Thomas Francis Laporta, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · Ft Myers, FL
Thomas Francis Laporta, MD is an orthopaedic surgery physician with a practice address in Ft Myers, Florida, and NPI 1679860191, issued on Jul 5, 2011. Check the license (Florida ME119924, as entered in NPPES) on the Florida health license search; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Thomas Francis Laporta
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Orthopaedic Surgery Physician 207X00000X
- License number
- ME119924 FL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 8710 College Parkway, Ft Myers, FL 33919
- Phone
- (239) 482-8788
- Enumerated
- Jul 5, 2011
- Record last updated
- Sep 15, 2022
- Fax
- (239) 482-6019
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20140820000805); may accept Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Thomas Francis Laporta in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersFlorida health license search
Search for license ME119924Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
97% more Medicare Part D claims than the average orthopaedic surgery physician in 2024
682 Medicare Part D claims for 305 beneficiaries, against an average of 346 among the 16,516 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of claims. 206 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Meloxicam163 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen129 claims
- Diclofenac Sodium111 claims
- Methylprednisolone98 claims
- Tramadol Hcl39 claims
- Celecoxib24 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $2,505.24
33 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Arthrex, Inc. 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.
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
- Abbott Kagan II MD PAFort Myers, FL
- Physiotherapy Associates IncLehigh Acres, FL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Thomas Francis Laporta among 1,470 orthopaedic surgery physician records in Florida
Thomas Francis Laporta, MD is one of 1,470 orthopaedic surgery physician records with a practice address in Florida. 80% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2011, is newer than 73% of them.
- NPI issued2011 · 73% of these records are older, 24% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated2009 · median 2002 among the 974 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 53% 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 Florida practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
5 orthopaedic surgery physician records list a practice address in Ft Myers
They are 5 of the 197 NPPES records with a practice address in Ft Myers, and 1,470 orthopaedic surgery physician records in Florida.
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The 8 orthopaedic surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Todd Atkinson, M.D.Ft Myers, FL 339191073585501
- John Berra, DOFort Myers, FL 339191467813675
- Mark Farmer, MDFt Myers, FL 339191821068545
- John Fifer, M.D.Fort Myers, FL 339191912908823
- Robert Follweiler, D.O.Fort Myers, FL 339191033150636
- Eduardo Gomez, MDFort Myers, FL 339191851392369
- David Heligman, MDFort Myers, FL 339191972504512
- George Markovich, MDFort Myers, FL 339191487655999
Common questions
What is Thomas Francis Laporta, MD's NPI number?
Thomas Francis Laporta, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1679860191, issued on Jul 5, 2011. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Thomas Francis Laporta, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 8710 College Parkway, Ft Myers, FL, 33919. Phone: (239) 482-8788. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Thomas Francis Laporta, MD's license?
NPPES lists Florida license number ME119924, as entered by the provider. Search the Florida health license search at https://mqa-internet.doh.state.fl.us/mqasearchservices/healthcareproviders. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Thomas Francis Laporta, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Thomas Francis Laporta, MD had 682 Medicare Part D claims for 305 beneficiaries; the average among orthopaedic surgery physician prescribers was 346. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Thomas Francis Laporta, MD's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.