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Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD

(369 Ratings)

Specializes in: Family Medicine

University of Pretoria School of Medicine (1989)

13325 Millard Avenue
Omaha, NE 68137

(531) 559-1050

Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD is a family medicine practitioner in Omaha, NE specializing in family medicine. She graduated from University of Pretoria School of Medicine in 1989 and has 37 years of experience. Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD is affiliated with Nebraska Medicine.

Office Locations

Nebraska Medicine

13325 Millard Avenue
Omaha, NE 68137

(531) 559-1050

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988095 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198

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Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Omaha, NE during 2012 were preventive care and vaccines.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	287
preventive care	29
vaccines	29

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Omaha, NE during 2013 were preventive care and vaccines.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	307
preventive care	45
vaccines	45

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD.

**Gender**
Male	36
Female	149

**Age**
From 65 to 74	118
From 75 to 84	37
85 and over	14
Less than 65	16

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD in 2013

Hypertension	45
High Cholesterol	43
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	17
Depression	14
Chronic Kidney Disease	14
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	9
Heart Failure	8
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	19
Dementia	0
Cancer	8

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Omaha, NE during 2014 were preventive care, vaccines, lab tests and blood draw.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	13
doctor visit	278
lab tests	15
preventive care	32
vaccines	32

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD.

**Gender**
Male	38
Female	156

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	180
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	131
From 75 to 84	37
85 and over	12
Less than 65	14

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD in 2014

Hypertension	41
High Cholesterol	43
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	15
Depression	18
Chronic Kidney Disease	9
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	6
Atrial Fibrilation	7
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	7
Diabetes	16
Dementia	0
Cancer	6

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Omaha, NE during 2015 were preventive care, vaccines and lab tests.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	323
lab tests	18
preventive care	42
vaccines	42

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD.

**Gender**
Male	80
Female	340

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	398
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	260
From 75 to 84	96
85 and over	26
Less than 65	38

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD in 2015

Hypertension	42
High Cholesterol	45
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	16
Depression	24
Chronic Kidney Disease	13
Asthma	7
Osteoperosis	6
Atrial Fibrilation	7
Heart Failure	7
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	11
Diabetes	23
Dementia	0
Cancer	6

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Omaha, NE during 2016 were preventive care, vaccines and lab tests.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	370
lab tests	17
preventive care	175
vaccines	160

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD.

**Gender**
Male	56
Female	198

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	241
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	163
From 75 to 84	64
85 and over	12
Less than 65	15

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD in 2016

Hypertension	44
High Cholesterol	42
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	17
Depression	19
Chronic Kidney Disease	12
Asthma	9
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	6
Heart Failure	7
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	6
Diabetes	22
Dementia	6
Cancer	6

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Omaha, NE during 2017 were preventive care, vaccines and lab tests.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	425
lab tests	16
preventive care	23
vaccines	23

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD.

**Gender**
Male	74
Female	230

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	284
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	175
From 75 to 84	86
85 and over	22
Less than 65	21

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD in 2017

Hypertension	48
High Cholesterol	41
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	19
Depression	22
Chronic Kidney Disease	15
Asthma	6
Osteoperosis	7
Atrial Fibrilation	7
Heart Failure	8
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	10
Diabetes	19
Dementia	6
Cancer	8

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	336

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD.

**Gender**
Male	53
Female	192

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	230
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	146
From 75 to 84	71
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD in 2018

Hypertension	48
High Cholesterol	44
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	20
Depression	21
Chronic Kidney Disease	16
Asthma	5
Osteoperosis	10
Atrial Fibrilation	9
Heart Failure	10
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	6
Diabetes	20
Dementia	9
Cancer	5

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	432

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD.

**Gender**
Male	63
Female	225

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	269
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	181
From 75 to 84	76
85 and over	17
Less than 65	14

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD in 2019

Hypertension	47
High Cholesterol	37
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	20
Depression	23
Chronic Kidney Disease	13
Asthma	5
Osteoperosis	12
Atrial Fibrilation	8
Heart Failure	9
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	9
Diabetes	21
Dementia	6
Cancer	6

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	304

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD.

**Gender**
Male	51
Female	211

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	242
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	163
From 75 to 84	70
85 and over	17
Less than 65	12

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD in 2020

Hypertension	37
High Cholesterol	31
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	17
Depression	17
Chronic Kidney Disease	17
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	12
Atrial Fibrilation	6
Heart Failure	7
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	4
Diabetes	21
Dementia	5
Cancer	5

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	360

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD.

**Gender**
Male	51
Female	196

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	232
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	157
From 75 to 84	66
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD in 2021

Hypertension	39
High Cholesterol	34
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	15
Depression	18
Chronic Kidney Disease	16
Asthma	6
Osteoperosis	17
Atrial Fibrilation	6
Heart Failure	8
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	4
Diabetes	17
Dementia	0
Cancer	7

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	343

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD.

**Gender**
Male	49
Female	230

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	262
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	170
From 75 to 84	82
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD in 2022

Hypertension	54
High Cholesterol	52
Stroke	4
Ischemic Heart Disease	9
Depression	14
Chronic Kidney Disease	9
Asthma	6
Osteoperosis	22
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	6
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	9
Diabetes	18
Dementia	0
Cancer	10

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2022

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Omaha, NE were preventive care, vaccines, lab tests and blood draw.

blood draw	13
doctor visit	342
lab tests	16
preventive care	57
vaccines	55

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2022

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD.

