Dr. Biff Franklin Palmer, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 85
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 71
- Part D claims, 2024
- 11
- Publications
- 129
- MIPS score, 2024
- 83
- Practice address
- 204 E Airport Freeway, Irving, TX 75062
- Practice phone
- Call (972) 438-7375
- Professional email
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- Personal email
- Get personal email
- Mobile number
- Get mobile number
Primary practice
DaVita UT Southwestern-Dallas Dialysis
Dialysis Center - Independent · Irving, Texas
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Dr. Biff Franklin Palmer is a nephrologist in Irving, Texas
Dr. Palmer practices at DaVita UT Southwestern-Dallas Dialysis in Irving, Texas.
Dr. Palmer's NPI, 1053380550, was assigned on March 16, 2006. Dr. Palmer graduated from UT Southwestern Medical Center in 1981. Dr. Palmer holds Texas license F9915.
- NPI
- 1053380550NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 2961544846
- NPI enumeration date
- March 16, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (972) 438-7375
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
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- Mobile number
- Get number
- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 71
- Medical school graduation
- 1981
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Biff Franklin Palmer practices at DaVita UT Southwestern-Dallas Dialysis in Irving, Texas
Dr. Palmer's primary practice is DaVita UT Southwestern-Dallas Dialysis, at 204 E Airport Freeway, Irving, TX 75062 in Dallas County. The practice phone is (972) 438-7375.
- DaVita UT Southwestern-Dallas Dialysis204 E Airport Freeway, Irving, TX 75062 · Dallas CountyPhone(972) 438-7375
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Biff Franklin Palmer is affiliated with 4 sites of care and 2 medical groups
Dr. Palmer's primary practice is DaVita UT Southwestern-Dallas Dialysis in Irving, Texas. Dr. Palmer is also affiliated with University Medical Center of El Paso. The medical group on file is University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Dmand AI also links Dr. Palmer to 2 more group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Biff Franklin Palmer's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Palmer practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| DaVita UT Southwestern-Dallas Dialysis | Available with a free account |
| +3 more sites and 1 medical group | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Biff Franklin Palmer is one of 1,045 nephrologists in Texas
Nephrology is Dr. Palmer's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RN0300X. Dr. Palmer is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Palmer's licenses on file in 2 states: Texas and Virginia.
Specialties and state licenses
- Nephrology, TexasPrimary
- Virginia license
Clinical focus
Dmand AI lists chronic anemia, chronic kidney disease and fluid and electrolyte imbalances among the conditions Dr. Palmer treats.
Nephrologists near Dr. Palmer
Counts of nephrologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Biff Franklin Palmer billed Medicare for 85 services in 2024
CMS data shows 85 Medicare services from Dr. Palmer across 4 procedure codes in 2024, for 71 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $6,975 for them.
Dr. Palmer's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 3122024: 6180%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 762024: 2468%
Where Dr. Palmer's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office2631%
- In a facility5969%
Dr. Palmer compared with the Texas median for nephrologists, 2024
- Dr. Palmer
- Texas median
- Medicare services
- 85vs 1,04892% below
- Medicare patients
- 71vs 27774% below
- Part D claims
- 52vs 75893% below
Medians across 1,017 nephrologists in Texas with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Palmer's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024
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. Biff Franklin Palmer treated 71 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 70
CMS counts 71 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Palmer in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 28 patients. 75% of them have chronic kidney disease, and 75% have high blood pressure. 24% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 5.14, 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. Palmer's median patient age at 63, with 33% women.
Dr. Palmer's Medicare patients by age, 2024
CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.
Dr. Palmer's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women3346%
- Men3854%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Palmer's Medicare patients, 2024
- Chronic kidney disease75%
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Arthritis59%
- Diabetes56%
- Heart failure49%
- Ischemic heart disease48%
- Atrial fibrillation45%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Palmer's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 63
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women33%
- Men58%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Biff Franklin Palmer wrote 11 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Palmer wrote 11 Medicare Part D claims. 100% of them were for generic drugs. They cover 4 drugs, with $4,329 in total drug cost. In 2020, CMS named 88 claims across 5 drugs.
Dr. Palmer's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2021
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, 2020 to 2021
- 2020
- 2021
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2020: 882021: 5241%
Drugs named by CMS: 4 in 2021, 5 in 2020.
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. Biff Franklin Palmer scored 83 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 83 out of 100 for Dr. Palmer for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Palmer accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Dr. Palmer's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 83of 100Final score
- 70.1of 100Quality
- 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
- 73of 100Cost
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026
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Dr. Biff Franklin Palmer has 129 publications on record
Dmand AI links 129 papers to Dr. Palmer, published from 2007 to 2025. 2023 was the busiest year, with 10. The most frequent topics are Kidney, Renal Insufficiency, Chronic and Hyperkalemia. Dr. Palmer has published most often in Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. Dr. Palmer's most frequent co-authors are Arthur Isaac Sagalowsky, MD, Christopher Yu-Hua Lu, MD and Paul C. Peters, MD.
