Dr. Stephen D. Covington, MD

Dr. Covington practices at Community Memorial Hospital - Ventura in Ventura, California, part of Community Memorial Healthcare.

Dr. Covington's NPI, 1154353456, was assigned on July 7, 2006. Dr. Covington graduated from UCSF School of Medicine in 1972. Dr. Covington's California license number on file is G25356.

Dr. Covington's primary practice is Community Memorial Hospital - Ventura, at 147 North Brent Street, Ventura, CA 93003 in Ventura County. The practice phone is (805) 652-5011.

Dr. Covington's primary practice is Community Memorial Hospital - Ventura in Ventura, California, part of Community Memorial Healthcare. The medical group on file is Community Memorial Healthcare. Dmand AI also links Dr. Covington to 2 more group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account. Dr. Covington's employer is on file too: a hospital.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Covington practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Gastroenterology is Dr. Covington's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RG0100X. Dr. Covington is board certified in gastroenterology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Covington has a license on file in California.

Dmand AI lists acid reflux, chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), colonoscopy, gastroenteritis, gastrointestinal bleeding and upper GI endoscopy among the conditions Dr. Covington treats.

CMS data shows 37 Medicare services from Dr. Covington across 2 procedure codes in 2024, all of them office visits, for 38 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $2,523 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 38 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Covington in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 14 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 71% have high blood pressure. 45% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.56, 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. Covington's median patient age at 69, with 51% women.

In 2024, Dr. Covington wrote 146 Medicare Part D claims for 49 patients. 73% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 42 of them, across 3 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $40,442 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 279 claims across 8 drugs.

Dr. Covington accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Covington in 2020. Dr. Covington's most frequent co-authors are Deborah E. Carlson, MD, Laya Nasrollah and Bashar Khiatah, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 116 general payments to Dr. Covington from 18 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2023. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 94% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $606.

Dmand AI lists 3 awards for Dr. Covington, most recently Top Doctors:LA Area in 2013.

Dr. Covington graduated from UCSF School of Medicine in 1972.

Dr. Covington is in network with 7 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 6. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.