Dr. Ron Kenneth Lord, MD

  • Saint George, UT
  • Ophthalmologist
NPI1790991107PAC ID8426182189
Medicare services, 2024
91,548
Medicare patients, 2024
1,520
Part D claims, 2024
917
Publications
2
MIPS score, 2024
86
Practice address
676 South Bluff Street, Saint George, UT 84790
Practice phone
Call (435) 673-8080
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Primary practice

St. George Surgical Center (S Bluff St)

Surgery Center - Medicare-Certified · Saint George, Utah

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Dr. Ron Kenneth Lord is an ophthalmologist in Saint George, Utah

Dr. Lord practices at St. George Surgical Center (S Bluff St) in Saint George, Utah.

Dr. Lord's NPI, 1790991107, was assigned on May 15, 2007. Dr. Lord graduated from University of Utah School of Medicine in 2006. Dr. Lord holds Utah license 8249728-1205.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
8426182189
NPI enumeration date
May 15, 2007
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(435) 673-8080
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
46
Medical school graduation
2006

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

Dr. Ron Kenneth Lord practices at 2 locations in Saint George, Utah

Dr. Lord's primary practice is St. George Surgical Center (S Bluff St), at 676 South Bluff Street, Saint George, UT 84790. The practice phone is (435) 673-8080. Dr. Lord also practices at St George Surgical Center LP, 585 E Riverside Dr, Saint George, UT 84790.

  • St. George Surgical Center (S Bluff St)Primary
    676 South Bluff Street, Saint George, UT 84790Phone(435) 673-8080
  • St George Surgical Center LP
    585 E Riverside Dr, Saint George, UT 84790 · Washington CountyPhone(435) 673-8080

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

Dr. Ron Kenneth Lord is affiliated with 7 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Lord's primary practice is St. George Surgical Center (S Bluff St) in Saint George, Utah. Dr. Lord is also affiliated with Moab Regional Hospital. The medical group on file is Intermountain Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Lord to 2 more hospitals, 2 group practices and clinics, 1 ambulatory surgery center and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Ron Kenneth Lord's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Lord practices, 7 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
St. George Surgical Center (S Bluff St)Available with a free account
+6 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Ron Kenneth Lord is one of 189 ophthalmologists in Utah

Ophthalmology is Dr. Lord's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207W00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Lord's licenses on file in 3 states: Utah, Arizona and Nevada.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Ophthalmology, UtahPrimaryLicense 8249728-1205 · taxonomy 207W00000X
  • Arizona licenseLicense 46090
  • Nevada licenseLicense 14350

Ophthalmologists near Dr. Lord

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Ron Kenneth Lord billed Medicare for 91,548 services in 2024

CMS data shows 91,548 Medicare services from Dr. Lord across 32 procedure codes in 2024, for 1,520 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $5,269,489 for them.

Medicare services, 202491,548
Medicare patients1,520
Paid by Medicare$5.3M
Procedure codes32

Dr. Lord's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Drugs given in the office
2023: 37,3742024: 79,465113%
Tests and treatments
2023: 6,9842024: 7,71610%
Surgery
2023: 3,0912024: 3,77122%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 3002024: 57190%
Imaging
2023: 02024: 25

Where Dr. Lord's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office91,293100%
  • In a facility2550%

Dr. Lord compared with the Utah median for ophthalmologists, 2024

  • Dr. Lord
  • Utah median
Medicare services
91,548vs 1,15079.6 times
Medicare patients
1,520vs 4463.4 times
Part D claims
885vs 49180% above

Medians across 189 ophthalmologists in Utah with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Lord'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. Ron Kenneth Lord treated 1,520 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 78

CMS counts 1,520 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Lord in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 690 patients. 71% of them have high blood pressure, and 64% have high cholesterol. 5% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.27, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Lord's median patient age at 77, with 54% women.

Medicare patients, 20241,520
Average age78
Average risk score1.27
Also on Medicaid5%

Dr. Lord's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Lord's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women81954%
  • Men70146%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Lord's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure71%
  2. High cholesterol64%
  3. Arthritis46%
  4. Diabetes28%
  5. Chronic kidney disease26%
  6. Ischemic heart disease24%
  7. Mood disorders18%
  8. Atrial fibrillation17%

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

Dr. Lord's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 77

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women54%
  • Men46%

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

Dr. Ron Kenneth Lord wrote 917 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Lord wrote 917 Medicare Part D claims for 287 patients. 52% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 885 of them, across 7 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $17,240 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 674 claims across 7 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024917
Drugs named by CMS7
Total drug cost$17,240
Part D patients287

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

  • Generic480 claims52%
  • Brand-name437 claims48%

Dr. Lord's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

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, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 6742024: 88531%

Drugs named by CMS: 7 in 2024, 7 in 2023.

