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Dr. Nicholas Southard, DO

Individual provider Vascular Surgery Physician · NPI 1124281902

Dr. Nicholas Southard, DO practises Vascular Surgery in West Des Moines, Iowa. Graduated from Des Moines University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences in 2006, 20 years ago. Practices with The Iowa Clinic PC, a 305-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Iowa.

Years since qualifying
20
Trained at
Des Moines University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences
Licensed in
IA
In the registry since
2008
What do these letters mean?
DO — Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
A fully licensed physician, trained like an MD with additional musculoskeletal training. Equivalent practice rights in all 50 states.

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Practice location Address checks out

5950 University Ave Ste 231
West Des Moines, IA 50266
Phone: (515) 875-9090
Fax: (515) 875-9312
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Specialties & licences

Vascular Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 2086S0129X · Licence DO-04402 (IA)

Record details

NPI number1124281902
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials DO
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJuly 2, 2008
Last updated in NPPESJanuary 11, 2024
Certification dateJanuary 11, 2024

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyVASCULAR SURGERY
Also practisesGENERAL SURGERY
Medical schoolDES MOINES UNIVERSITY OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES
Graduated 2006 (20 years in practice)
Group practice The Iowa Clinic Pc — 305 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

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.

Leg revascularization (restoring blood flow) 68 times · 95th percentile
Varicose vein removal 86 times · 82nd percentile

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 patients1,335
Services billed 2,882 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age76

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.

Compensation for services other than consulting , including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $3,000 1 payment
Food and Beverage $1,263 14 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

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Practises at

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

Colleagues at The Iowa Clinic PC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 305 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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