**Gender**
Male	50
Female	193

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	0
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	212
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Hispanic	0
Other	0

**Age**
75 to 84	62
85 and over	10
Less than 65	11
65 to 74	151

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD From 2012 - 2022

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, diabetes and depression.

Hypertension	40
High Cholesterol	37
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	15
Depression	17
Chronic Kidney Disease	12
Asthma	4
Osteoporosis	8
Heart Failure	6
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	6
Diabetes	17
Atrial Fibrillation	6
Dementia	2
Cancer	6

Education & Training

Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD graduated from University of Pretoria School of Medicine in 1989. She completed residency at Family Medicine,: UNMC College of Medicine. She is certified by the Board Certification: Family Medicine and has a state license in Nebraska.

Medical School: University of Pretoria School of Medicine (1989)

Residency: Family Medicine,: UNMC College of Medicine (1995)

Board Certification: Board Certification: Family Medicine

Licensed In: Nebraska

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

Nebraska Medicine

Insurance Information

Please note: Insurance information may change at any time, and the provider may accept your insurance plan even if it is not listed below. Please contact the provider's office to confirm that your insurance is accepted.

Insurance Accepted by Affiliated Medical Group or Hospital:

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska: BSCSNE Student Blue

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska: BCBSNE Network Blue

UnitedHealthcare: Optum VA Community Care Network (CCN)

Medicare Advantage: Molina Iowa Medicare Advantage (Beginning Jan. 1, 2026)

Medicaid Iowa: Wellpoint Iowa

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska: BSCSNE BlueCard PPO

Midlands Choice: Commercial plans

Aetna Healthcare: Aetna High Performance Network (Nebraska Health Network)

Aetna Healthcare: Aetna (Broad Network)

UnitedHealthcare: Medica

Medicaid Nebraska: Nebraska Medicaid

Medicare Advantage: Medica Advantage Solution

Medicare Advantage: HumanaChoice (PPO) Medicare Advantage

Medicaid Nebraska: Molina Nebraska DSNP

Medicare Advantage: BCBSNE Medicare Advantage Choice (HMO-POS)

Nebraska Furniture Mart Employee Plan Tier 1

Medicaid Iowa: Molina Iowa Medicaid

Aetna Healthcare: First Health (except "First Health Professionals Only")

Medicaid Nebraska: Every Woman Matters

Medicaid Nebraska: UnitedHealthcare Community Plan Nebraska

Humana: Humana One PPO

Medicare Advantage: UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage

Medica: Medica Commercial

Tricare West: Tricare West for Life

UnitedHealthcare: United Medical Resources

Medicare Advantage: Medica Prime Solution Total Cost Medicare Advantage

Medicare Advantage: Aetna Medicare Premium Advantra (PPO)

Medicare Advantage: WellCare by Nebraska Total Care Medicare Advantage

Ambetter: Ambetter

Medicaid Kansas: Sunflower Health

UnitedHealthcare: UnitedHealthcare

Medicaid Iowa: Iowa Medicaid

MultiPlan: MultiPlan (Does not include PHCS)

Century Health Solutions: Century Health Solutions

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska: BSCSNE BlueCard HMO (only with suitcase logo)

UnitedHealthcare: NexusACO

UnitedHealthcare: Golden Rule

Medicare: Medicare Part A & B

Medica: Medica Insure

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska: BCBSNE Federal Plan

Tricare West: Tricare West Prime

Medicare Advantage: Aetna Medicare Premier Advantra (PPO)

Medicare Advantage: BCBSNE Medicare Advantage Core (HMO)

Aetna Healthcare: Aetna Signature Administrators

Medicaid Kansas: AmeriGroup Kansas

Wellmark of Iowa: Wellmark Blue HMO

UnitedHealthcare: Oxford Health

Medicaid Kansas: UnitedHealthcare Community Plan Kansas

Tricare West: Tricare West Active Duty

Medicaid Iowa: Iowa Total Care

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska: BSCSNE Select Blue

Medicare Advantage: WellCare Iowa Medicare Advantage

Midwest Network Alliance

Medicaid Iowa: Iowa Care for Yourself

Medica: Medica Elevate

Medicare Advantage: Humana Gold (HMO) Medicare Advantage

Medicaid Nebraska: Molina Nebraska Medicaid

University of Nebraska Employee Plan Enhanced Tier

Medicare Advantage: Aetna Medicare Elite Advantra (PPO)

Humana: Humana Choice Care

Medicaid Nebraska: Nebraska Total Care

Ratings & Reviews

Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD has an exceptional overall rating with an average of 4.9 out of 5 stars based on 369 ratings. We collect ratings and reviews of Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD from all over the web to help you find the right in Omaha, NE.

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General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Dr. Elisabeth L. Backer, MD. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

**Payments by Company**
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC.	$92 BREO $43	VENTOLIN $25	TANZEUM $12	AVODART $12
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP	$75 SYMBICORT $75
Amgen Inc.	$66 Prolia $66
Novo Nordisk Inc	$32 Victoza $32
FOREST PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.	$23 VIIBRYD $12	DALIRESP $11
Other	$77 LINZESS $18	V-GO $15	STIOLTO $14	PAIN MANAGEMENT $13	DULERA $10	Other $6

**Types of Payments**
Food and Beverage	$335
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program	$15
Education	$14

Biography

Dr. Elisabeth Backer's specialty is family medicine. Areas of particular interest for Dr. Backer include primary care. Her patients gave her an average rating of 5.0 stars (out of 5). Dr. Backer graduated from the University of Pretoria School of Medicine. Dr. Backer is affiliated with Nebraska Medicine.

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