Benjamin D. Kuhns, MD, MS
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · Des Plaines, IL
Benjamin D. Kuhns, MD, MS is an orthopaedic surgery physician with a practice address in Des Plaines, Illinois, and NPI 1770947665, issued on Apr 7, 2016. Check the license (Illinois 036.163387, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Benjamin D. Kuhns
- Credential
- MD, MS
- Primary taxonomy
- Orthopaedic Surgery Physician 207X00000X
- License numbers
- 036.163387 IL
2345467 CO
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 999 E Touhy Ave Ste 450, Des Plaines, IL 60018
- Phone
- (630) 920-2323
- Enumerated
- Apr 7, 2016
- Record last updated
- Jun 9, 2023
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230607001199); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 999 E Touhy Ave Ste 450
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Shawn Annin, MDSurgical Assistant1780215178
- Gennady Bovkis, CSFASurgical Assistant1992499271
- Benjamin Domb, M.D.Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) Physician1154454635
- Megan Flynn, MDOrthopaedic Surgery Physician1710320114
- Amanda Gentile, PTPhysical Therapist1942585120
- Julia Jekli, DNPNurse Practitioner1376170894
Verify Benjamin D. Kuhns in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
Search for license 036.163387Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 99.2 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $4,186.45
15 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Smith+Nephew, Inc. The 15,003 providers of this specialty with any payment received $23,022.89 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
- American Hip Institute LLCPleasant Prairie, WI
- Rci (wrs) LLCValparaiso, IN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Benjamin D. Kuhns among 995 orthopaedic surgery physician records in Illinois
Benjamin D. Kuhns, MD, MS is one of 995 orthopaedic surgery physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 77% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2016, is newer than 75% of them.
- NPI issued2016 · 75% of these records are older, 24% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 56% of these records are
- Graduated2016 · median 2001 among the 556 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207X00000X and a Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
12 orthopaedic surgery physician records list a practice address in Des Plaines
They are 12 of the 1,164 NPPES records with a practice address in Des Plaines, and 995 orthopaedic surgery physician records in Illinois.
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The 8 orthopaedic surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Megan Flynn, MDDes Plaines, IL 600181710320114
- Robert Haralson, MDRosemont, IL 600181740313675
- Mitchell Meghpara, M.D.Des Plaines, IL 600181295178465
- Mark Schinsky, MDDes Plaines, IL 600181639125842
- Etan Sugarman, M.D.Des Plaines, IL 600181235426610
- Aimee Brasher, M.D.Des Plaines, IL 600161396991378
- George Firlit, MDDes Plaines, IL 600161538231188
- Michael Grear, M.D.Des Plaines, IL 600161710983374
Common questions
What is Benjamin D. Kuhns, MD, MS's NPI number?
Benjamin D. Kuhns, MD, MS's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1770947665, issued on Apr 7, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Benjamin D. Kuhns, MD, MS located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 999 E Touhy Ave Ste 450, Des Plaines, IL, 60018. Phone: (630) 920-2323. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Benjamin D. Kuhns, MD, MS's license?
NPPES lists Illinois license number 036.163387, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation at https://idfpr.illinois.gov/checklicense.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
What is Benjamin D. Kuhns, MD, MS's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 99.2 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.