2026 NPPES data Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician NPI 1043534530 M.D.
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BLAKE GARMON, M.D.

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician in SHAMOKIN DAM, Pennsylvania. CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System profile including specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare prescribing data when reported.

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Prescribing volume
9K
Medicare Part D claims · 651 beneficiaries · Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician avg: 522
Generic prescribing
86%
generic claims · 14% brand-name · higher generic rates reduce patient out-of-pocket costs

What the federal data shows

BLAKE GARMON, M.D. filed 9,278 Medicare Part D claims in 2023 as a Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician in SHAMOKIN DAM, Pennsylvania, prescribing 86% generic.

9K
Part D claims, 2023
86%
generic prescribing
Likely
board-certified (heuristic)

Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) — no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.

BLAKE GARMON, M.D.'s Medicare Part D volume vs every U.S. prescriber

Total Medicare Part D claims, 2023 — across all CMS prescribers nationally

9,278 Top 2% higher than 98% of 1,370,886 prescribers

0–200: 670,926 prescribers (49%). Below this entry. 200–400: 182,923 prescribers (13%). Below this entry. 400–600: 90,619 prescribers (7%). Below this entry. 600–800: 56,224 prescribers (4%). Below this entry. 800–1,000: 40,919 prescribers (3%). Below this entry. 1,000–1,200: 31,827 prescribers (2%). Below this entry. 1,200–1,400: 26,224 prescribers (2%). Below this entry. 1,400–1,600: 21,710 prescribers (2%). Below this entry. 1,600–1,800: 19,072 prescribers (1%). Below this entry. 1,800–2,000: 16,451 prescribers (1%). Below this entry. 2,000–2,200: 213,991 prescribers (16%). This entry sits in this band. This provider 0 2K+ every Part D prescriber (claims/yr), bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more prescribers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File · 2023

Board certification likely (heuristic — not verified)

BLAKE GARMON, M.D. practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + 1 hospital affiliation — signals consistent with board-certified status. For verified board certification, see CertificationMatters.org (the official ABMS public lookup).

What does the federal data show about BLAKE GARMON, M.D.?

Quality data not reported

NPI registry status

Active

Issued 03/26/2010

NPI 1043534530

Primary specialty

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician

Rare

237 US NPIs in this specialty

Medicare Part D claims

9,278 1677% vs specialty avg

2023 prescription claims

Specialty avg: 522

Specialty distribution in Pennsylvania

How Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician compares to other specialties among Pennsylvania providers

Pennsylvania providers

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician share within Pennsylvania

1. Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician42%2. Internal medicine21%3. Family medicine17%4. Surgical12%5. Pediatric8%
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician share within Pennsylvania

Specialty board-certification context

Estimated specialty board-certified rate — Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician (ABMS / AOA reference)

Quality data not reported
Est. board-certified rate
78%
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician ABMS/AOA estimate

Est. board-certified rate (Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician) — ABMS / AOA estimate

0%100%78%
Est. board-certified rate (Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician) — ABMS / AOA estimate

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.

Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).

BLAKE GARMON, M.D. appears in the CMS NPPES registry as a Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician provider holding M.D. credentials at 30 BALDWIN BLVD, SHAMOKIN DAM, PA, 17876, with a listed phone of (570) 884-7970. NPI 1043534530 was issued on 03/26/2010. Because NPPES data is self-reported by the provider and refreshed monthly, the address, phone, and specialty reflect what GARMON most recently submitted to CMS rather than a vetted directory listing, which is why patients should always confirm the practice is still at this location before scheduling.

Medicare Part D records for calendar year 2023 show 9,278 prescription claims written by this provider, covering 651 Medicare beneficiaries and totaling roughly $1.2 million in drug spend, split 14% brand-name and 86% generic by claim count, with an opioid prescribing rate of 2.0%. These figures capture only Medicare Part D — commercial insurance, Medicaid, and cash-pay prescriptions are not included, and any drug-beneficiary cell under 11 is suppressed by CMS for patient privacy.

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician is a narrow specialty nationwide, with 237 enrolled providers across 41 states and an average of 522 Part D claims per prescriber, so the context for interpreting these metrics differs meaningfully from a primary-care baseline. Important: PlainDoctor is a directory of publicly available government data, not medical advice, a malpractice database, or a quality rating. Inclusion here does not imply a recommendation, and absence of complaints or sanctions on this page does not mean none exist — always verify credentials through the NPPES NPI Registry, your state medical board, and the ABMS or AOA before making healthcare decisions.

Practice Address

30 BALDWIN BLVD
SHAMOKIN DAM, PA 17876

Provider Details

NPI 1043534530
Specialty Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician
Credentials M.D.
Gender Male
NPI Issued 03/26/2010

Hospital and facility affiliations

Facilities where BLAKE GARMON, M.D. bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" — a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.

