NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Russell Reed Lambert

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · Grand Forks, ND

Russell Reed Lambert is an orthopaedic surgery physician with a practice address in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and NPI 1376903450, issued on Mar 2, 2016. Check the license (North Dakota PT17493, as entered in NPPES) on the North Dakota Board of Medicine; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1376903450
Name
Russell Reed Lambert
Primary taxonomy
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician 207X00000X
License number
PT17493 ND
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
4440 S Washington St., Grand Forks, ND 58201
Phone
(701) 732-7000
Enumerated
Mar 2, 2016
Record last updated
Jul 26, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20210709000203); may accept Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
At Still University Of Health Sciences, College Of Osteo Med, Kirksville, 2016
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Verify Russell Reed Lambert in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Dakota Board of Medicine
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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26% more Medicare Part D claims than the average orthopaedic surgery physician in 2024

437 Medicare Part D claims for 167 beneficiaries, against an average of 346 among the 16,516 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 166 claims were for opioids.

  1. Russell Lambert437
  2. Specialty average346

Most prescribed

  1. Oxycodone Hcl148 claims
  2. Meloxicam147 claims
  3. Amoxicillin43 claims
  4. Celecoxib30 claims
  5. Clindamycin 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.

The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 97.6 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.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score86.5
  2. Costnot scored (reweighted)
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%100.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $259.27

6 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Stryker Corporation. The 15,003 providers of this specialty with any payment received $23,022.89 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Russell Lambert$259
  2. Specialty average$23,023

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

  1. Altru Health SystemDevils Lake, ND

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Russell Reed Lambert among 74 orthopaedic surgery physician records in North Dakota

Russell Reed Lambert is one of 74 orthopaedic surgery physician records with a practice address in North Dakota. 74% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2016, is newer than 89% of them.

  • NPI issued2016 · 89% of these records are older, 8% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
  • Graduated2016 · median 2006 among the 44 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2021 · 62% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207X00000X and a North Dakota practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician providers in North Dakota

There are 74 orthopaedic surgery physician records in North Dakota.

The 8 orthopaedic surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Robert Clayburgh, MDGrand Forks, ND 582011598736662
  2. Jeremy Gardner, MDGrand Forks, ND 582011881886497
  3. Heath Gould, MDGrand Forks, ND 582011205323482
  4. Robert Johnson, MDGrand Forks, ND 582011013008812
  5. Hans Joseph, D.OGrand Forks, ND 582011568769941
  6. David Rathbone, MDGrand Forks, ND 582011154413581
  7. David Schall, MDGrand Forks, ND 582011932170057
  8. Jessica Shin, MDGrand Forks, ND 582011578820775

Common questions

What is Russell Reed Lambert's NPI number?

Russell Reed Lambert's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1376903450, issued on Mar 2, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Russell Reed Lambert located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4440 S Washington St., Grand Forks, ND, 58201. Phone: (701) 732-7000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Russell Reed Lambert's license?

NPPES lists North Dakota license number PT17493, as entered by the provider. Search the North Dakota Board of Medicine at https://www.ndbom.org/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Russell Reed Lambert prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Russell Reed Lambert had 437 Medicare Part D claims for 167 beneficiaries; the average among orthopaedic surgery physician prescribers was 346. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Russell Reed Lambert's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 97.6 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.