Dr. Robert Joshua Fantus, MD

  • Skokie, IL
  • Ophthalmologist
NPI1356873970PAC ID9638441835
Medicare services, 2024
1,430
Medicare patients, 2024
585
Part D claims, 2024
1,667
Publications
5
MIPS score, 2024
85
Practice address
9650 Gross Point Rd Ste 4900 Suite 4900, Skokie, IL 60076
Practice phone
Call (847) 864-3278
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Primary practice

Northshore University Healthsystem Faculty Practice Associates

Multi-specialty group site · Skokie, Illinois

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Dr. Robert Joshua Fantus is an ophthalmologist in Skokie, Illinois

Dr. Fantus practices at Northshore University Healthsystem Faculty Practice Associates in Skokie, Illinois.

Dr. Fantus' NPI, 1356873970, was assigned on April 2, 2017. Dr. Fantus graduated from University of Illinois College of Med (Chi/Peor/Rock/Chm-Urb) in 2017. Dr. Fantus holds Illinois license 036160303.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
9638441835
NPI enumeration date
April 2, 2017
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(847) 864-3278
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
35
Medical school graduation
2017

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Robert Joshua Fantus practices at Northshore University Healthsystem Faculty Practice Associates in Skokie, Illinois

Dr. Fantus' primary practice is Northshore University Healthsystem Faculty Practice Associates, at 9650 Gross Point Rd Ste 4900 Suite 4900, Skokie, IL 60076. The practice phone is (847) 864-3278.

  • Northshore University Healthsystem Faculty Practice Associates
    9650 Gross Point Rd Ste 4900 Suite 4900, Skokie, IL 60076Phone(847) 864-3278

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Dr. Robert Joshua Fantus is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Fantus' primary practice is Northshore University Healthsystem Faculty Practice Associates in Skokie, Illinois. Dr. Fantus is also affiliated with Evanston Hospital. The medical group on file is Endeavor Health Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Fantus to 1 more hospital, named with a free account.

Northshore University Healthsystem Faculty Practice AssociatesMulti-specialty group site · Skokie, IllinoisPrimary
Evanston HospitalAcute care hospital, Evanston, ILEndeavor Health Medical GroupPrimary care group, Evanston, IL1 hospitalName with a free account
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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Robert Joshua Fantus' practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Fantus practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Northshore University Healthsystem Faculty Practice AssociatesAvailable with a free account
+2 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Robert Joshua Fantus is one of 692 ophthalmologists in Illinois

Ophthalmology is Dr. Fantus' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207W00000X. Dr. Fantus is licensed in Illinois.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Ophthalmology, IllinoisPrimaryLicense 036160303 · taxonomy 207W00000X

Ophthalmologists near Dr. Fantus

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Robert Joshua Fantus billed Medicare for 1,430 services in 2024

CMS data shows 1,430 Medicare services from Dr. Fantus across 13 procedure codes in 2024, for 585 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $111,644 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

Medicare services, 20241,430
Medicare patients585
Paid by Medicare$111,644
Procedure codes13

Dr. Fantus' Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 6702024: 91136%
Tests and treatments
2023: 2982024: 39131%
Surgery
2023: 752024: 10236%
Imaging
2023: 222024: 2618%

Dr. Fantus compared with the Illinois median for ophthalmologists, 2024

  • Dr. Fantus
  • Illinois median
Medicare services
1,430vs 1,5447% below
Medicare patients
585vs 577Close to median
Part D claims
1,572vs 5822.7 times

Medians across 710 ophthalmologists in Illinois with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Fantus' most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Robert Joshua Fantus treated 585 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75

CMS counts 585 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Fantus in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 255 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 68% have high blood pressure. 15% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.29, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Fantus' median patient age at 70, with 62% women.

Medicare patients, 2024585
Average age75
Average risk score1.29
Also on Medicaid15%

Dr. Fantus' Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Fantus' Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women36963%
  • Men21637%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Fantus' Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High cholesterol75%
  2. High blood pressure68%
  3. Arthritis46%
  4. Diabetes35%
  5. Ischemic heart disease24%
  6. Chronic kidney disease23%
  7. Mood disorders23%
  8. Osteoporosis21%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Fantus' patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 70

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women62%
  • Men37%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Robert Joshua Fantus wrote 1,667 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Fantus wrote 1,667 Medicare Part D claims for 430 patients. 49% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,572 of them, across 18 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $322,068 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 791 claims across 15 drugs.

