Dr. Frederick A. Paola, MD

Dr. Paola practices at NCH Baker Hospital in Naples, Florida, part of NCH Healthcare System.

Dr. Paola's NPI, 1881656858, was assigned on April 5, 2006. Dr. Paola graduated from Yale School of Medicine in 1984. Dr. Paola holds Florida license ME68408.

Dr. Paola's primary practice is NCH Baker Hospital, at 350 7th St N, Naples, FL 34102 in Collier County. The practice phone is (239) 624-5000.

Dr. Paola's primary practice is NCH Baker Hospital in Naples, Florida, part of NCH Healthcare System. Dr. Paola is also affiliated with Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine Ridge. Dmand AI also links Dr. Paola to 3 more home health agencies and 1 physician office, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Paola practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Internal medicine is Dr. Paola's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dr. Paola is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Paola's licenses on file in 2 states: Florida and West Virginia.

Dmand AI lists acute skin infection, ankle or foot injury, arteritis, chronic diabetes, chronic hypertension, chronic kidney disease, chronic skin ulcer and conjunctivitis among the conditions Dr. Paola treats.

CMS data shows 3,771 Medicare services from Dr. Paola across 15 procedure codes in 2024, for 395 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $206,782 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 395 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Paola in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 175 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 2.38, 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. Paola's median patient age at 82, with 50% women.

In 2024, Dr. Paola wrote 170 Medicare Part D claims for 101 patients. 94% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 81 of them, across 4 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $733 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 113 claims across 7 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 75 out of 100 for Dr. Paola for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Paola accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 1,351 procedures of removal of tissue by Dr. Paola, more than 99% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 11 papers to Dr. Paola. The most frequent topics are Ethics, Medical and Morals. Dr. Paola has published most often in Intern Emerg Med.

CMS Open Payments shows 19 general payments to Dr. Paola from 8 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Organogenesis Inc. paid the most, $824.

Dr. Paola graduated from Yale School of Medicine in 1984.

Dr. Paola is in network with 9 carriers, including Elevance, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 8. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.