Dr. Lester R. Sauvage Jr., MD

  • Mercer Island, WA
  • Internist
NPI1013904887PAC ID1759384464
Medicare services, 2024
877
Medicare patients, 2024
227
Part D claims, 2024
6,059
MIPS score, 2024
23
Industry payments
$2,375
Practice address
9150 Fortuna Dr, Mercer Island, WA 98040
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Primary practice

Covenant Living at the Shores

Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) · Mercer Island, Washington

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Dr. Lester R. Sauvage Jr. is an internist in Mercer Island, Washington

Dr. Sauvage practices at Covenant Living at the Shores in Mercer Island, Washington.

Dr. Sauvage's NPI, 1013904887, was assigned on October 5, 2005. Dr. Sauvage graduated from Saint Louis University School of Medicine in 1983. Dr. Sauvage holds Washington license MD00027752.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
1759384464
NPI enumeration date
October 5, 2005
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
69
Medical school graduation
1983

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

Dr. Lester R. Sauvage Jr. practices at Covenant Living at the Shores in Mercer Island, Washington

Dr. Sauvage's primary practice is Covenant Living at the Shores, at 9150 Fortuna Dr, Mercer Island, WA 98040 in King County.

  • Covenant Living at the Shores
    9150 Fortuna Dr, Mercer Island, WA 98040 · King County

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Dr. Lester R. Sauvage Jr. is affiliated with 7 sites of care and 4 medical groups

Dr. Sauvage's primary practice is Covenant Living at the Shores in Mercer Island, Washington. The medical group on file is Northwest Geriatrics. Dmand AI also links Dr. Sauvage to 3 more group practices and clinics, 3 medical groups, 1 home health agency, 1 skilled nursing facility and 1 ambulatory surgery center, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Lester R. Sauvage Jr.'s practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Covenant Living at the ShoresAvailable with a free account
+6 more sites and 3 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Lester R. Sauvage Jr. is one of 2,689 internists in Washington

Internal medicine is Dr. Sauvage's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dr. Sauvage is licensed in Washington.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Internal medicine, WashingtonPrimaryLicense MD00027752 · taxonomy 207R00000X

Internists near Dr. Sauvage

Counts of internists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.

2,689internists in Washington
6internists in Mercer Island

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

Dr. Lester R. Sauvage Jr. billed Medicare for 877 services in 2024

CMS data shows 877 Medicare services from Dr. Sauvage across 9 procedure codes in 2024, for 227 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $82,178 for them.

Medicare services, 2024877
Medicare patients227
Paid by Medicare$82,178
Procedure codes9

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 9952024: 87712%

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

  • In an office11113%
  • In a facility76687%

Dr. Sauvage compared with the Washington median for internists, 2024

  • Dr. Sauvage
  • Washington median
Medicare services
877vs 3642.4 times
Medicare patients
227vs 16538% above
Part D claims
5,381vs 18229.6 times

Medians across 2,604 internists in Washington with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Sauvage'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. Lester R. Sauvage Jr. treated 227 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 85

CMS counts 227 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Sauvage in 2024. The largest group is 85 and over, with 132 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 66% have high cholesterol. 12% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.87, 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. Sauvage's median patient age at 85, with 69% women.

Medicare patients, 2024227
Average age85
Average risk score1.87
Also on Medicaid12%

Dr. Sauvage's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Sauvage's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women13961%
  • Men8839%

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol66%
  3. Arthritis55%
  4. Alzheimer's and dementia46%
  5. Mood disorders41%
  6. Atrial fibrillation39%
  7. Ischemic heart disease39%
  8. Heart failure38%

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

Dr. Sauvage's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 85

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women69%
  • Men30%

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

Dr. Lester R. Sauvage Jr. wrote 6,059 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Sauvage wrote 6,059 Medicare Part D claims for 266 patients. 83% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 5,381 of them, across 106 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $260,194 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 4,295 claims across 96 drugs.

