Dr. Darren R. West, MD

Dr. West practices at McLeod Health Loris in Loris, South Carolina, part of McLeod Health.

Dr. West's NPI, 1295745073, was assigned on August 8, 2006. Dr. West holds Arizona license 32920.

Dr. West's primary practice is McLeod Health Loris, at 3655 Mitchell Street, Loris, SC 29569 in Horry County. The practice phone is (843) 716-7000.

Dr. West's primary practice is McLeod Health Loris in Loris, South Carolina, part of McLeod Health. Dr. West is also affiliated with Bon Secours St. Francis Downtown. The medical group on file is ACS Primary Care Physicians - Southeast. Dmand AI also links Dr. West to 1 more hospital, 6 medical groups, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 hospice, each named with a free account.

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

Emergency medicine is Dr. West's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207P00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. West's licenses on file in 2 states: Arizona and South Carolina.

CMS data shows 300 Medicare services from Dr. West across 4 procedure codes in 2024, for 258 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $32,936 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 258 Medicare patients who saw Dr. West in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 98 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 10% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.89, 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. West's median patient age at 58, with 59% women.

In 2024, Dr. West wrote 273 Medicare Part D claims for 175 patients. 95% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 138 of them, across 7 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $766 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 245 claims across 10 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 87 out of 100 for Dr. West for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. West accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

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

CMS Open Payments shows 81 general payments to Dr. West from 16 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 45% of the total. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation paid the most, $4,369.