Dr. Robert A. Palmer, DO
Gastroenterology (Gastroenterology Physician)
3927 Rucker Ave
Everett, WA 98201
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Snohomish County includes primary care (7% of residents) and dental (8% of residents) and mental health (36% of residents) shortage areas. About shortage areas
- Medicare participating
At a glance
- Medical school
- Kansas City University of Med & Biosciences, College of Osteo Med (1999)
- Years since graduation
- 27
- In the NPI registry since
- 2006
- Medicare patients seen, 2024
- 287
Licensed in Washington since 2006, according to the Washington State Department of Health. We show license dates only for the states that publish them in bulk; see which states do. For other states, check the state medical board.
The NPI date is when this clinician registered for a National Provider Identifier, the billing number used on health claims. It is not a license, graduation or board-certification date. NPIs were first issued in May 2005 and became required on claims in 2007–2008, so an early date usually means the clinician was already in practice before then. What an NPI is
Education and training
- 1999Medical school: Kansas City University of Med & Biosciences, College of Osteo Med
- 2006Registered with an NPI (national billing number; not a license date) — NPIs began in 2005, so practice likely started earlier
Undergraduate school, residency, fellowship, licensing exams and board certification aren’t in public federal data. Board certification can be confirmed with the certifying board (ABMS member boards for MDs, AOA boards for DOs).
Specialties and state licenses
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Gastroenterology Physician primary
WA license OP00002135 (first issued 2006; active)
As reported to the NPI registry. To confirm a license is current, check the state medical board.
Where they work
Hospitals
- Providence Regional Medical Center Everett Everett, WA
Medical groups
- Optum Care Washington PLLC (683 clinicians)
Hospitals this clinician lists with Medicare, and groups they bill Medicare through (Care Compare). Affiliation doesn’t mean they see patients at every location.
Medicare patients and services
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 287
- Services billed
- 973
- Patients’ average age
- 72
| Service | Times | Patients |
|---|---|---|
| Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity | 247 | 146 |
| Moderate sedation services provided by the same physician or other qualified health care professional performing a gastrointestinal endoscopic service that sedation supports, requiring the presence of an independent trained observer to assist in the monito | 175 | 169 |
| Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope with mechanical snare | 100 | 100 |
| Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | 89 | 80 |
| Biopsy of large bowel using a flexible endoscope | 53 | 53 |
| Biopsy of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using a flexible endoscope | 43 | 41 |
| Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample | 30 | 21 |
| New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | 29 | 29 |
| 2019-ncov coronavirus, sars-cov-2/2019-ncov (covid-19), any technique, multiple types or subtypes (includes all targets), non-cdc, making use of high throughput technologies as described by cms-2020-01-r | 25 | 25 |
| 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 within | 25 | 25 |
Medicare fee-for-service only. CMS leaves out services billed for fewer than 11 patients. These figures describe a practice’s Medicare work; they aren’t a measure of quality.
Medicare prescriptions
Prescriptions filled under Medicare Part D, including refills. CMS leaves out drugs prescribed fewer than 11 times.