Jerome Wayne Bentz, M.D.
Family Medicine Physician · Platte, SD
Jerome Wayne Bentz, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Platte, South Dakota, and NPI 1649274986, issued on Jun 1, 2005. Check the license (South Dakota 1337, as entered in NPPES) on the South Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Jerome Wayne Bentz
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 1337 SD
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 601 E 7TH St, Platte, SD 57369
- Phone
- (605) 337-1501
- Enumerated
- Jun 1, 2005
- Record last updated
- May 28, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (605) 337-3360
- Medicaid IDs
- 5602594 SD
5602593 SD - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20051201000152); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Sanford School Of Medicine Of University Of South Dakota, 1980
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 601 E 7TH St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Nelson Batoon, MDFamily Medicine Physician1689831547
- Jennifer Frederiksen, MDFamily Medicine Physician1003127424
- Janice Gerlach, MDPsychiatry Physician1649833401
- Lance Griese, DDSDentist1518962943
- Tia Hetland, PA-CPhysician Assistant1649613076
- Clayton Hoffman, DDSDentist1841586864
Verify Jerome Wayne Bentz in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersSouth Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners
Search for license 1337Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
7,280 Medicare Part D claims for 324 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 11% of claims. 93 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium461 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate405 claims
- Losartan Potassium388 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium357 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate275 claims
- Lisinopril250 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 93.7 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $27.04
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Astellas Pharma US 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Platte Community Memorial Hospital IncPlatte, SD
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
5 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Platte
They are 5 of the 36 NPPES records with a practice address in Platte, and 601 family medicine physician records in South Dakota.
All 5 in Platte → All 601 in South Dakota → Every provider in Platte →
Other family medicine physician records in South Dakota
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- Gordon Abernathie, D.O.Rapid City, SD1053316174
- Kyle Adams, D.O.Rapid City, SD1881009496
- Mary Ahlers, DOBrookings, SD1609301365
- Alese Allerdings, M.D.De Smet, SD1285926261
- Jay Allison, MDSioux Falls, SD1235195041
- E. Amundson, MDSioux Falls, SD1144220914
- Sylvia Anderson, MDFaulkton, SD1790891844
- Wayne Anderson, MDSpearfish, SD1902834914
- Roberto Anel, MDSioux Falls, SD1841411444
Common questions
What is Jerome Wayne Bentz, M.D.'s NPI number?
Jerome Wayne Bentz, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1649274986, issued on Jun 1, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Jerome Wayne Bentz, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 601 E 7TH St, Platte, SD, 57369. Phone: (605) 337-1501. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Jerome Wayne Bentz, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists South Dakota license number 1337, 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.
How much does Jerome Wayne Bentz, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Jerome Wayne Bentz, M.D. had 7,280 Medicare Part D claims for 324 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Jerome Wayne Bentz, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 93.7 of 100. 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.