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Valerie Hope Slocum Sutherland, MD

NPI 1962493684ActiveIndividual· Internal Medicine· Gig Harbor, WA

Internal Medicine (MD) in Gig Harbor, Washington, trained at University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine (class of 2002). Their prescriptions cost Medicare Part D more than their services did: $354,029 for 805 claims, against $49,574 paid for services in 2024. Abbvie Inc. was the largest of 2 companies reporting payments in 2025, $208.45 in all, mostly speaking and faculty fees.

Overview

NPI1962493684
StatusActive
Entity typeIndividual
CredentialMD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI issuedNov 2, 2005
Last updated in NPPESFeb 10, 2022
Certified by providerFeb 10, 2022

Specialties and licenses

TaxonomyCodeLicenseState
Internal Medicine Primary207R00000XMD00048999WA
Preventive Medicine, Obesity Medicine2083B0002XMD00048999WA

About license numbers in NPPES

Exclusion screening

ListResultDetails
HHS-OIG LEIE · Nov 10, 2026No matchChecked by NPI and by name + state
North Carolina Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026No match—
New York OMIG · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Ohio Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Pennsylvania Medicheck · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Washington HCA · Nov 11, 2026No match—

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Medicare

Enrollment (PECOS)Enrolled Practitioner - Emergency Medicine (VI); Practitioner - Internal Medicine (WA)
Accepts assignmentYes (participating)

Medicare services in 2024

Medicare patients126
Services billed729 across 14 procedure codes
Paid by Medicare$49,574

Part D prescriptions in 2024

Prescriptions (claims)805 · 1,291 30-day fills
Patients121
Total drug cost$354,029
Generic share58% of claims

Medicare sources and data years

Education and affiliations

Medical schoolUniversity of Southern California Keck School of Medicine
Graduation year2002
Medicare specialtyEmergency Medicine
TelehealthOffers telehealth

Medical groups

Hospital affiliations

Source: CMS Care Compare

Industry payments (Open Payments)

  • 2025$208.45 · 5 payments from 2 companies
  • 2024$236.12 · 5 payments from 3 companies

Top paying companies in 2025

CompanyAmountPayments
Abbvie Inc.$137.501
Lilly USA, LLC$70.954

What the 2025 payments were for

  • Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$137.50 · 1 payment
  • Food and Beverage$70.95 · 4 payments

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

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