Benjamin Walker

  • Lynchburg, VA
  • Internist
NPI1518595693PAC ID5193148880
Medicare services, 2024
858
Medicare patients, 2024
379
Part D claims, 2024
386
Publications
7
MIPS score, 2024
93
Practice address
3300 Rivermont Avenue, Krise Building, 5th Floor, Lynchburg, VA 24503
Practice phone
Call (434) 200-1960
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Primary practice

Centra Specialty Hospital

Hospital · Lynchburg, Virginia

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Benjamin Walker is an internist in Lynchburg, Virginia

Benjamin Walker practices at Centra Specialty Hospital in Lynchburg, Virginia, part of Centra Health.

Benjamin Walker's NPI, 1518595693, was assigned on April 1, 2020. Benjamin Walker holds Virginia license 0101279138.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
5193148880
NPI enumeration date
April 1, 2020
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(434) 200-1960
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
32
Medical school graduation
2020

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

Benjamin Walker practices at Centra Specialty Hospital in Lynchburg, Virginia

Benjamin Walker's primary practice is Centra Specialty Hospital, at 3300 Rivermont Avenue, Krise Building, 5th Floor, Lynchburg, VA 24503 in Lynchburg City. The practice phone is (434) 200-1960.

  • Centra Specialty Hospital
    3300 Rivermont Avenue, Krise Building, 5th Floor, Lynchburg, VA 24503 · Lynchburg CityPhone(434) 200-1960

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Benjamin Walker is affiliated with 4 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Benjamin Walker's primary practice is Centra Specialty Hospital in Lynchburg, Virginia, part of Centra Health. Benjamin Walker is also affiliated with Centra Lynchburg General Hospital. The medical group on file is Centra Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Benjamin Walker to 2 more hospitals and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Benjamin Walker's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Centra Specialty HospitalAvailable with a free account
+3 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

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Benjamin Walker is one of 3,339 internists in Virginia

Internal medicine is Benjamin Walker's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Benjamin Walker is licensed in Virginia.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Internal medicine, VirginiaPrimaryLicense 0101279138 · taxonomy 207R00000X

Internists near Benjamin Walker

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

Benjamin Walker billed Medicare for 858 services in 2024

CMS data shows 858 Medicare services from Benjamin Walker across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 379 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $60,304 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

Medicare services, 2024858
Medicare patients379
Paid by Medicare$60,304
Procedure codes5

Benjamin Walker's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 2372024: 858262%

Benjamin Walker compared with the Virginia median for internists, 2024

  • Benjamin Walker
  • Virginia median
Medicare services
858vs 60741% above
Medicare patients
379vs 24654% above
Part D claims
136vs 22439% below

Medians across 3,182 internists in Virginia with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Benjamin Walker'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

Benjamin Walker treated 379 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 78

CMS counts 379 Medicare patients who saw Benjamin Walker in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 152 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 19% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.35, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Benjamin Walker's median patient age at 75, with 53% women.

Medicare patients, 2024379
Average age78
Average risk score2.35
Also on Medicaid19%

Benjamin Walker's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Benjamin Walker's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women21456%
  • Men16544%

Chronic conditions among Benjamin Walker's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis56%
  4. Chronic kidney disease53%
  5. Heart failure44%
  6. Diabetes42%
  7. Ischemic heart disease42%
  8. Mood disorders42%

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

Benjamin Walker's patients across all payers

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

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 75

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women53%
  • Men47%

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

Benjamin Walker wrote 386 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Benjamin Walker wrote 386 Medicare Part D claims for 176 patients. 91% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 136 of them, across 8 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $670 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 243 claims across 13 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024386
Drugs named by CMS8
Total drug cost$670
Part D patients176

Benjamin Walker's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic350 claims91%
  • Brand-name36 claims9%

Benjamin Walker'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.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Benjamin Walker's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids6%22 of 386 claims
  • Antibiotics17%66 of 386 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 2432024: 13644%

Drugs named by CMS: 8 in 2024, 13 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

Benjamin Walker scored 93 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 93 out of 100 for Benjamin Walker for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Benjamin Walker accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Benjamin Walker's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 93of 100Final score
  • 83.6of 100Quality
  • 94of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities

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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Benjamin Walker has 7 publications on record

Dmand AI links 7 papers to Benjamin Walker, published from 2014 to 2020. The most frequent topics are Embryo, Nonmammalian, Potentially Inappropriate Medication List and Water Pollutants, Chemical. Benjamin Walker has published most often in Am Surg. Benjamin Walker's most frequent co-authors are Katie Love Bower, MD, Bryan R. Collier, DO and Daniel I. Lollar, MD.

Papers7
Years published2014 to 2020

Benjamin Walker's papers by year, 2014 to 2020

Topics Benjamin Walker writes about most

  • Embryo, Nonmammalian
  • Potentially Inappropriate Medication List
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical
  • Zebrafish
  • Accidental Falls
  • Chondrogenesis
  • Craniofacial Abnormalities
  • Inappropriate Prescribing

Benjamin Walker's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Benjamin Walker

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

Sources for Benjamin Walker'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 phoneDmand AI Affiliation 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)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Benjamin Walker's NPI number?

Benjamin Walker's NPI number is 1518595693. It was assigned on April 1, 2020, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What does Benjamin Walker specialize in?

Benjamin Walker is an internist in Lynchburg, Virginia. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Internal Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207R00000X).

Where does Benjamin Walker practice?

Benjamin Walker practices at 3300 Rivermont Avenue, Krise Building, 5th Floor, Lynchburg, VA 24503. Benjamin Walker's primary practice is Centra Specialty Hospital in Lynchburg, Virginia, part of Centra Health. Dmand AI also links Benjamin Walker to 2 hospitals and 1 medical group.

What is Benjamin Walker's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Benjamin Walker is (434) 200-1960.

What is Benjamin Walker's medical license number?

Benjamin Walker holds Virginia license 0101279138.

Which hospitals is Benjamin Walker affiliated with?

Benjamin Walker practices at Centra Specialty Hospital in Lynchburg, Virginia. Benjamin Walker is also affiliated with Centra Lynchburg General Hospital. Dmand AI links Benjamin Walker to 2 more hospitals.

What medical group is Benjamin Walker part of?

Benjamin Walker is linked to Centra Medical Group. Dmand AI links Benjamin Walker to 1 more medical group.

Does Benjamin Walker accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Benjamin Walker billed Medicare for 858 services in 2024, and Benjamin Walker accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Benjamin Walker's MIPS score?

Benjamin Walker's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 93 out of 100, reported through an alternative payment model (APM).

How many Medicare patients does Benjamin Walker see?

CMS counts 379 Medicare patients who saw Benjamin Walker in 2024, with an average age of 78.

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What services does Benjamin Walker bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Benjamin Walker's most billed Medicare services were hospital inpatient care (99232), hospital inpatient care (99239) and hospital inpatient care (99222).

What drugs does Benjamin Walker prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Benjamin Walker's most prescribed drugs by claims were Atorvastatin Calcium, Prednisone and Furosemide.

How long has Benjamin Walker been practicing?

Benjamin Walker graduated from medical school in 2020, 6 years ago.

Does Benjamin Walker do research?

Dmand AI links 7 publications to Benjamin Walker, published from 2014 to 2020.

Who does Benjamin Walker publish with?

Benjamin Walker's most frequent co-authors are Katie Love Bower, MD (3 shared papers), Bryan R. Collier, DO (3 shared papers) and Daniel I. Lollar, MD (3 shared papers).

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