Norma Therese Walks, MD
Surgery Physician · Oro Valley, AZ
Norma Therese Walks, MD is a surgery physician with a practice address in Oro Valley, Arizona, and NPI 1043410418, issued on Jul 23, 2007. Check the license (Arizona 56568, as entered in NPPES) on the Arizona Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Norma Therese Walks
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License numbers
- 56568 AZ
80828 AZ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1521 E Tangerine RD Ste 201, Oro Valley, AZ 85755
- Phone
- (520) 605-5664
- Enumerated
- Jul 23, 2007
- Record last updated
- May 1, 2023
- Fax
- (520) 605-5665
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20240416000513); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Minnesota Medical School, 2004
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1521 E Tangerine RD Ste 201
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Anyul Ferez-Pinzon, MDSurgery Physician1285195669
- Rebecca Innes, DOSurgery Physician1356878953
Verify Norma Therese Walks in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersArizona Medical Board
Search for license 56568Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
84% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
23 Medicare Part D claims for 12 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 89.3 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: $38.32
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; 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 2 group practices
- Dhew Ind Hlth SV Hlth Svs And Mntl Hlth AdmPhoenix, AZ
- Sierra Vista Regional Health Center Medical Group LLCSierra Vista, AZ
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Norma Therese Walks among 760 surgery physician records in Arizona
Norma Therese Walks, MD is one of 760 surgery physician records with a practice address in Arizona. 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 2007, is newer than 39% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 39% of these records are older, 52% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 53% of these records are
- Graduated2004 · median 2006 among the 401 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 45% 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 Arizona practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
5 surgery physician records list a practice address in Oro Valley
They are 5 of the 542 NPPES records with a practice address in Oro Valley, and 760 surgery physician records in Arizona.
All 760 in Arizona → Every provider in Oro Valley → Surgery Physician nationwide →
The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Anyul Ferez-Pinzon, MDOro Valley, AZ 857551285195669
- Rebecca Innes, DOOro Valley, AZ 857551356878953
- Shablee PresleyOro Valley, AZ 857551174400279
- Marcus Adair, M.D.Tucson, AZ 857481780027979
- Kelly LaraTucson, AZ 857481083008940
- Colin Price, MDTucson, AZ 857481891101317
- Donald Jones, MDTucson, AZ 857471588724504
- Gary Henderson, MDTucson, AZ 857451801969498
Common questions
What is Norma Therese Walks, MD's NPI number?
Norma Therese Walks, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1043410418, issued on Jul 23, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Norma Therese Walks, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1521 E Tangerine RD Ste 201, Oro Valley, AZ, 85755. Phone: (520) 605-5664. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Norma Therese Walks, MD's license?
NPPES lists Arizona license number 56568, as entered by the provider. Search the Arizona Medical Board at https://www.azmd.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Norma Therese Walks, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Norma Therese Walks, MD had 23 Medicare Part D claims for 12 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Norma Therese Walks, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 89.3 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.