Gretchen L. Dunford, DO
Surgery Physician · Colby, KS
Gretchen L. Dunford, DO is a surgery physician with a practice address in Colby, Kansas, and NPI 1356637037, issued on Jun 21, 2011. Check the license (Kansas 05-38968, as entered in NPPES) on the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Gretchen L. Dunford
- Credential
- DO
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License numbers
- 05-38968 KS
5101019467 MI
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 100 E College Dr, Colby, KS 67701
- Phone
- (785) 462-7511
- Enumerated
- Jun 21, 2011
- Record last updated
- Mar 18, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (785) 460-1490
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20231103001242); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Kansas City University Of Med & Biosciences, College Of Osteo Med, 2011
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 100 E College Dr
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Hannah Bandy, APRNFamily Nurse Practitioner1477205466
- Stevan BudiSurgery Physician1871034298
- Janette Burbach, RDN LDN CDERegistered Dietitian1326181553
- Christopher CarrollPharmacist1174004089
- Martha Collins, RD LDRegistered Dietitian1366636557
- Therese Cook, APRN, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1790477321
Verify Gretchen L. Dunford in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersKansas State Board of Healing Arts
Search for license 05-38968Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
76% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
35 Medicare Part D claims for 17 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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): 77.3 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: $4,001.46
12 payments; by number, the most common kind was travel and lodging; the largest payer was Intuitive Surgical, Inc. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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 one group practice
- Saint Lukes Physician Group IncKansas City, MO
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Gretchen L. Dunford among 349 surgery physician records in Kansas
Gretchen L. Dunford, DO is one of 349 surgery physician records with a practice address in Kansas. 72% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2011, is newer than 59% of them.
- NPI issued2011 · 59% of these records are older, 38% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 52% of these records are
- Graduated2011 · median 2006 among the 180 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 50% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a Kansas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
4 surgery physician records list a practice address in Colby
They are 4 of the 131 NPPES records with a practice address in Colby, and 349 surgery physician records in Kansas.
All 349 in Kansas → Every provider in Colby → Surgery Physician nationwide →
The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Stevan BudiColby, KS 677011871034298
- Kelly Gabel, D.O.Colby, KS 677011538307236
- Brenda Kopriva, MDColby, KS 677011598970642
- Pamela Steinle, M.D.Goodland, KS 677351891732871
- Ruben Silan, M.D.Norton, KS 676541467458224
- Andrew Adams, M.D.Dodge City, KS 678011538456413
- Mirza Ahmad, MDDodge City, KS 678011942281506
- Mohammad Amawi, MDDodge City, KS 678011740261205
Common questions
What is Gretchen L. Dunford, DO's NPI number?
Gretchen L. Dunford, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1356637037, issued on Jun 21, 2011. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Gretchen L. Dunford, DO located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 100 E College Dr, Colby, KS, 67701. Phone: (785) 462-7511. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Gretchen L. Dunford, DO's license?
NPPES lists Kansas license number 05-38968, as entered by the provider. Search the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts at https://www.ksbha.ks.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Gretchen L. Dunford, DO prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Gretchen L. Dunford, DO had 35 Medicare Part D claims for 17 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Gretchen L. Dunford, DO's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 77.3 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.