Garrett Richard Baker, DO
Emergency Medicine Physician · Thornton, CO
Garrett Richard Baker, DO is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Thornton, Colorado, and NPI 1962997601, issued on Jun 26, 2018. Check the license (Colorado DR.0072296, as entered in NPPES) on the Colorado Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Garrett Richard Baker
- Credential
- DO
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License numbers
- DR.0072296 CO
008986 AZ
5101023954 MI
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 12020 Colorado Blvd, Thornton, CO 80241
- Phone
- (720) 848-0000
- Enumerated
- Jun 26, 2018
- Record last updated
- Mar 15, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20240328003635); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 12020 Colorado Blvd
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Austin Jones, MD, PHDEmergency Medicine Physician1568048304
- Jody Rein, DOEmergency Medicine Physician1164455572
Verify Garrett Richard Baker in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersColorado Medical Board
Search for license DR.0072296Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
62% more Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
365 Medicare Part D claims for 239 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 32 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Prednisone62 claims
- Methocarbamol43 claims
- Dicyclomine Hcl23 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate21 claims
- Tramadol Hcl19 claims
- Ondansetron Hcl15 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 76.1 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: $20.00
1 payment: education; the largest payer was Csl Behring. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 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
- Poudre Valley Medical Group LLCBroomfield, CO
- University Physicians IncorporatedAurora, CO
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Garrett Richard Baker among 1,434 emergency medicine physician records in Colorado
Garrett Richard Baker, DO is one of 1,434 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Colorado. 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 2018, is newer than 86% of them.
- NPI issued2018 · 86% of these records are older, 11% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 57% of these records are
- Graduated2018 · median 2011 among the 810 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 59% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Colorado practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
28 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Thornton
They are 28 of the 2,234 NPPES records with a practice address in Thornton, and 1,434 emergency medicine physician records in Colorado.
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The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Austin Jones, MD, PHDThornton, CO 802411568048304
- Jody Rein, DOThornton, CO 802411164455572
- Gerald Golding, MDDenver, CO 802461750421665
- Bruce Madison, M.D.Denver, CO 802461689927188
- Stephen Sherick, M.D.Denver, CO 802461528260866
- Lauran Wirfs, DODenver, CO 802461013414077
- Kevin Butler, MDDenver, CO 802471902177330
- Erin Drasler, M.D.Denver, CO 802471952535866
Common questions
What is Garrett Richard Baker, DO's NPI number?
Garrett Richard Baker, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1962997601, issued on Jun 26, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Garrett Richard Baker, DO located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 12020 Colorado Blvd, Thornton, CO, 80241. Phone: (720) 848-0000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Garrett Richard Baker, DO's license?
NPPES lists Colorado license number DR.0072296, as entered by the provider. Search the Colorado Medical Board at https://dpo.colorado.gov/Medical. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Garrett Richard Baker, DO prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Garrett Richard Baker, DO had 365 Medicare Part D claims for 239 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Garrett Richard Baker, DO's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 76.1 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.