Joseph Kowalski, MD

Primary specialty

Orthopaedic Surgery PhysicianTaxonomy code 207X00000X

License

210558 Issued in NY

Practice address

462 Grider St
Buffalo, NY 14215-3021

Phone

(716) 898-5983

NPI assigned

Feb 17, 2006

Last updated

Nov 25, 2014By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Other identifiers 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in NY

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Orthopedic Surgery

Education

State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine, 1993

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

University Orthopaedic Services Inc.Group PAC ID 7810983004, 115 clinicians

Erie County Medical Center CorporationGroup PAC ID 1456308907, 316 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Erie County Medical Center Hospital, Buffalo, NY, CCN 330219

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

90.97 of 100Reported as group

Quality

80.2

Improvement activities

40

Cost

72.88

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

88.69 of 100Reported as group

Quality

77.6

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

81.28

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: jkowalski@ubortho.medentdirect.com

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships, National Provider Directory roles and organizations whose NPPES authorized official is this provider.

• Erie County Medical Center Corporation

  • Clinic/Center
  • Buffalo, NY
  • NPI 1528233616
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• University Orthopaedic Services, Inc

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Cheektowaga, NY
  • NPI 1578599866
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Erie County Medical Center Corporation

  • Community/Retail Pharmacy
  • Buffalo, NY
  • NPI 1922768621
  NPD
• University Orthopaedic Services Inc.

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Amherst, NY
  • NPI 1528209962
  NPD
• Erie County Medical Center Corporation

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Buffalo, NY
  • NPI 1437197985
  NPD (past)

Hospitals and other facilities this clinician is affiliated with according to Medicare Care Compare.

• Erie County Medical Center Corporation

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Buffalo, NY
  • NPI 1437197985
  Care Compare affiliation

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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            "city": "BUFFALO",
            "state": "NY",
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        "credential": "MD",
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}

• Brittany Kovacs
• Jesse Kowalewski, NURSE PRACTITIONER
• Andrew Kowalski
• David Kowalski
• Jamie Lee Kowalski, FNP-C
• Laura A Kowalski, OTR/L
• Rosina Giarratano Kowalski, PT
• Charlene Kozak, RN
• Maia Kozak, CCC-SLP
• Valerie Ann Kozakiewicz, R.N.

• Orthopaedic Surgery Physician in Buffalo, NY
• Providers in Buffalo, NY by specialty
• Orthopaedic Surgery Physician in New York

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Nov 25, 2014; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.