Joshua Tessier
Family Medicine Physician · West Des Moines, IA
Joshua Tessier is a family medicine physician with a practice address in West Des Moines, Iowa, and NPI 1023271087, issued on Jul 9, 2008. Check the license (Iowa 3998, as entered in NPPES) on the Iowa Board of Medicine; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joshua Tessier
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License numbers
- 3998 IA
271489 MA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1300 Woodland Ave, West Des Moines, IA 50265
- Phone
- (515) 280-3860
- Enumerated
- Jul 9, 2008
- Record last updated
- Oct 28, 2024
- Medicaid ID
- 1023271087 IA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20090811000289); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Des Moines University Of Osteopathic Medicine And Health Sciences, 2008
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Joshua Tessier in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIowa Board of Medicine
Search for license 3998Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
85% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
529 Medicare Part D claims for 70 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 8% of claims. 82 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Buprenorphine-Naloxone35 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium32 claims
- Gabapentin28 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl28 claims
- Fentanyl23 claims
- Tizanidine Hcl20 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $192.15
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, 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
- United Community Services IncWest Des Moines, IA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Joshua Tessier among 2,336 family medicine physician records in Iowa
Joshua Tessier is one of 2,336 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Iowa. 75% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2008, is newer than 58% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 58% of these records are older, 40% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated2008 · median 2006 among the 1,367 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 61% 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 Iowa practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
54 family medicine physician records list a practice address in West Des Moines
They are 54 of the 2,201 NPPES records with a practice address in West Des Moines, and 2,336 family medicine physician records in Iowa.
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Common questions
What is Joshua Tessier's NPI number?
Joshua Tessier's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1023271087, issued on Jul 9, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joshua Tessier located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1300 Woodland Ave, West Des Moines, IA, 50265. Phone: (515) 280-3860. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joshua Tessier's license?
NPPES lists Iowa license number 3998, as entered by the provider. Search the Iowa Board of Medicine at https://dial.iowa.gov/about-dial/boards-and-commissions/medicine. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Joshua Tessier prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joshua Tessier had 529 Medicare Part D claims for 70 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
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.