Part D claims, 20241,667
Drugs named by CMS18
Total drug cost$322,068
Part D patients430

Dr. Fantus' Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic817 claims49%
  • Brand-name850 claims51%

Dr. Fantus' most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Fantus' Part D claims, 2024

  • Antibiotics1%20 of 1,667 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 7912024: 1,57299%

Drugs named by CMS: 18 in 2024, 15 in 2023.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Robert Joshua Fantus scored 85 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 85 out of 100 for Dr. Fantus for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Fantus accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 142 procedures of cataract surgery by Dr. Fantus, more than 79% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Fantus' MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 85of 100Final score
  • 75.9of 100Quality
  • 99of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 75of 100Cost

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Where Dr. Fantus ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Cataract surgery
79th percentile142 procedures

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Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Robert Joshua Fantus has 5 publications on record

Dmand AI links 5 papers to Dr. Fantus, published from 2012 to 2019. Dr. Fantus has published most often in Bull Am Coll Surg. Dr. Fantus' most frequent co-authors are Erik Gustav Anderson, MD, Nirmala Gonsalves, MD and Ramez I. Haddadin, MD.

Papers5
Years published2012 to 2019

Dr. Fantus' papers by year, 2012 to 2019

Dr. Fantus' most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Fantus

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. Robert Joshua Fantus received $2,242 in industry payments from 2018 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 37 general payments to Dr. Fantus from 11 drug and device companies from 2018 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 96% of the total. Alcon Laboratories Inc paid the most, $847.

General payments to Dr. Fantus by program year, 2018 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Fantus by kind, 2018 to 2025

$2.2Kin total
  • Food and beverage$2,14296%
  • Education$1004%

Companies that paid Dr. Fantus the most, 2018 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Robert Joshua Fantus graduated from University of Illinois College of Med (Chi/Peor/Rock/Chm-Urb)

Dr. Fantus graduated from University of Illinois College of Med (Chi/Peor/Rock/Chm-Urb) in 2017.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity of Illinois College of Med (Chi/Peor/Rock/Chm-Urb)

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Sources for Dr. Robert Joshua Fantus's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Robert Joshua Fantus' NPI number?

Dr. Robert Joshua Fantus' NPI number is 1356873970. It was assigned on April 2, 2017, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Robert Joshua Fantus?

Dr. Robert Joshua Fantus is an ophthalmologist in Skokie, Illinois. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Ophthalmology Physician (taxonomy code 207W00000X).

Where does Dr. Robert Joshua Fantus practice?

Dr. Fantus practices at 9650 Gross Point Rd Ste 4900 Suite 4900, Skokie, IL 60076. Dr. Fantus' primary practice is Northshore University Healthsystem Faculty Practice Associates in Skokie, Illinois. Dmand AI also links Dr. Fantus to 1 hospital.

What is Dr. Robert Joshua Fantus' office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Fantus is (847) 864-3278.

What is Dr. Robert Joshua Fantus' medical license number?

Dr. Fantus holds Illinois license 036160303.

Which hospitals is Dr. Robert Joshua Fantus affiliated with?

Dr. Fantus is affiliated with Evanston Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Fantus to 1 more hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Robert Joshua Fantus part of?

Dr. Fantus is linked to Endeavor Health Medical Group.

Does Dr. Robert Joshua Fantus accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Fantus billed Medicare for 1,430 services in 2024, and Dr. Fantus accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Robert Joshua Fantus' MIPS score?

Dr. Fantus' MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 85 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Robert Joshua Fantus see?

CMS counts 585 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Fantus in 2024, with an average age of 75.

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What services does Dr. Robert Joshua Fantus bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Fantus' most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), office visit, established patient (99213) and eye exam or test (92136).

Where did Dr. Robert Joshua Fantus go to medical school?

Dr. Fantus graduated from University of Illinois College of Med (Chi/Peor/Rock/Chm-Urb) in 2017.

What drugs does Dr. Robert Joshua Fantus prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Fantus' most prescribed drugs by claims were Prednisolone Acetate, Moxifloxacin and Latanoprost.

Has Dr. Robert Joshua Fantus received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $2,242 in general payments to Dr. Fantus from 11 companies from 2018 to 2025. The largest total came from Alcon Laboratories Inc.

How long has Dr. Robert Joshua Fantus been practicing?

Dr. Fantus graduated from medical school in 2017, 9 years ago.

Does Dr. Robert Joshua Fantus do research?

Dmand AI links 5 publications to Dr. Fantus, published from 2012 to 2019.

Who does Dr. Robert Joshua Fantus publish with?

Dr. Fantus' most frequent co-authors are Erik Gustav Anderson, MD (1 shared paper), Nirmala Gonsalves, MD (1 shared paper) and Ramez I. Haddadin, MD (1 shared paper).

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