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Michael K Driver, MD

Emergency Medicine · Richland

NPI 1811033574

Medicare standing
Clear
Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
Plans that list them
Not verified
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Office
1
Since medical school
46 years
Graduated 1980

Offices

1 location · Health First Urgent Care, PLLC · 14 clinicians in this group

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State licence records

1 licence

  • Washington MD.MD.00025405Physician And Surgeon License · since 1988 · expires 2027-01-27
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Original Medicare doctor bills

$50,800

Medicare paid this office $50,800 for 296 people.

This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.

Largest Original Medicare bills
Detection test by nucleic acid for organism, amplified probe technique65$16,300$34
Short return visit (20+ min)155$11,281$64
New patient visit (30+ min)104$6,156$59
Detection test for candida species (yeast), amplified probe technique20$2,785$34
Detection test by nucleic acid for staphylococcus aureus (bacteria), amplified probe technique57$2,029$34
See all 14 services
Every Original Medicare service billed
Detection test by nucleic acid for organism, amplified probe technique65$16,300$34
Short return visit (20+ min)155$11,281$64
New patient visit (30+ min)104$6,156$59
Detection test for candida species (yeast), amplified probe technique20$2,785$34
Detection test by nucleic acid for staphylococcus aureus (bacteria), amplified probe technique57$2,029$34
Detection test by nucleic acid for mycoplasma pneumoniae (bacteria), amplified probe technique47$1,616$34
Detection test by nucleic acid for chlamydia pneumoniae, amplified probe technique47$1,616$34
Return visit (30+ min)14$1,319$88
New patient visit (45+ min)15$1,317$88
Detection test by nucleic acid for legionella pneumophila (water borne bacteria), amplified probe technique36$1,238$34
Detection test by nucleic acid for strep (streptococcus, group b), amplified probe technique28$963$34
Detection test by nucleic acid for strep (streptococcus, group a), amplified probe technique13$447$34
Detection test by nucleic acid for vancomycin resistance strep (vre), amplified probe technique13$447$34
Automated urinalysis test29$66$2

Who their Medicare patients are

296 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 73 · Under 65 11% · 85 and older 13% · Women 60% · Also on Medicaid 12% · Health risk score 1.17. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical emergency medicine clinician is at 2.01.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 61% · Diabetes 27% · Depression 22% · Chronic kidney disease 21% · Coronary heart disease 18% · Cancer 17% · COPD 17% · Atrial fibrillation 15% · Heart failure 11% · Dementia 8% · Stroke 7%.

The office billed $124,426, Medicare allowed $64,042 and paid $50,800; for 1,243 services of 51 kinds.

Original Medicare patients only. A risk score of 1.0 is the average Medicare patient; higher means sicker. Any count under 11 is hidden.

Year by year

Original Medicare by year
20242961,243731.17$124,426$50,800
20232911,497731.14$143,947$64,330
2022117409731.13$93,075$22,616
2021173259731.57$245,829$20,156
20205567732.44$93,292$6,818
201984100712.13$123,186$8,562
2018124150721.77$194,533$13,198
20175155692.58$78,973$5,658

Original Medicare only. A service billed for fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden, so the lines can add up to less than the year's total.

See the services billed each year

2023: 15 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Detection test by nucleic acid for organism, amplified probe technique78$22,559$34
Short return visit (20+ min)145$10,048$65
New patient visit (30+ min)127$9,551$75
Detection test by nucleic acid for staphylococcus aureus (bacteria), amplified probe technique70$2,510$34
Detection test for candida species (yeast), amplified probe technique28$2,338$34
Detection test by nucleic acid for multiple types of respiratory virus, multiple types or subtypes, 3-5 targets16$2,236$140
Detection test by nucleic acid for chlamydia pneumoniae, amplified probe technique49$1,720$34
Detection test by nucleic acid for mycoplasma pneumoniae (bacteria), amplified probe technique49$1,720$34
Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (dna or rna); severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]), amplified probe technique, making use of high throughput technologies as described by cms-2020-01-r23$1,691$74
Return visit (30+ min)14$1,451$104
Detection test by nucleic acid for strep (streptococcus, group b), amplified probe technique33$1,169$34
Detection test by nucleic acid for legionella pneumophila (water borne bacteria), amplified probe technique25$860$34
Detection test by nucleic acid for vancomycin resistance strep (vre), amplified probe technique19$653$34
Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (dna or rna); severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]), amplified probe technique, cdc or non-cdc, making use of high throughput technologies, completed within23$564$25
Automated urinalysis test21$51$2

