Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.
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Ward M Brown, MD

Individual provider Cardiovascular Disease Physician · NPI 1720082381

Ward M Brown, MD is registered under Cardiovascular Disease (Cardiology) in LA Crosse, Wisconsin. Qualified in 1981, 45 years ago. Practices with Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center Inc, a 896-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Iowa and Wisconsin.

Years since qualifying
45
Licensed in
IA, WI
In the registry since
2005
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

1836 S Ave
LA Crosse, WI 54601-5429 Not confirmed with CMS for 11 years — call before visiting
Phone: (608) 782-7300
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Specialties & licences

Cardiovascular Disease Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207RC0000X · Licence 24475 (WI)
Cardiovascular Disease Physician Taxonomy 207RC0000X · Licence 23238 (IA)

Record details

NPI number1720082381
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJune 10, 2005
Last updated in NPPESJune 4, 2015

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyCARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY)
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 1981 (45 years in practice)
Group practice Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center Inc — 896 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations17 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.

Coronary angioplasty and stenting 49 times · 82nd percentile
Pacemaker insertion or repair 11 times · 62nd percentile
Removal of nail 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 patients755
Services billed 1,166 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.

Practises at

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

  • Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center Hospital · La Crosse, WI
  • Gundersen Moundview Hospital And Clinics Hospital · Friendship, WI · listed as Moundview Memorial Hospital and Clinics, Inc
  • Gundersen Boscobel Area Hospital And Clinics Hospital · Boscobel, WI
  • Gundersen St Josephs Hospital And Clinics Hospital · Hillsboro, WI
  • St Elizabeth Medical Center Hospital · Wabasha, MN

Colleagues at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center Inc

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 896 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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