Dr. Emily Claire Vafek, MD

Dr. Vafek practices at Orthopedic Partners in Niantic, Connecticut.

Dr. Vafek's NPI, 1790070043, was assigned on June 15, 2011. Dr. Vafek holds Connecticut license 56460.

Dr. Vafek's primary practice is Orthopedic Partners, at 11 Industrial Pk Rd, Niantic, CT 06357 in Southeastern Ct County. The practice phone is (860) 889-7345.

Dr. Vafek's primary practice is Orthopedic Partners in Niantic, Connecticut. Dr. Vafek is also affiliated with Lawrence + Memorial Hospital. The medical group on file is Orthopedic Partners. Dmand AI also links Dr. Vafek to 1 more hospital and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

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

Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Vafek's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Vafek's licenses on file in 2 states: Connecticut and Illinois.

CMS data shows 1,124 Medicare services from Dr. Vafek across 23 procedure codes in 2024, for 345 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $67,120 for them.

CMS counts 345 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Vafek in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 144 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 72% have high blood pressure. 22% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.28, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Vafek's median patient age at 65, with 60% women.

In 2024, Dr. Vafek wrote 293 Medicare Part D claims for 125 patients. 98% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 219 of them, across 6 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $690 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 146 claims across 8 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 88 out of 100 for Dr. Vafek for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Vafek accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Removal or shaving of skin growth: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 3 papers to Dr. Vafek, published from 2018 to 2021. Dr. Vafek's most frequent co-authors are Daniel D. Bohl, MD, Ian Michael Foran, MD and Sandeep Mannava, MD, PhD.

CMS Open Payments shows 68 general payments to Dr. Vafek from 11 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Grants make up the largest share, 45% of the total. Arthrex, Inc. paid the most, $14,971.