Dr. Dana Curtis Covey, MD

Dr. Covey practices at UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center in San Diego, California.

Dr. Covey's NPI, 1780651794, was assigned on March 8, 2006. Dr. Covey graduated from University Of Washington School Of Medicine in 1984. Dr. Covey holds California license G89432.

Dr. Covey'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. Covey's primary practice is UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center in San Diego, California. Dr. Covey is also affiliated with Hillcrest Medical Center. The medical group on file is UC San Diego Health.

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

Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Covey's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dr. Covey is board certified in orthopaedic surgery by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. Dmand AI has Dr. Covey's licenses on file in 4 states: California, Washington, Louisiana and Pennsylvania.

Dmand AI lists arm, wrist, hand fracture and dislocation, arthritis, knee injury, rotator cuff injury and traumatic arthropathy among the conditions Dr. Covey treats.

CMS data shows 31 Medicare services from Dr. Covey across 2 procedure codes in 2024, all of them office visits, for 23 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $2,993 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 23 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Covey in 2024. 75% of them have arthritis, and 61% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 0.89, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Covey's median patient age at 53, with 44% women.

In 2024, Dr. Covey wrote 37 Medicare Part D claims for 16 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 36 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $48 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 15 claims across 1 drug.

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

Dmand AI links 43 papers to Dr. Covey, published from 2009 to 2024. 2024 was the busiest year, with 4. The most frequent topics are Military Personnel, Injury Severity Score and Knee Joint. Dr. Covey has published most often in Instr Course Lect. Dr. Covey's most frequent co-authors are Roy Kenneth Aaron, MD, Eric Y. Chang, MD and Christine B. Chung, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 4 general payments to Dr. Covey from 4 drug and device companies from 2018 to 2023. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. paid the most, $62.

Dmand AI lists 16 awards for Dr. Covey, most recently 2017 Outstanding Service Award in 2017. Dr. Covey serves on AANA Education Committee.

Dr. Covey graduated from University Of Washington School Of Medicine in 1984. Dr. Covey is a member of AAOS, ACS, AANA and Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons.

Dr. Covey is in network with 15 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Elevance. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.