Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Dr. Valerie Kay Torgerson, DO

Individual provider Family Medicine Physician · NPI 1306836119

Dr. Valerie Kay Torgerson, DO is registered under Family Practice in Des Moines, Iowa. Qualified in 1993, 33 years ago. Practices with Iowa Physicians Clinic Medical Foundation, a 1,242-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Iowa.

Years since qualifying
33
Licensed in
IA
In the registry since
2005
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

1350 Des Moines St Ste 110
Des Moines, IA 50309-5507
Phone: (515) 643-0833
Fax: (515) 643-0933
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Specialties & licences

Family Medicine Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207Q00000X · Licence 02943 (IA)

Record details

NPI number1306836119
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderFemale
Credentials DO
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedOctober 24, 2005
Last updated in NPPESJuly 7, 2022
Certification dateJuly 7, 2022

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyFAMILY PRACTICE
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 1993 (33 years in practice)
Group practice Iowa Physicians Clinic Medical Foundation — 1242 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.

Removal of skin lesions 1–10 times
Skin biopsy 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 patients282
Services billed 2,187 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age75

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.

  • Unitypoint At Home Home health agency · Urbandale, IA
  • Unitypoint Health - Des Moines Iowa Methodist Medi Hospital · Des Moines, IA

Colleagues at Iowa Physicians Clinic Medical Foundation

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 1242 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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