telehealth.

Dmand AI links 30 papers to Dr. Bayer, published from 2014 to 2025. 2023 was the busiest year, with 8. The most frequent topics are Veterans, Medicare and Heart Failure. Dr. Bayer has published most often in J Am Geriatr Soc. Dr. Bayer's most frequent co-authors are James L. Rudolph, MD, Wen-Chih Hank Wu, MD and Yasin Abul, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 136 general payments to Dr. Bayer from 25 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2024. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 99% of the total. Sanofi and Genzyme US Companies paid the most, $309.