Dr. Joshua Benjamin Elder, MD

Dr. Elder practices at Wellstar MCG Health Medical Center in Augusta, Georgia, part of Wellstar Health System.

Dr. Elder's NPI, 1295185809, was assigned on June 14, 2016. Dr. Elder graduated from Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine in 2016. Dr. Elder holds Georgia license 82724.

Dr. Elder's primary practice is Wellstar MCG Health Medical Center, at 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912 in Richmond County. The practice phone is (706) 721-6569.

Dr. Elder's primary practice is Wellstar MCG Health Medical Center in Augusta, Georgia, part of Wellstar Health System. The medical group on file is Wellstar Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Elder to 1 more medical group, named with a free account.

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

Internal medicine is Dr. Elder's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Elder's licenses on file in 2 states: Georgia and South Carolina.

CMS data shows 469 Medicare services from Dr. Elder across 7 procedure codes in 2024, for 171 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $31,608 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 171 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Elder in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 58 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 74% have high cholesterol. 35% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 3.11, 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. Elder's median patient age at 69, with 52% women.

In 2024, Dr. Elder wrote 100 Medicare Part D claims for 35 patients. 87% of them were for generic drugs. They cover 15 drugs, with $3,815 in total drug cost. In 2018, CMS named 239 claims across 16 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 94 out of 100 for Dr. Elder for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Elder accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Elder as offering telehealth.

Dmand AI links 3 papers to Dr. Elder, published from 2016 to 2020. Dr. Elder's most frequent co-authors are Ashley Helen Davis-Yadley, MD, Shilpa Narasimhan Gowda, MD and Dharmendra Goyal.

CMS Open Payments shows 66 general payments to Dr. Elder from 10 drug and device companies from 2019 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $310.

Dr. Elder graduated from Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine in 2016.