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Lawrence Thomas Volz, M.D.

NPI 1649264649ActiveIndividual· Surgery· Dakota Dunes, SD

Surgery (M.D.) with Blessing Hospital, practicing in Dakota Dunes, South Dakota. Mostly services rather than prescriptions: Medicare paid $68,656 for 209 patients in 2024, with only 44 Part D claims. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. was the largest of 4 companies reporting payments in 2024, $4,412 in all, mostly education. Lists Blessing Hospital and 3 other hospitals as hospital affiliations.

Overview

NPI1649264649
StatusActive
Entity typeIndividual
CredentialM.D.
Sole proprietorNo
NPI issuedSep 6, 2005
Last updated in NPPESJan 14, 2025
Certified by providerJan 14, 2025

Specialties and licenses

TaxonomyCodeLicenseState
Surgery Primary208600000X5754SD
Surgery208600000X036170868IL

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Exclusion screening

ListResultDetails
HHS-OIG LEIE · Oct 9, 2026No matchChecked by NPI and by name + state
North Carolina Medicaid · Nov 4, 2026No match—
New York OMIG · Nov 4, 2026No match—
Ohio Medicaid · Nov 4, 2026No match—
Pennsylvania Medicheck · Nov 4, 2026No match—
Washington HCA · Nov 4, 2026No match—

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Medicare

Enrollment (PECOS)Enrolled Practitioner - General Surgery (IA); Practitioner - General Surgery (IL); Practitioner - General Surgery (SD)
Accepts assignmentYes (participating)

Medicare services in 2024

Medicare patients209
Services billed416 across 67 procedure codes
Paid by Medicare$68,656

Part D prescriptions in 2024

Prescriptions (claims)44 · 44 30-day fills
Patients22
Total drug cost$106.71
Generic share100% of claims

Medicare sources and data years

Education and affiliations

Graduation year1997
Medicare specialtyGeneral Surgery

Medical group

Hospital affiliations

Source: CMS Care Compare

Industry payments (Open Payments)

  • 2024$4,412 · 7 payments from 4 companies

Top paying companies in 2024

What the 2024 payments were for

  • Education$4,000 · 1 payment
  • Food and Beverage$412.04 · 6 payments

Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. What Open Payments covers ·original records

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