Stephen L. Thornton, M.D.
Emergency Medicine Physician · Kansas City, KS
Stephen L. Thornton, M.D. is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Kansas City, Kansas, and NPI 1477560803, issued on Aug 1, 2006. Check the license (Kansas 04-31362, as entered in NPPES) on the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Stephen L. Thornton
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License numbers
- 04-31362 KS
A80775 CA
2005011352 MO
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4000 Cambridge Street 4045B Delp, Kansas City, KS 66160
- Phone
- (913) 914-6088
- Enumerated
- Aug 1, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid IDs
- 200366630A KS
202299129 MO - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20051017000693); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Kansas School Of Med (Kc/Wich/Sal), 2001
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
8 nearest emergency medicine physician records → All 459 in Kansas → Look up another NPI →
Verify Stephen L. Thornton in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersKansas State Board of Healing Arts
Search for license 04-31362Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
66% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
76 Medicare Part D claims for 12 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Buprenorphine-Naloxone47 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): 91.9 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: $40.00
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was education; the largest payer was Csl Behring. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 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
- Kansas University Physicians IncKansas City, MO
- University OF Kansas Hospital AuthorityKansas City, KS
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Stephen L. Thornton among 459 emergency medicine physician records in Kansas
Stephen L. Thornton, M.D. is one of 459 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Kansas. 77% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 8% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 8% of these records are older, 60% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated2001 · median 2011 among the 270 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Kansas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
124 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Kansas City
They are 124 of the 4,522 NPPES records with a practice address in Kansas City, and 459 emergency medicine physician records in Kansas.
All 459 in Kansas → Every provider in Kansas City → Emergency Medicine Physician nationwide →
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Common questions
What is Stephen L. Thornton, M.D.'s NPI number?
Stephen L. Thornton, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1477560803, issued on Aug 1, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Stephen L. Thornton, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4000 Cambridge Street 4045B Delp, Kansas City, KS, 66160. Phone: (913) 914-6088. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Stephen L. Thornton, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Kansas license number 04-31362, as entered by the provider. Search the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts at https://www.ksbha.ks.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Stephen L. Thornton, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Stephen L. Thornton, M.D. had 76 Medicare Part D claims for 12 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Stephen L. Thornton, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 91.9 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.