GEISINGER CLINIC
DANVILLE, PA

Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).

License & disciplinary context — Pennsylvania PA-BOM 2023 annual report

Aggregate state board data only — NOT a determination of any individual provider's status. The figures below describe statewide disciplinary activity across all ~45K Pennsylvania medical licensees in 2023 — they are NOT specific to BLAKE GARMON, M.D.. To verify BLAKE GARMON, M.D.'s current license status, search the PA-BOM public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.

133
Total board actions, Pennsylvania 2023
Across 129 cases
2.96
Actions per 1,000 licensees
Pennsylvania statewide rate
probation
Most common action type
48 cases

PA-BOM publishes annual disciplinary statistics as part of public-record reporting under each state's Administrative Procedure Act. See the full breakdown by action type and year on the Pennsylvania disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.

Brand vs generic prescribing mix · Typical

BLAKE GARMON, M.D. — brand share 14.0%
Specialty average (est.)

14% brand-name claims vs 86% generic, on 9,278 2023 Medicare Part D claims.

The federal Medicare Part D Generic Dispensing Rate national benchmark sits near 90% generic / 10% brand for primary-care prescribers, per CMS Office of the Actuary 2024 estimates. Higher brand share is common in specialty prescribing where generic equivalents are not available.

Medicare Part D Prescribing Data

CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2023.

9,278
Total Claims
$1.2M
Total Drug Cost
651
Medicare Beneficiaries

Prescribing Breakdown

30-Day Fills
22,002
Total Day Supply
636,586
Brand vs Generic
14% brand / 86% generic
Brand Drug Cost
$1.0M
Generic Drug Cost
$174K
Opioid Claims
189 (2.0% rate)
Antibiotic Claims
251

Patient Demographics

Average Patient Age
76.1 years
Avg HCC Risk Score
1.29
Gender Split
59% female / 41% male

Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)

Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2023. Based on Medicare Part D data only.

What BLAKE GARMON, M.D. prescribes most

Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2023

claims
Source CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File As of 2023
Drug Claims
Atorvastatin Calcium
700
Losartan Potassium
390
Omeprazole
340
Amlodipine Besylate
311
Lisinopril
307
Rosuvastatin Calcium
279
Levothyroxine Sodium
277
Metoprolol Succinate
261
Metformin Hcl Er
Metformin Hcl
178
Gabapentin
175

* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician Overview

How BLAKE GARMON, M.D. fits within the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician landscape nationally.

237
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician Providers in US
41
States with Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician
522
Avg Claims per Provider

BLAKE GARMON, M.D.'s 9,278 claims are above the specialty average of 522.

Nearby Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician Providers in Pennsylvania

Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Pennsylvania, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as GARMON.

Compare Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →

Frequently Asked Questions

What is BLAKE GARMON, M.D.'s specialty?
BLAKE GARMON, M.D. specializes in Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician and practices in SHAMOKIN DAM, Pennsylvania. Credentials: M.D..
How much does BLAKE GARMON, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2023, BLAKE GARMON, M.D. wrote 9,278 Medicare Part D claims totaling $1.2M in drug costs for 651 beneficiaries.
Where is BLAKE GARMON, M.D. located?
BLAKE GARMON, M.D. is located at 30 BALDWIN BLVD, SHAMOKIN DAM, PA, 17876. Phone: (570) 884-7970.
What is BLAKE GARMON, M.D.'s NPI number?
BLAKE GARMON, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1043534530, issued on 03/26/2010.
Does BLAKE GARMON, M.D. prescribe more brand-name or generic drugs?
BLAKE GARMON, M.D.'s prescribing is 14% brand-name and 86% generic drugs by claim count, with $1.0M in brand drug costs.
Does BLAKE GARMON, M.D. prescribe opioids?
Yes, BLAKE GARMON, M.D. had 189 opioid claims in 2023 with an opioid prescribing rate of 2.0%.
How many Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician providers are there in the US?
There are 237 Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician providers across 41 states in the US. The average Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician provider writes 522 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does BLAKE GARMON, M.D. prescribe most often?
Based on 2023 Medicare Part D data, BLAKE GARMON, M.D.'s most frequently prescribed drugs include Atorvastatin Calcium, Losartan Potassium, Omeprazole. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does BLAKE GARMON, M.D. accept Medicare?
BLAKE GARMON, M.D. appears in CMS Medicare data with 9,278 Part D claims and 651 Medicare beneficiaries in 2023. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify BLAKE GARMON, M.D.'s credentials?
BLAKE GARMON, M.D.'s NPI is 1043534530 with credentials M.D.. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.

Data Sources

Provider Directory
CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
Specialty Classification
NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2023). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
Limitations
Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.

See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.

Data as of April 2026 (NPPES) / 2023 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

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