Dr. Youssef Fahd El Bitar, MD

Dr. El Bitar practices at SIU Medicine General Internal Medicine - Springfield in Springfield, Illinois.

Dr. El Bitar's NPI, 1750669354, was assigned on July 30, 2011. Dr. El Bitar holds Illinois license 036-138988.

Dr. El Bitar's primary practice is SIU Medicine General Internal Medicine - Springfield, at 747 N Rutledge St, Ste 2287-B, Springfield, IL 62702. The practice phone is (217) 545-8000.

Dr. El Bitar's primary practice is SIU Medicine General Internal Medicine - Springfield in Springfield, Illinois. Dr. El Bitar is also affiliated with Springfield Memorial Hospital. The medical group on file is SIU Medicine. Dmand AI also links Dr. El Bitar to 2 more hospitals, each named with a free account. Dr. El Bitar's employer is on file too: a community health center (fqhc).

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

Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. El Bitar's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dr. El Bitar is licensed in Illinois.

CMS data shows 5,685 Medicare services from Dr. El Bitar across 7 procedure codes in 2024, for 157 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $21,842 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 157 Medicare patients who saw Dr. El Bitar in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 66 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. 37% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.24, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. El Bitar's median patient age at 53, with 65% women.

In 2024, Dr. El Bitar wrote 295 Medicare Part D claims for 125 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 267 of them, across 6 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $2,822 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 350 claims across 6 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 91 out of 100 for Dr. El Bitar for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. El Bitar accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

CMS Open Payments shows 9 general payments to Dr. El Bitar from 2 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2022. Education make up the largest share, 98% of the total. Wardlow Enterprises paid the most, $10,223.