Dr. Lee Thomas Austin, MD

Dr. Austin practices at Sanford Medical Center - Unit in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Dr. Austin's NPI, 1306927074, was assigned on October 18, 2006. Dr. Austin graduated from Sanford School of Medicine of University of South Dakota in 2003. Dr. Austin holds South Dakota license 7768.

Dr. Austin's primary practice is Sanford Medical Center - Unit, at 1305 W 18th Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57117 in Minnehaha County. The practice phone is (605) 328-6758.

Dr. Austin's primary practice is Sanford Medical Center - Unit in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Dr. Austin is also affiliated with Sanford USD Medical Center. The medical group on file is Edith Sanford Breast Center Sioux Falls. Dmand AI also links Dr. Austin to 2 more hospitals, 1 imaging center and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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

Gastroenterology is Dr. Austin's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RG0100X. Dmand AI has Dr. Austin's licenses on file in 2 states: South Dakota and Nebraska.

CMS data shows 423 Medicare services from Dr. Austin across 6 procedure codes in 2024, for 329 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $54,114 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 329 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Austin in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 213 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 67% have high blood pressure. 4% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 0.88, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Austin's median patient age at 71, with 49% women.

In 2024, Dr. Austin wrote 1,367 Medicare Part D claims for 530 patients. 89% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,244 of them, across 13 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $609,965 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,160 claims across 16 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 85 out of 100 for Dr. Austin for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Austin accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 103 procedures of colonoscopy by Dr. Austin, more than 80% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Austin in 2015. Dr. Austin's most frequent co-author is Kabir Ahmed, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 195 general payments to Dr. Austin from 29 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 98% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $1,272.

Dr. Austin graduated from Sanford School of Medicine of University of South Dakota in 2003.