2022: 10 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Detection test by nucleic acid for organism, amplified probe technique17$4,918$34
New patient visit (30+ min)43$3,477$81
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making12$1,967$151
Detection test by nucleic acid for multiple types of respiratory virus, multiple types or subtypes, 3-5 targets13$1,817$140
Short return visit (20+ min)22$1,686$77
Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (dna or rna); severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]), amplified probe technique, making use of high throughput technologies as described by cms-2020-01-r16$1,176$74
Detection test by nucleic acid for staphylococcus aureus (bacteria), amplified probe technique17$585$34
Detection test by nucleic acid for chlamydia pneumoniae, amplified probe technique13$447$34
Detection test by nucleic acid for mycoplasma pneumoniae (bacteria), amplified probe technique13$447$34
Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (dna or rna); severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]), amplified probe technique, cdc or non-cdc, making use of high throughput technologies, completed within16$392$25

2021: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making51$7,378$139
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making37$3,114$82
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making34$1,679$47
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes18$1,679$58
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes11$1,165$83
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only31$203$6

2020: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making33$4,716$131
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making15$1,577$93

2019: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making39$5,193$130
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making18$1,654$92
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making24$1,163$48

2018: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making67$8,886$131
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making40$1,868$44
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making18$1,855$88
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only12$80$7

2017: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making31$4,175$135
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making11$577$48

Medicaid work

$236,213 in 2024

Medicaid paid $236,213 for 3,515 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 113 people in a month for one service.

Medicaid and CHIP claims where this clinician did the service, fee-for-service and managed care together. Any month with fewer than 11 patients is hidden, so small Medicaid practices undercount.

Largest Medicaid services in 2024
Short return visit (20+ min)1,224$76,331
Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA), not otherwise specified; amplified probe technique, each organism381$49,482
Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); respiratory virus (eg, adenovirus, influenza virus, coronavirus, metapneumovirus, parainfluenza virus, respiratory syncytial virus, rhinovirus), includes multiplex reverse transcription, when performed, and multiplex amplified probe technique, multiple types or subtypes, 3-5 targets321$40,296
New patient visit (30+ min)440$34,979
Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); respiratory virus (eg, adenovirus, influenza virus, coronavirus, metapneumovirus, parainfluenza virus, respiratory syncytial virus, rhinovirus), includes multiplex reverse transcription, when performed, and multiplex amplified probe technique, multiple types or subtypes, 12-25 targets147$17,082
Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); Candida species, amplified probe technique43$3,775
Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); Staphylococcus aureus, amplified probe technique151$3,340
Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); Streptococcus, group A, amplified probe technique109$3,189
Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); Streptococcus, group B, amplified probe technique95$2,461
Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); Chlamydia pneumoniae, amplified probe technique147$2,299
Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); Mycoplasma pneumoniae, amplified probe technique147$2,287
Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay with direct optical (ie, visual) observation; Streptococcus, group A25$333
Medicaid work by year
20243,51515113$236,213
20235,51919146$365,236
20222,18320193$142,951
20211,420385$75,625
2020719545$38,382
20191,032778$56,928
20181,164784$68,709
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years

