Dr. Michael D. Gerlach, MD

Dr. Gerlach practices at Avera Family Medicine Mitchell/Averanow in Mitchell, South Dakota.

Dr. Gerlach's NPI, 1962476093, was assigned on February 15, 2006. Dr. Gerlach graduated from Sanford School of Medicine of University of South Dakota in 1998. Dr. Gerlach holds South Dakota license 4902.

Dr. Gerlach's primary practice is Avera Family Medicine Mitchell/Averanow, at 1900 Grassland Dr, Mitchell, SD 57301 in Davison County. The practice phone is (605) 995-7000.

Dr. Gerlach's primary practice is Avera Family Medicine Mitchell/Averanow in Mitchell, South Dakota. Dr. Gerlach is also affiliated with Avera Queen of Peace Hospital. The medical group on file is Avera Medical Group Radiology Mitchell. Dmand AI also links Dr. Gerlach to 1 more hospital, 3 group practices and clinics, 2 home health agencies, 2 skilled nursing facilities, 2 medical groups and 1 hospice, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Gerlach practices, 10 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Family medicine is Dr. Gerlach's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207Q00000X. Dr. Gerlach is licensed in South Dakota.

CMS data shows 10,507 Medicare services from Dr. Gerlach across 64 procedure codes in 2024, for 443 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $175,282 for them.

CMS counts 443 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Gerlach in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 218 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 70% have high blood pressure. 12% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 0.84, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Gerlach's median patient age at 66, with 44% women.

In 2024, Dr. Gerlach wrote 12,118 Medicare Part D claims for 565 patients. 89% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 11,439 of them, across 156 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $666,287 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 11,344 claims across 168 drugs.

Dr. Gerlach accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 41 procedures of colonoscopy by Dr. Gerlach, more than 59% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 18 papers to Dr. Gerlach, published from 2011 to 2022. 2013 was the busiest year, with 3. The most frequent topics are Mice, Inbred C57BL, Cell Lineage and Mesangial Cells. Dr. Gerlach's most frequent co-author is Lee Scott Weinstein, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 1,119 general payments to Dr. Gerlach from 45 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 98% of the total. Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. paid the most, $1,632.

Dr. Gerlach graduated from Sanford School of Medicine of University of South Dakota in 1998.