Dr. Soonwoong Hong, MD

Dr. Hong practices at Backus Hospital in Norwich, Connecticut, part of Hartford HealthCare.

Dr. Hong's NPI, 1972008092, was assigned on March 29, 2018. Dr. Hong holds Connecticut license 67428.

Dr. Hong's primary practice is Backus Hospital, at 326 Washington St, Norwich, CT 06360 in New London County. The practice phone is (860) 889-8331.

Dr. Hong's primary practice is Backus Hospital in Norwich, Connecticut, part of Hartford HealthCare. Dr. Hong is also affiliated with Hartford Hospital. The medical group on file is The William W. Backus Hospital. Dmand AI also links Dr. Hong to 2 more hospitals and 3 medical groups, each named with a free account. Dr. Hong's employer is on file too: a hospital.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Hong practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Internal medicine is Dr. Hong's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dr. Hong is licensed in Connecticut.

CMS data shows 761 Medicare services from Dr. Hong across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 298 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $51,825 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 298 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Hong in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 90 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 45% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.50, 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. Hong's median patient age at 69, with 46% women.

In 2024, Dr. Hong wrote 598 Medicare Part D claims for 228 patients. 83% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 305 of them, across 16 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $25,007 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 243 claims across 13 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 98 out of 100 for Dr. Hong for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Hong accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

CMS Open Payments shows 14 general payments to Dr. Hong from 7 drug and device companies from 2023 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company paid the most, $85.