Eric Kuhns, M.D.
Family Medicine Physician · Sterling, IL
Eric Kuhns, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Sterling, Illinois, and NPI 1699725549, issued on May 11, 2006. Check the license (Illinois 036102916, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Eric Kuhns
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 036102916 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 100 E. Lefevre Road, Sterling, IL 61081
- Phone
- (815) 625-0400
- Enumerated
- May 11, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 23, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (815) 625-6728
- Medicaid ID
- 036102916 IL
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040628000897); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Loyola University Of Chicago, Stritch School Of Medicine, 1998
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Eric 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 036102916Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.7 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
9,460 Medicare Part D claims for 539 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims. 308 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium616 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium401 claims
- Lisinopril372 claims
- Gabapentin299 claims
- Losartan Potassium298 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate270 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $42.54
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Eisai 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.
One hospital affiliation
- Cgh Medical CenterSterling, IL · Acute Care Hospitals1 of 5 stars
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through); hospitals matched to CMS Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.
Eric Kuhns among 6,215 family medicine physician records in Illinois
Eric Kuhns, M.D. is one of 6,215 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 78% 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 9% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 9% of these records are older, 59% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 78% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated1998 · median 2006 among the 3,714 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 54% 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 Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
10 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Sterling
They are 10 of the 366 NPPES records with a practice address in Sterling, and 6,215 family medicine physician records in Illinois.
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Common questions
What is Eric Kuhns, M.D.'s NPI number?
Eric Kuhns, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1699725549, issued on May 11, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Eric Kuhns, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 100 E. Lefevre Road, Sterling, IL, 61081. Phone: (815) 625-0400. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Eric Kuhns, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Illinois license number 036102916, 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.
How much does Eric Kuhns, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Eric Kuhns, M.D. had 9,460 Medicare Part D claims for 539 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Eric Kuhns, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.