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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. Ron Kenneth Lord scored 86 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 86 out of 100 for Dr. Lord for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Lord accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 195 procedures of cataract surgery by Dr. Lord, more than 83% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Lord's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 86of 100Final score
  • 98.9of 100Quality
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 56of 100Cost

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

Where Dr. Lord ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Cataract surgery
83rd percentile195 procedures

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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. Ron Kenneth Lord has 2 publications on record

Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Lord, published from 2013 to 2015. Dr. Lord's most frequent co-authors are Shamim Ahmed Haji, MD, Nancy Kunjukunju, MD and Ashika Odhav, MD.

Papers2
Years published2013 to 2015

Dr. Lord's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Lord

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. Ron Kenneth Lord received $21,990 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 134 general payments to Dr. Lord from 21 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 74% of the total. Glaukos Corporation paid the most, $16,365.

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

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

$22Kin total
  • Consulting fees$16,33374%
  • Food and beverage$3,46516%
  • Speaker and faculty fees$1,5007%
  • Travel and lodging$4162%
  • Education speaker fees$2751%

Companies that paid Dr. Lord the most, 2016 to 2025

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Ron Kenneth Lord graduated from University of Utah School of Medicine

Dr. Lord graduated from University of Utah School of Medicine in 2006.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity of Utah School of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Ron Kenneth Lord'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 Affiliation DataDmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand 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)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
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. Ron Kenneth Lord's NPI number?

Dr. Ron Kenneth Lord's NPI number is 1790991107. It was assigned on May 15, 2007, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Ron Kenneth Lord?

Dr. Ron Kenneth Lord is an ophthalmologist in Saint George, Utah. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Ophthalmology Physician (taxonomy code 207W00000X).

Where does Dr. Ron Kenneth Lord practice?

Dr. Lord practices at 676 South Bluff Street, Saint George, UT 84790. Dr. Lord also practices at 585 E Riverside Dr, Saint George, UT 84790. Dr. Lord's primary practice is St. George Surgical Center (S Bluff St) in Saint George, Utah. Dmand AI also links Dr. Lord to 2 hospitals, 2 group practices and clinics, 1 ambulatory surgery center and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Ron Kenneth Lord's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Lord is (435) 673-8080.

What is Dr. Ron Kenneth Lord's medical license number?

Dr. Lord holds Utah license 8249728-1205, one of the licenses on file in 3 states.

Which states has Dr. Ron Kenneth Lord been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Lord in Utah, Arizona and Nevada.

Which hospitals is Dr. Ron Kenneth Lord affiliated with?

Dr. Lord is affiliated with Moab Regional Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Lord to 2 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Ron Kenneth Lord part of?

Dr. Lord is linked to Intermountain Health. Dmand AI links Dr. Lord to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Ron Kenneth Lord accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Lord billed Medicare for 91,548 services in 2024, and Dr. Lord accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Ron Kenneth Lord's MIPS score?

Dr. Lord's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 86 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Ron Kenneth Lord see?

CMS counts 1,520 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Lord in 2024, with an average age of 78.

What services does Dr. Ron Kenneth Lord bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Lord's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J2777), injected or infused drug (J2781) and eye exam or test (92134).

Where did Dr. Ron Kenneth Lord go to medical school?

Dr. Lord graduated from University of Utah School of Medicine in 2006.

What drugs does Dr. Ron Kenneth Lord prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Lord's most prescribed drugs by claims were Prednisolone Acetate, Ofloxacin and Timolol Maleate.

Has Dr. Ron Kenneth Lord received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $21,990 in general payments to Dr. Lord from 21 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Glaukos Corporation.

How long has Dr. Ron Kenneth Lord been practicing?

Dr. Lord graduated from medical school in 2006, 20 years ago.

Does Dr. Ron Kenneth Lord do research?

Dmand AI links 2 publications to Dr. Lord, published from 2013 to 2015.

Who does Dr. Ron Kenneth Lord publish with?

Dr. Lord's most frequent co-authors are Shamim Ahmed Haji, MD (1 shared paper), Nancy Kunjukunju, MD (1 shared paper) and Ashika Odhav, MD (1 shared paper).

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