NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

George Liu Yang

Neurological Surgery Physician · Sioux Falls, SD

George Liu Yang is a neurological surgery physician with a practice address in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and NPI 1124480389, issued on Mar 25, 2016. Check the license (South Dakota 14515, as entered in NPPES) on the South Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1124480389
Name
George Liu Yang
Primary taxonomy
Neurological Surgery Physician 207T00000X
License number
14515 SD
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1210 W 18TH St Ste 100, Sioux Falls, SD 57104
Phone
(605) 312-8500
Enumerated
Mar 25, 2016
Record last updated
Nov 30, 2023
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20230728000667); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Vanderbilt University School Of Medicine, 2016
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 1210 W 18TH St Ste 100

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Ahmed Abd ElazimNeurology Physician1285157065
  2. Nessim Amin, MDNeurology Physician1316369523
  3. Hasmik Amirjanyan, MDNeurology Physician1396309670
  4. Alexis Blackwelder, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1588291744
  5. Santiago Diaz GonzalezNeurology Physician1619545993
  6. Kayla FaberGerontology Nurse Practitioner1184219560

Verify George Liu Yang in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersSouth Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 76.7 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.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score78.6
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%44.6
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%99.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $2,639.36

17 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Alphatec Spine, Inc. The 5,377 providers of this specialty with any payment received $14,925.58 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. George Yang$2,639
  2. Specialty average$14,926

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

  1. Sanford Health NetworkAberdeen, SD
  2. Sanford Medical CenterSioux Falls, SD

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

George Liu Yang among 27 neurological surgery physician records in South Dakota

George Liu Yang is one of 27 neurological surgery physician records with a practice address in South Dakota. 67% 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 85% of them.

  • NPI issued2016 · 85% of these records are older, 7% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 56% of these records are
  • Graduated2016 · median 2005 among the 15 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2023 · 70% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207T00000X and a South Dakota practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Neurological Surgery Physician providers in South Dakota

There are 27 neurological surgery physician records in South Dakota.

The 8 neurological surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Seokchun LimSioux Falls, SD 571041154775781
  2. Michael Opoku-Darko, M.D., MSC.Sioux Falls, SD 571041205480704
  3. Shawn Vuong, M.D.Sioux Falls, SD 571041861758856
  4. Margaret Carmody, M.D.Sioux Falls, SD 571051346482890
  5. Mark Fox, MDSioux Falls, SD 571051750355236
  6. Michael Puumala, MDSioux Falls, SD 571051821021304
  7. Luis Diaz-Aguilar, MDDakota Dunes, SD 570491306342555
  8. Quentin Durward, MDDakota Dunes, SD 570491457354383

Common questions

What is George Liu Yang's NPI number?

George Liu Yang's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1124480389, issued on Mar 25, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is George Liu Yang located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1210 W 18TH St Ste 100, Sioux Falls, SD, 57104. Phone: (605) 312-8500. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify George Liu Yang's license?

NPPES lists South Dakota license number 14515, 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.

What is George Liu Yang's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 76.7 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.