Dr. Joshua Bernard Bear, MD

Dr. Bear practices at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, part of Mercy Medical Center.

Dr. Bear's NPI, 1689135519, was assigned on March 25, 2019. Dr. Bear holds Ohio license 35.144492.

Dr. Bear's primary practice is Mercy Medical Center, at 701 10th Street SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52403 in Linn County. The practice phone is (319) 398-6011.

Dr. Bear's primary practice is Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, part of Mercy Medical Center. Dr. Bear is also affiliated with Miami Valley Hospital. The medical group on file is Johnson County Emergency Medicine. Dmand AI also links Dr. Bear to 2 more hospitals and 3 medical groups, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Bear practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Emergency medicine is Dr. Bear's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207P00000X. Dr. Bear is licensed in Ohio.

CMS data shows 518 Medicare services from Dr. Bear across 4 procedure codes in 2024, for 510 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $62,263 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 510 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bear in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 175 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 20% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.01, 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. Bear's median patient age at 50, with 59% women.

In 2024, Dr. Bear wrote 149 Medicare Part D claims for 101 patients. 97% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 57 of them, across 3 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $516 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 77 claims across 4 drugs.

Dr. Bear accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.