2023

Largest Medicaid services in 2023
Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA), not otherwise specified; amplified probe technique, each organism580$99,150
Short return visit (20+ min)1,392$80,623
Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); respiratory virus (eg, adenovirus, influenza virus, coronavirus, metapneumovirus, parainfluenza virus, respiratory syncytial virus, rhinovirus), includes multiplex reverse transcription, when performed, and multiplex amplified probe technique, multiple types or subtypes, 12-25 targets273$67,128
New patient visit (30+ min)638$47,484
Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); respiratory virus (eg, adenovirus, influenza virus, coronavirus, metapneumovirus, parainfluenza virus, respiratory syncytial virus, rhinovirus), includes multiplex reverse transcription, when performed, and multiplex amplified probe technique, multiple types or subtypes, 3-5 targets170$22,275
Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); Staphylococcus aureus, amplified probe technique371$9,969
Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); Mycoplasma pneumoniae, amplified probe technique341$9,025
Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); Chlamydia pneumoniae, amplified probe technique341$8,993
Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); Candida species, amplified probe technique80$6,663
Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (dna or rna); severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]), amplified probe technique, making use of high throughput technologies as described by cms-2020-01-r85$5,430
Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); Streptococcus, group A, amplified probe technique136$3,821
Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); Streptococcus, group B, amplified probe technique122$3,138

2022

Largest Medicaid services in 2022
Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); respiratory virus (eg, adenovirus, influenza virus, coronavirus, metapneumovirus, parainfluenza virus, respiratory syncytial virus, rhinovirus), includes multiplex reverse transcription, when performed, and multiplex amplified probe technique, multiple types or subtypes, 12-25 targets100$33,571
Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA), not otherwise specified; amplified probe technique, each organism159$30,580
New patient visit (30+ min)263$20,353
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM279$13,629
Short return visit (20+ min)203$13,536
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM76$5,970
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM44$3,998
Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); Staphylococcus aureus, amplified probe technique147$3,953
Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); Chlamydia pneumoniae, amplified probe technique138$3,734
Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); Mycoplasma pneumoniae, amplified probe technique138$3,702
Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); influenza virus, for multiple types or sub-types, includes multiplex reverse transcription, when performed, and multiplex amplified probe technique, first 2 types or sub-types41$3,075
Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); respiratory virus (eg, adenovirus, influenza virus, coronavirus, metapneumovirus, parainfluenza virus, respiratory syncytial virus, rhinovirus), includes multiplex reverse transcription, when performed, and multiplex amplified probe technique, multiple types or subtypes, 3-5 targets30$2,435

2021

Largest Medicaid services in 2021
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM744$29,288
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM319$26,694
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM357$19,643

2020

Largest Medicaid services in 2020
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM468$24,035
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM195$14,208
COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL20$69
Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count21$56
Urinalysis, by dip stick or tablet reagent for bilirubin, glucose, hemoglobin, ketones, leukocytes, nitrite, pH, protein, specific gravity, urobilinogen, any number of these constituents; automated, with microscopy15$14

2019

Largest Medicaid services in 2019
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM688$30,551
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM259$24,062
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM18$1,773
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT STRAIGHTFORWARD MDM12$331
COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL20$107
Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count20$79
Urinalysis, by dip stick or tablet reagent for bilirubin, glucose, hemoglobin, ketones, leukocytes, nitrite, pH, protein, specific gravity, urobilinogen, any number of these constituents; automated, with microscopy15$26

2018

Largest Medicaid services in 2018
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM761$48,265
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM272$18,496
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM13$1,131
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT STRAIGHTFORWARD MDM16$409
COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL36$201
Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count37$154
Urinalysis, by dip stick or tablet reagent for bilirubin, glucose, hemoglobin, ketones, leukocytes, nitrite, pH, protein, specific gravity, urobilinogen, any number of these constituents; automated, with microscopy29$52

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$3,236

Pharmacies billed $3,236 in 2024.

This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.

Opioids were 4% of their Part D prescriptions (15 of 357) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical emergency medicine clinician is at 12%.

325 generic and 32 brand-name prescriptions · $3,236 in drug cost · 201 antibiotic prescriptions to 165 people.

Part D prescriptions only. The opioid rate is opioid prescriptions as a share of all this clinician's Part D prescriptions; surgeons and pain specialists run higher than others, so it is shown against the same specialty.

