Dr. Norma Therese Walks, MD

  • Brentwood, TN
  • General surgeon
NPI1043410418PAC ID6901076116
Medicare services, 2023
61
Medicare patients, 2024
35
Part D claims, 2024
23
MIPS score, 2024
89
Hospital affiliations
2
Practice address
7100 Commerce Way, Brentwood, TN 37027
Practice phone
Call (520) 229-2578
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Primary practice

Northwest Allied Physicians

Brentwood, Tennessee

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Dr. Norma Therese Walks is a general surgeon in Brentwood, Tennessee

Dr. Walks practices at Northwest Allied Physicians in Brentwood, Tennessee.

Dr. Walks' NPI, 1043410418, was assigned on July 23, 2007. Dr. Walks graduated from University of Minnesota Medical School in 2004. Dr. Walks holds Arizona license 56568.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
6901076116
NPI enumeration date
July 23, 2007
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(520) 229-2578
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Sex
Female
Estimated age
48
Medical school graduation
2004

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

Dr. Norma Therese Walks practices at Northwest Allied Physicians in Brentwood, Tennessee

Dr. Walks' primary practice is Northwest Allied Physicians, at 7100 Commerce Way, Brentwood, TN 37027 in Williamson County. The practice phone is (520) 229-2578.

  • Northwest Allied Physicians
    7100 Commerce Way, Brentwood, TN 37027 · Williamson CountyPhone(520) 229-2578

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. Norma Therese Walks is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 5 medical groups

Dr. Walks' primary practice is Northwest Allied Physicians in Brentwood, Tennessee. Dr. Walks is also affiliated with Phoenix Indian Medical Center. The medical group on file is Phoenix Indian Medical Center. Dmand AI also links Dr. Walks to 1 more hospital, 4 medical groups and 2 group practices and clinics, each named with a free account.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Norma Therese Walks' practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Walks practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Northwest Allied PhysiciansAvailable with a free account
+4 more sites and 4 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Norma Therese Walks is one of 548 general surgeons in Tennessee

Surgery is Dr. Walks' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Walks is licensed in Arizona.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Surgery, ArizonaPrimaryLicense 80828 · taxonomy 208600000X

General surgeons near Dr. Walks

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Dr. Norma Therese Walks billed Medicare for 61 services in 2023

CMS data shows 61 Medicare services from Dr. Walks across 3 procedure codes in 2023, for 35 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $5,638 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

Medicare services, 202361
Medicare patients35
Paid by Medicare$5,638
Procedure codes3

Dr. Walks' Medicare services by type, 2022 to 2023

  • 2022
  • 2023
Office and hospital visits
2022: 652023: 616%

Dr. Walks compared with the Tennessee median for general surgeons, 2023

  • Dr. Walks
  • Tennessee median
Medicare services
61vs 17465% below
Medicare patients
35vs 12271% below
Part D claims
24vs 5254% below

Medians across 548 general surgeons in Tennessee with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Walks' most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2023

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. Norma Therese Walks treated 35 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74

CMS counts 35 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Walks in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 14 patients. 71% of them have high blood pressure, and 71% have high cholesterol. 34% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.77, 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. Walks' median patient age at 60, with 88% women.

Medicare patients, 202435
Average age74
Average risk score1.77
Also on Medicaid34%

Dr. Walks' Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Walks' Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women2469%
  • Men1131%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Walks' Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure71%
  2. High cholesterol71%
  3. Chronic kidney disease34%
  4. Diabetes34%
  5. Arthritis31%

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

Dr. Walks' patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 60

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women88%
  • Men11%

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

Dr. Norma Therese Walks wrote 23 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Walks wrote 23 Medicare Part D claims for 12 patients. 83% of them were for generic drugs. They cover 2 drugs, with $67 in total drug cost. In 2022, CMS named 59 claims across 2 drugs.

Part D claims, 202423
Drugs named by CMS2
Total drug cost$67
Part D patients12

Dr. Walks' Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic19 claims83%
  • Brand-name and other4 claims17%

Dr. Walks' most prescribed drugs by claims, 2023

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2022 to 2023

  • 2022
  • 2023
Claims for drugs CMS names
2022: 592023: 2459%

Drugs named by CMS: 2 in 2023, 2 in 2022.

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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. Norma Therese Walks scored 89 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 89 out of 100 for Dr. Walks for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Walks accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Walks' MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 89of 100Final score
  • 77.6of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Colonoscopy: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Mastectomy: 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)

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux: 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. Norma Therese Walks received $4,000 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 31 general payments to Dr. Walks from 12 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Travel and lodging make up the largest share, 39% of the total. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. paid the most, $1,933.

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

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

$4Kin total
  • Travel and lodging$1,54239%
  • Education$1,50038%
  • Food and beverage$95824%

Companies that paid Dr. Walks 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. Norma Therese Walks graduated from University of Minnesota Medical School

Dr. Walks graduated from University of Minnesota Medical School in 2004.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity of Minnesota Medical School

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Norma Therese Walks'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 phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand 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)
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. Norma Therese Walks' NPI number?

Dr. Norma Therese Walks' NPI number is 1043410418. It was assigned on July 23, 2007, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Norma Therese Walks?

Dr. Norma Therese Walks is a general surgeon in Brentwood, Tennessee. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).

Where does Dr. Norma Therese Walks practice?

Dr. Walks practices at 7100 Commerce Way, Brentwood, TN 37027. Dr. Walks' primary practice is Northwest Allied Physicians in Brentwood, Tennessee. Dmand AI also links Dr. Walks to 1 hospital, 4 medical groups and 2 group practices and clinics.

What is Dr. Norma Therese Walks' office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Walks is (520) 229-2578.

What is Dr. Norma Therese Walks' medical license number?

Dr. Walks holds Arizona license 56568.

Which hospitals is Dr. Norma Therese Walks affiliated with?

Dr. Walks is affiliated with Phoenix Indian Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Walks to 1 more hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Norma Therese Walks part of?

Dr. Walks is linked to Phoenix Indian Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Walks to 4 more medical groups.

Does Dr. Norma Therese Walks accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Walks billed Medicare for 61 services in 2023, and Dr. Walks accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Norma Therese Walks' MIPS score?

Dr. Walks' MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 89 out of 100, reported through an alternative payment model (APM).

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Norma Therese Walks see?

CMS counts 35 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Walks in 2024, with an average age of 74.

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What services does Dr. Norma Therese Walks bill to Medicare?

In 2023, Dr. Walks' most billed Medicare services were hospital inpatient care (99222), hospital inpatient care (99232) and hospital inpatient care (99223).

Where did Dr. Norma Therese Walks go to medical school?

Dr. Walks graduated from University of Minnesota Medical School in 2004.

What drugs does Dr. Norma Therese Walks prescribe most?

In 2023 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Walks' most prescribed drugs by claims were Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen and Ibuprofen.

Has Dr. Norma Therese Walks received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $4,000 in general payments to Dr. Walks from 12 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Intuitive Surgical, Inc.

How long has Dr. Norma Therese Walks been practicing?

Dr. Walks graduated from medical school in 2004, 22 years ago.

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