Dr. Ori Ben-Yehuda, MD

Dr. Ben-Yehuda practices at UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center in San Diego, California.

Dr. Ben-Yehuda's NPI, 1508912387, was assigned on January 26, 2007. Dr. Ben-Yehuda graduated from Tel Aviv University Sackler in 1985. Dr. Ben-Yehuda holds California license A51936.

Dr. Ben-Yehuda's primary practice is UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center, at 200 W Arbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92103 in San Diego County. The practice phone is (619) 543-6222.

Dr. Ben-Yehuda's primary practice is UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center in San Diego, California. Dr. Ben-Yehuda is also affiliated with Hillcrest Medical Center. The medical group on file is UC San Diego Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ben-Yehuda to 1 more group practice or clinic, named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Ben-Yehuda practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Cardiovascular disease is Dr. Ben-Yehuda's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RC0000X. Dr. Ben-Yehuda is board certified in cardiovascular disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Ben-Yehuda's licenses on file in 2 states: California and New York.

Dmand AI lists atrial fibrillation and flutter, cardiac arrhythmia, cardiomyopathy, chronic hypertension, circulation problems, congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease and heart attack among the conditions Dr. Ben-Yehuda treats.

CMS data shows 633 Medicare services from Dr. Ben-Yehuda across 7 procedure codes in 2024, for 226 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $43,096 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 226 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ben-Yehuda in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 86 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 30% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.89, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Ben-Yehuda's median patient age at 72, with 37% women.

In 2024, Dr. Ben-Yehuda wrote 1,807 Medicare Part D claims for 204 patients. 78% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,551 of them, across 32 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $346,380 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,295 claims across 30 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 91 out of 100 for Dr. Ben-Yehuda for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Ben-Yehuda accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 200 papers to Dr. Ben-Yehuda, published from 2003 to 2025. 2019 was the busiest year, with 15. The most frequent topics are Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Coronary Artery Disease and Coronary Angiography. Dr. Ben-Yehuda has published most often in J Am Coll Cardiol. Dr. Ben-Yehuda's most frequent co-authors are Shmuel Chen, MD, Roxana Mehran, MD and Martin Bert Leon, MD.

Dmand AI links Dr. Ben-Yehuda to 4 clinical trials. 1 is still active or recruiting. Conditions studied include Heart Failure, Diastolic, Hypercholesterolemia and Ventricular Outflow Obstruction. University of California, San Diego sponsors the most, 3.

CMS Open Payments shows 139 general payments to Dr. Ben-Yehuda from 18 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 50% of the total. Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation paid the most, $32,733.

Dmand AI lists 2 awards for Dr. Ben-Yehuda, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2012.

Dr. Ben-Yehuda graduated from Tel Aviv University Sackler in 1985. Dr. Ben-Yehuda is a member of ACC.

Dr. Ben-Yehuda is in network with 13 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Elevance. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.