Part D claims, 20246,059
Drugs named by CMS106
Total drug cost$260,194
Part D patients266

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

  • Generic5,038 claims83%
  • Brand-name990 claims16%
  • Other31 claims1%

Dr. Sauvage'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 Dr. Sauvage's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids3%211 of 6,059 claims
  • Antibiotics2%110 of 6,059 claims
  • Antipsychotics, patients 65 and over4%220 of 6,059 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: 4,2952024: 5,38125%

Drugs named by CMS: 106 in 2024, 96 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. Lester R. Sauvage Jr. scored 23 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 23 out of 100 for Dr. Sauvage for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Sauvage accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Sauvage's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 23of 100Final score
  • 0of 100Quality
  • 0of 100Improvement Activities
  • 77of 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. Lester R. Sauvage Jr. received $2,375 in industry payments from 2016 to 2024

CMS Open Payments shows 22 general payments to Dr. Sauvage from 10 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2024. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 96% of the total. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc paid the most, $575.

General payments to Dr. Sauvage by program year, 2016 to 2024

General payments to Dr. Sauvage by kind, 2016 to 2024

$2.4Kin total
  • Food and beverage$2,28596%
  • Education$904%

Companies that paid Dr. Sauvage the most, 2016 to 2024

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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

Dr. Lester R. Sauvage Jr. graduated from Saint Louis University School of Medicine

Dr. Sauvage graduated from Saint Louis University School of Medicine in 1983.

  1. Medical schoolSaint Louis University School of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Lester R. Sauvage Jr.'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)
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. Lester R. Sauvage Jr.'s NPI number?

Dr. Lester R. Sauvage Jr.'s NPI number is 1013904887. It was assigned on October 5, 2005, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Lester R. Sauvage Jr.?

Dr. Lester R. Sauvage Jr. is an internist in Mercer Island, Washington. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Internal Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207R00000X).

Where does Dr. Lester R. Sauvage Jr. practice?

Dr. Sauvage practices at 9150 Fortuna Dr, Mercer Island, WA 98040. Dr. Sauvage's primary practice is Covenant Living at the Shores in Mercer Island, Washington. Dmand AI also links Dr. Sauvage to 3 group practices and clinics, 3 medical groups, 1 home health agency, 1 skilled nursing facility and 1 ambulatory surgery center.

What is Dr. Lester R. Sauvage Jr.'s medical license number?

Dr. Sauvage holds Washington license MD00027752.

What medical group is Dr. Lester R. Sauvage Jr. part of?

Dr. Sauvage is linked to Northwest Geriatrics. Dmand AI links Dr. Sauvage to 3 more medical groups.

Does Dr. Lester R. Sauvage Jr. accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Sauvage billed Medicare for 877 services in 2024, and Dr. Sauvage accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Lester R. Sauvage Jr.'s MIPS score?

Dr. Sauvage's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 23 out of 100, reported individually.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Lester R. Sauvage Jr. see?

CMS counts 227 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Sauvage in 2024, with an average age of 85.

What services does Dr. Lester R. Sauvage Jr. bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Sauvage's most billed Medicare services were nursing facility care (99309), nursing facility care (99310) and nursing facility care (99306).

Where did Dr. Lester R. Sauvage Jr. go to medical school?

Dr. Sauvage graduated from Saint Louis University School of Medicine in 1983.

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What drugs does Dr. Lester R. Sauvage Jr. prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Sauvage's most prescribed drugs by claims were Levothyroxine Sodium, Furosemide and Atorvastatin Calcium.

Has Dr. Lester R. Sauvage Jr. received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $2,375 in general payments to Dr. Sauvage from 10 companies from 2016 to 2024. The largest total came from Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

How long has Dr. Lester R. Sauvage Jr. been practicing?

Dr. Sauvage graduated from medical school in 1983, 43 years ago.

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