Matthew Finnern
Physician Assistant · West Des Moines, IA
Matthew Finnern is a physician assistant with a practice address in West Des Moines, Iowa, and NPI 1063162048, issued on Mar 24, 2022. Check the license with the Iowa board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Matthew Finnern
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- Practice location
- 105 Valley West Dr, West Des Moines, IA 50265
- Phone
- (515) 223-4368
- Enumerated
- Mar 24, 2022
- Record last updated
- Oct 26, 2023
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230913000766); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Matthew Finnern in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Iowa board licenses this professionCheck 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 physician assistant in 2024
121 Medicare Part D claims for 63 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 12 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Pantoprazole Sodium26 claims
- Prednisone13 claims
- Tobramycin-Dexamethasone11 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: $524.82
21 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 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
- Knoxville Community Hospital IncKnoxville, IA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Matthew Finnern among 1,525 physician assistant records in Iowa
Matthew Finnern is one of 1,525 physician assistant records with a practice address in Iowa. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2022, is newer than 76% of them.
- NPI issued2022 · 76% of these records are older, 17% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 69% of these records are
- Graduated2023 · median 2017 among the 1,053 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 41% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a Iowa practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
119 physician assistant records list a practice address in West Des Moines
They are 119 of the 2,201 NPPES records with a practice address in West Des Moines, and 1,525 physician assistant records in Iowa.
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Common questions
What is Matthew Finnern's NPI number?
Matthew Finnern's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1063162048, issued on Mar 24, 2022. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Matthew Finnern located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 105 Valley West Dr, West Des Moines, IA, 50265. Phone: (515) 223-4368. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Matthew Finnern's license?
Search the Iowa board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Matthew Finnern prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Matthew Finnern had 121 Medicare Part D claims for 63 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. 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.