Dr. Derek Eshun, MD

Dr. Eshun practices at UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central in Colorado Springs, Colorado, part of UCHealth.

Dr. Eshun's NPI, 1851754907, was assigned on April 5, 2016. Dr. Eshun holds Colorado license DR.0070469.

Dr. Eshun's primary practice is UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central, at 1400 E Boulder St, Colorado Springs, CO 80909 in El Paso County. The practice phone is (719) 365-5000.

Dr. Eshun's primary practice is UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central in Colorado Springs, Colorado, part of UCHealth. Dr. Eshun is also affiliated with UCHealth Grandview Hospital. The medical group on file is UCHealth Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Eshun to 1 more hospital and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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

Cardiovascular disease is Dr. Eshun's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RC0000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Eshun's licenses on file in 3 states: Colorado, Iowa and Illinois.

CMS data shows 14,669 Medicare services from Dr. Eshun across 28 procedure codes in 2024, for 885 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $110,980 for them.

CMS counts 885 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Eshun in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 403 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 13% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.51, 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. Eshun's median patient age at 73, with 52% women.

In 2024, Dr. Eshun wrote 896 Medicare Part D claims for 216 patients. 82% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 810 of them, across 15 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $101,516 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 65 claims across 4 drugs.

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

Dmand AI links 3 papers to Dr. Eshun, published from 2018 to 2023. The most frequent topics are Heart Failure. Dr. Eshun's most frequent co-authors are Karima Addetia, Margarita T. Camacho, MD and Olufolahan R. Carrena, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 7 general payments to Dr. Eshun from 4 drug and device companies from 2021 to 2024. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 58% of the total. Abbott Laboratories paid the most, $336.