Joel R Wachs, M.D.

Primary specialty

Cardiovascular Disease PhysicianTaxonomy code 207RC0000X

License

54136 Issued in GA

Practice address

55 Whitcher St NE
Suite 350
Marietta, GA 30060-1155

Phone

(770) 424-6893

Fax

(770) 528-9938

NPI assigned

Mar 9, 2006

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

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in GA

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

Cardiovascular Disease (Cardiology)Also: Internal Medicine

Education

Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School, 1979

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Wellstar Medical Group LLCGroup PAC ID 6709065402, 3,059 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center Hospital, Marietta, GA, CCN 110035
• Wellstar Cobb Medical Center Hospital, Austell, GA, CCN 110143
• Wellstar North Fulton Medical Center Hospital, Roswell, GA, CCN 110198
• Wellstar Windy Hill Hospital Long-term care hospital, Marietta, GA, CCN 112007

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

93.93 of 100Reported as apm

Quality

82.14

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: jwachs22378@directwellstar.org

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

• Wellstar Medical Group, LLC

  dba WellStar Family Medicine ACW

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Kennesaw, GA
  • NPI 1558664003
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Kennestone Hospital, Inc.

  dba Wellstar Kennestone Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Marietta, GA
  • NPI 1649248626
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Kennestone Hospital, Inc

  dba Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Inpatient Psych Unit

  • Psychiatric Hospital Unit
  • Atlanta, GA
  • NPI 1689361438
  NPD
• Wellstar Medical Group, LLC

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Marietta, GA
  • NPI 1275992240
  NPD
• Cobb Hospital, Inc

  dba Wellstar Cobb Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Austell, GA
  • NPI 1467420448
  NPD (past)

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

• Cobb Hospital, Inc

  dba Wellstar Cobb Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Austell, GA
  • NPI 1467420448
  Care Compare affiliation
• Kennestone Hospital, Inc.

  dba Wellstar Kennestone Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Marietta, GA
  • NPI 1649248626
  Care Compare affiliation
• Kennestone Hospital, Inc.

  dba Wellstar Windy Hill Hospital

  • Long Term Care Hospital
  • Marietta, GA
  • NPI 1700853041

  Long-term care hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• Wellstar North Fulton Hospital, Inc

  dba WellStar North Fulton Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Roswell, GA
  • NPI 1750312997
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Cardiovascular Disease Physician in Marietta, GA
• Providers in Marietta, GA by specialty
• Cardiovascular Disease Physician in Georgia

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Oct 16, 2019; 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.

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