Dr. Edem Koku Avoke, MD

Dr. Avoke practices at Northeast Georgia Medical Center Barrow in Winder, Georgia, part of Northeast Georgia Health System.

Dr. Avoke's NPI, 1891006631, was assigned on June 26, 2010. Dr. Avoke holds Georgia license 76410.

Dr. Avoke's primary practice is Northeast Georgia Medical Center Barrow, at 316 North Broad Street, Winder, GA 30680 in Barrow County. The practice phone is (770) 848-8611.

Dr. Avoke's primary practice is Northeast Georgia Medical Center Barrow in Winder, Georgia, part of Northeast Georgia Health System. Dr. Avoke is also affiliated with Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville. The medical group on file is Northeast Georgia Physicians Group Inpatient Neurology. Dmand AI also links Dr. Avoke to 2 more hospitals, 2 medical groups, 1 breast imaging center and 1 home health agency, each named with a free account.

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

Hospitalist is Dr. Avoke's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208M00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Avoke's licenses on file in 2 states: Georgia and North Carolina.

CMS data shows 371 Medicare services from Dr. Avoke across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 183 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $30,671 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 183 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Avoke in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 67 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 29% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.86, 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. Avoke's median patient age at 72, with 60% women.

In 2024, Dr. Avoke wrote 408 Medicare Part D claims for 182 patients. 86% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 172 of them, across 10 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,163 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 310 claims across 17 drugs.

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

CMS Open Payments shows 8 general payments to Dr. Avoke from 2 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2023. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) paid the most, $135.