Dr. Palmer's papers by year, 2016 to 2025
Topics Dr. Palmer writes about most
- Kidney
- Renal Insufficiency, Chronic
- Hyperkalemia
- Potassium
- Kidney Transplantation
- Renal Dialysis
- Homeostasis
- Hypertension
Dr. Palmer's most frequent co-authors
- Arthur Isaac Sagalowsky, MD8 shared papers
- Christopher Yu-Hua Lu, MD6 shared papers
- Paul C. Peters, MD5 shared papers
Recent publications by Dr. Palmer
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Biff Franklin Palmer received $1,132,183 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 1,291 general payments to Dr. Palmer from 19 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 69% of the total. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP paid the most, $427,652.
General payments to Dr. Palmer by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Palmer by kind, 2016 to 2025
- Speaker and faculty fees$780,36869%
- Travel and lodging$161,26614%
- Consulting fees$145,62113%
- Food and beverage$27,2672%
- Other$13,6611%
Companies that paid Dr. Palmer the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Biff Franklin Palmer has 1 award and honors on record
Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Palmer.
Awards and honors for Dr. Palmer
- Undated
- ASN Fellow
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Biff Franklin Palmer graduated from UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dr. Palmer graduated from UT Southwestern Medical Center in 1981. Dr. Palmer is a member of ASN.
- Medical school
- Board certified in internal medicine
- Board certified in nephrology
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Biff Franklin Palmer accepts plans from 18 insurance carriers
Dr. Palmer is in network with 18 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and United Healthcare. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 12. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
- Aetna
- Elevance
- United Healthcare
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
- Cigna
- HCSC
- Alliant Health Plans
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
- +10 more carriersWith a free account
Plan types Dr. Palmer accepts, by number of carriers
- HMO12
- PPO10
- Medicare7
- POS5
- EPO4
Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data
Sources for Dr. Biff Franklin Palmer's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare 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 percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Awards and committee roles | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Insurance carriers and plan types | Dmand AI Insurance Network Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Biff Franklin Palmer's NPI number?
Dr. Biff Franklin Palmer's NPI number is 1053380550. It was assigned on March 16, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Biff Franklin Palmer?
Dr. Biff Franklin Palmer is a nephrologist in Irving, Texas. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Nephrology Physician (taxonomy code 207RN0300X).
Where does Dr. Biff Franklin Palmer practice?
Dr. Palmer practices at 204 E Airport Freeway, Irving, TX 75062. Dr. Palmer's primary practice is DaVita UT Southwestern-Dallas Dialysis in Irving, Texas. Dmand AI also links Dr. Palmer to 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group.
What is Dr. Biff Franklin Palmer's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Palmer is (972) 438-7375.
What is Dr. Biff Franklin Palmer's medical license number?
Dr. Palmer holds Texas license F9915, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.
Which states has Dr. Biff Franklin Palmer been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Palmer in Texas (1981 to 2027) and Virginia (1985 to 2026).
Which hospitals is Dr. Biff Franklin Palmer affiliated with?
Dr. Palmer is affiliated with University Medical Center of El Paso.
What medical group is Dr. Biff Franklin Palmer part of?
Dr. Palmer is linked to University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Palmer to 1 more medical group.
Does Dr. Biff Franklin Palmer accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Palmer billed Medicare for 85 services in 2024, and Dr. Palmer accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Biff Franklin Palmer's MIPS score?
Dr. Palmer's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 83 out of 100, reported as part of a group.
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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Biff Franklin Palmer see?
CMS counts 71 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Palmer in 2024, with an average age of 70.
Is Dr. Biff Franklin Palmer board certified?
Yes. Dr. Palmer is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
What services does Dr. Biff Franklin Palmer bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Palmer's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), dialysis (90935) and hospital inpatient care (99233).
Where did Dr. Biff Franklin Palmer go to medical school?
Dr. Palmer graduated from UT Southwestern Medical Center in 1981.
What drugs does Dr. Biff Franklin Palmer prescribe most?
In 2021 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Palmer's most prescribed drugs by claims were Losartan Potassium, Furosemide and Sevelamer Carbonate.
Has Dr. Biff Franklin Palmer received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $1,132,183 in general payments to Dr. Palmer from 19 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP.
How long has Dr. Biff Franklin Palmer been practicing?
Dr. Palmer graduated from medical school in 1981, 45 years ago.
Does Dr. Biff Franklin Palmer do research?
Dmand AI links 129 publications to Dr. Palmer, published from 2007 to 2025.
Who does Dr. Biff Franklin Palmer publish with?
Dr. Palmer's most frequent co-authors are Arthur Isaac Sagalowsky, MD (8 shared papers), Christopher Yu-Hua Lu, MD (6 shared papers) and Paul C. Peters, MD (5 shared papers).
What insurance does Dr. Biff Franklin Palmer accept?
Dr. Palmer is in network with 18 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and United Healthcare. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 12. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
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