Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Mr. Benjamin R Proto, DPM

Individual provider Foot & Ankle Surgery Podiatrist · NPI 1073506291

Mr. Benjamin R Proto, DPM practises Podiatry in Newport News, Virginia. Qualified in 1998, 28 years ago. Practices with Tidewater Physicians Multispecialty Group, PC, a 269-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Virginia.

Years since qualifying
28
Licensed in
VA
In the registry since
2005
Specialties on file
2
What do these letters mean?
DPM — Doctor of Podiatric Medicine
A foot and ankle physician and surgeon.

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Practice location Address checks out

860 Omni Blvd Ste 113
Newport News, VA 23606
Phone: (757) 327-0657
Fax: (757) 327-0658
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Specialties & licences

Podiatrist (primary) Taxonomy 213E00000X · Licence 0103300835 (VA)
Foot & Ankle Surgery Podiatrist Taxonomy 213ES0103X · Licence 0103300835 (VA)

Record details

NPI number1073506291
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials DPM
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedAugust 23, 2005
Last updated in NPPESDecember 14, 2016

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyPODIATRY
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 1998 (28 years in practice)
Group practice Tidewater Physicians Multispecialty Group, Pc — 269 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations7 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.

Removal of tissue 105 times · 86th percentile
Removal of nail tissue 129 times · 71st percentile
Removal of skin lesions 21 times · 65th percentile
Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) 1–10 times
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision 1–10 times
Removal or shaving of skin growth 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 patients787
Services billed 11,580 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.

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.

Royalty or License $3,738 4 payments · paid for the use of something the clinician owns or invented, such as a patent; not a fee for care or for time
Food and Beverage $271 5 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
Travel and Lodging $25 1 payment · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference

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.

  • Mary Immaculate Hospital Hospital · Newport News, VA
  • Sentara Careplex Hospital Hospital · Hampton, VA
  • Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center Hospital · Williamsburg, VA
  • Sentara Home Care Services-Williamsburg Home health agency · Williamsburg, VA

Colleagues at Tidewater Physicians Multispecialty Group, PC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 269 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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