Aaron B. Shives, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Watertown, SD
Aaron B. Shives, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Watertown, South Dakota, and NPI 1659338747, issued on May 1, 2006. Check the license (South Dakota 1918, as entered in NPPES) on the South Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Aaron B. Shives
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 1918 SD
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 511 14TH Ave NE, Watertown, SD 57201
- Phone
- (605) 886-8482
- Enumerated
- May 1, 2006
- Record last updated
- May 17, 2022
- Fax
- (605) 884-4300
- Medicaid ID
- 5605113 SD
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100119000755); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Sanford School Of Medicine Of University Of South Dakota, 1986
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Aaron B. Shives in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersSouth Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners
Search for license 1918Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
11,135 Medicare Part D claims for 544 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 316 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Rosuvastatin Calcium573 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium572 claims
- Lisinopril331 claims
- Escitalopram Oxalate307 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate304 claims
- Furosemide268 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Industry payments in 2024: $734.91
43 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Pfizer Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through 2 group practices
- Brown Clinic PllpWatertown, SD
- Prairie Lakes Health Care System IncWatertown, SD
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Aaron B. Shives among 601 family medicine physician records in South Dakota
Aaron B. Shives, MD is one of 601 family medicine physician records with a practice address in South Dakota. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 12% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 47% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 65% of these records are
- Graduated1986 · median 2008 among the 393 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 52% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a South Dakota practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
21 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Watertown
They are 21 of the 543 NPPES records with a practice address in Watertown, and 601 family medicine physician records in South Dakota.
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Common questions
What is Aaron B. Shives, MD's NPI number?
Aaron B. Shives, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1659338747, issued on May 1, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Aaron B. Shives, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 511 14TH Ave NE, Watertown, SD, 57201. Phone: (605) 886-8482. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Aaron B. Shives, MD's license?
NPPES lists South Dakota license number 1918, as entered by the provider. Search the South Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners at https://www.sdbmoe.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Aaron B. Shives, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Aaron B. Shives, MD had 11,135 Medicare Part D claims for 544 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.