Dr. Russell B. Stapleton, MD

Dr. Stapleton practices at Cardiology Pavilion- Baptist Heart - HOPD in Jacksonville, Florida.

Dr. Stapleton's NPI, 1265498976, was assigned on April 21, 2006. Dr. Stapleton graduated from Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in 1987. Dr. Stapleton holds Florida license ME69903.

Dr. Stapleton's primary practice is Cardiology Pavilion- Baptist Heart - HOPD, at 836 Prudential Dr, Jacksonville, FL 32207.

Dr. Stapleton's primary practice is Cardiology Pavilion- Baptist Heart - HOPD in Jacksonville, Florida. Dr. Stapleton is also affiliated with Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville. The medical group on file is Baptist Heart Specialists. Dmand AI also links Dr. Stapleton to 4 more hospitals and 1 medical group, each named with a free account. Dr. Stapleton's employer is on file too: a hospital.

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

Nuclear cardiology is Dr. Stapleton's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207UN0901X. Dr. Stapleton is board certified in cardiovascular disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Stapleton's licenses on file in 3 states: Florida, South Carolina and Georgia.

Dmand AI lists angioplasty and cardiac catheterization among the conditions Dr. Stapleton treats.

CMS data shows 4,108 Medicare services from Dr. Stapleton across 19 procedure codes in 2024, for 1,220 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $241,023 for them.

CMS counts 1,220 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Stapleton in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 505 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 2% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.65, 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. Stapleton's median patient age at 74, with 45% women.

In 2024, Dr. Stapleton wrote 5,162 Medicare Part D claims for 801 patients. 87% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 4,981 of them, across 41 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $789,117 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 4,200 claims across 37 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 95 out of 100 for Dr. Stapleton for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Stapleton accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Stapleton as offering telehealth.

Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Stapleton in 2021. Dr. Stapleton's most frequent co-authors are Andrew Gottehrer, MD, Ashish Sadhu, MD and Vinod Sharma, MD.

Dmand AI links Dr. Stapleton to 1 clinical trial. Conditions studied include Heart Failure and Heart Diseases.

CMS Open Payments shows 539 general payments to Dr. Stapleton from 51 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 76% of the total. Boston Scientific Corporation paid the most, $2,446.

Dmand AI lists 2 awards for Dr. Stapleton, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2013.

Dr. Stapleton graduated from Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in 1987. Dr. Stapleton is a member of ACC.

Dr. Stapleton is in network with 16 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.