Largest Part D drug costs
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass59$561$9
Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro26$344$13
Cephalexin22$286$13
Albuterol Sulfate Hfa16$284$18
Ondansetron Odt11$147$13
See all 11 drugs
Every Part D drug this clinician prescribed
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass59$561$9
Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro26$344$13
Cephalexin22$286$13
Albuterol Sulfate Hfa16$284$18
Ondansetron Odt11$147$13
Ofloxacin12$124$10
Ciprofloxacin17$120$7
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim21$116$6
Azithromycin26$102$4
Clindamycin14$89$6
Prednisone21$55$2

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
20243572424% (15)9%$3,236
20233982404% (17)None$4,699
202222213414% (32)None$2,194
202131420020% (64)7%$4,505
202037725521% (78)5%$5,477
201943930324% (106)5%$6,771
201839128319% (74)None$4,227
201741129421% (85)None$4,123
201639627224% (96)6%$3,250
201536727123% (85)11%$5,963
201437625421% (78)None$6,553
201333921419% (63)None$5,694

Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.

See the drugs prescribed each year

2023: 10 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro29$536$18
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass42$509$12
Cephalexin42$468$11
Azithromycin42$219$5
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim38$162$4
Mupirocin15$161$11
Clindamycin13$74$6
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen13$66$5
Prednisone19$57$3
Ciprofloxacin11$57$5

2022: 5 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro15$279$19
Ondansetron Odt18$211$12
Azithromycin22$136$6
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen24$82$3
Prednisone18$47$3

2021: 7 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro43$866$20
Cephalexin20$233$12
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen50$228$5
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim26$141$5
Ondansetron Odt15$107$7
Azithromycin14$58$4
Prednisone13$51$4

2020: 13 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro29$619$21
Doxycycline Hyclate27$325$12
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen66$256$4
Ondansetron Odt23$200$9
Clindamycin13$145$11
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim27$134$5
Prednisone23$113$5
Cephalexin17$105$6
Metronidazole11$103$9
Azithromycin13$91$7
Ciprofloxacin16$79$5
Cyclobenzaprine15$74$5
Amoxicillin13$63$5

2019: 15 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2019
Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro23$494$21
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen73$307$4
Doxycycline Hyclate12$278$23
Ciprofloxacin33$258$8
Ondansetron Odt28$240$9
Azithromycin36$227$6
Clindamycin15$187$12
Metronidazole14$185$13
Prednisone27$137$5
Cephalexin16$99$6
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass12$92$8
Levofloxacin13$80$6
Cyclobenzaprine18$70$4
Oxycodone11$60$5
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim11$40$4

2018: 9 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Clindamycin32$345$11
Ciprofloxacin41$296$7
Doxycycline Hyclate15$269$18
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen55$257$5
Azithromycin41$204$5
Ondansetron Odt28$152$5
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass12$141$12
Prednisone24$120$5
Levofloxacin13$80$6

2017: 7 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Azithromycin66$354$5
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen66$324$5
Ciprofloxacin53$293$6
Clindamycin19$224$12
Levofloxacin19$161$8
Ondansetron Odt29$148$5
Prednisone32$146$5

2016: 11 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2016
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen63$335$5
Levofloxacin43$329$8
Azithromycin54$298$6
Ondansetron Odt30$224$7
Metronidazole14$202$14
Clindamycin16$201$13
Ciprofloxacin23$173$8
Prednisone22$115$5
Cephalexin16$95$6
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim17$59$3
Hydromorphone11$43$4

2015: 9 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2015
Azithromycin62$329$5
Levofloxacin30$276$9
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen57$269$5
Ciprofloxacin29$164$6
Ondansetron Odt15$144$10
Clindamycin16$142$9
Prednisone25$110$4
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim12$100$8
Cephalexin13$74$6

2014: 7 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2014
Azithromycin49$328$7
Ciprofloxacin57$309$5
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen54$303$6
Clindamycin24$290$12
Ondansetron18$153$9
Prednisone23$118$5
Cephalexin12$116$10

2013: 6 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2013
Azithromycin55$490$9
Ciprofloxacin51$343$7
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen36$155$4
Cephalexin12$123$10
Prednisone32$117$4
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim12$82$7

Professional record

NPI
1811033574
Licence
WA MD00025405Washington MD.MD.00025405: Active
Gender
Male
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Federal specialty code 207P00000X (207P00000X)
Mailing address
Po Box 189, Clarkston, WA, 99403
NPI first listed
2007-01-29
NPI last updated
2007-07-08

This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.