Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.
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Dr. Derek Thomas Dirks, MD

Individual provider Surgery Physician · NPI 1427476225

Dr. Derek Thomas Dirks, MD practises General Surgery in Post Falls, Idaho. Graduated from University of Iowa, Rj & L Carver College of Medicine in 2014, 12 years ago. Practices with Kootenai Health Inc, a 394-clinician group, works from 2 locations and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Idaho and Oregon.

Years since qualifying
12
Trained at
University of Iowa, Rj & L Carver College of Medicine
Licensed in
ID, OR
In the registry since
2014
Specialties on file
2
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

750 N Syringa St Ste 205
Post Falls, ID 83854-5275
Phone: (208) 262-0945
Fax: (208) 415-0150
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Additional practice locations (1)

  • 2003 Kootenai Health Way, Coeur D Alene, ID 83814-6051 — (208) 625-4000

Specialties & licences

Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 208600000X · Licence M-15190 (ID)
Surgery Physician Taxonomy 208600000X · Licence MD193751 (OR)

Record details

NPI number1427476225
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedMarch 31, 2014
Last updated in NPPESApril 22, 2024
Certification dateApril 22, 2024

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyGENERAL SURGERY
Medical schoolUNIVERSITY OF IOWA, RJ & L CARVER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
Graduated 2014 (12 years in practice)
Group practice Kootenai Health Inc — 394 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations4 on file with Medicare

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Hernia repair (minimally invasive) 12 times · 75th percentile
Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux 61 times · 67th percentile
Colonoscopy 29 times · 53rd percentile
Removal of tissue 1–10 times

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients300
Services billed 598 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age72

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Food and Beverage $63 3 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

Each amount is the sum of what companies reported for that kind of payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

  • Bonner General Hospital Hospital · Sandpoint, ID · listed as Bonner General Hospital, Inc
  • Kootenai Health Hospital · Coeur D'Alene, ID · listed as Kootenai Health, Inc
  • Northwest Specialty Hospital Hospital · Post Falls, ID

Colleagues at Kootenai Health Inc

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 394 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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