Dr. Tamara Isakova, MD

Dr. Isakova practices at Northwestern Medical Group in Chicago, Illinois.

Dr. Isakova's NPI, 1902879778, was assigned on February 10, 2006. Dr. Isakova holds Florida license 107174.

Dr. Isakova's primary practice is Northwestern Medical Group, at 675 N St Clair St, Chicago, IL 60611 in Cook County. The practice phone is (312) 695-0646.

Dr. Isakova's primary practice is Northwestern Medical Group in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Isakova is also affiliated with Northwestern Memorial Hospital. The medical group on file is Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation. Dmand AI also links Dr. Isakova to 1 more group practice or clinic, named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Isakova practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Nephrology is Dr. Isakova's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RN0300X. Dr. Isakova is licensed in Florida.

CMS data shows 337 Medicare services from Dr. Isakova across 7 procedure codes in 2024, for 189 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $23,190 for them.

CMS counts 189 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Isakova in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 71 patients. 75% of them have chronic kidney disease, and 75% have high blood pressure. 31% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 4.49, 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. Isakova's median patient age at 73, with 50% women.

In 2024, Dr. Isakova wrote 151 Medicare Part D claims for 37 patients. 71% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 71 of them, across 4 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $27,376 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 43 claims across 3 drugs.

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

Dmand AI links 151 papers to Dr. Isakova, published from 2010 to 2025. 2020 was the busiest year, with 15. The most frequent topics are Renal Insufficiency, Chronic, Fibroblast Growth Factor-23 and Fibroblast Growth Factors. Dr. Isakova has published most often in Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. Dr. Isakova's most frequent co-authors are Myles Selig Wolf, MD, Julia Scialla, MD and James P. Lash.

Dmand AI links Dr. Isakova to 5 clinical trials. Conditions studied include Renal Insufficiency, Chronic, Anemia, Iron-Deficiency and Chronic Kidney Disease-Mineral and Bone Disorder. Northwestern University sponsors the most, 2.

CMS Open Payments shows 19 general payments to Dr. Isakova from 6 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2022. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 62% of the total. Akebia Therapeutics Inc paid the most, $2,550. It also lists 1 research payment totaling $475 in 2018.