Dr. Michael J. Knesek, MD

  • Saint John, IN
  • Orthopedic surgeon
NPI1336376367PAC ID6406160423
Medicare services, 2024
7,969
Medicare patients, 2024
797
Part D claims, 2024
449
Hospital affiliations
5
Industry payments
$14,908
Practice address
9660 Wicker Ave, Saint John, IN 46373
Practice phone
Call (219) 365-7620
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Primary practice

Powers Health Medical Group

Saint John, Indiana

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Dr. Michael J. Knesek is an orthopedic surgeon in Saint John, Indiana

Dr. Knesek practices at Powers Health Medical Group in Saint John, Indiana.

Dr. Knesek's NPI, 1336376367, was assigned on June 17, 2009. Dr. Knesek graduated from Loyola University of Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine in 2009. Dr. Knesek holds Indiana license 201328430.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
6406160423
NPI enumeration date
June 17, 2009
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(219) 365-7620
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
43
Medical school graduation
2009

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

Dr. Michael J. Knesek practices at Powers Health Medical Group in Saint John, Indiana

Dr. Knesek's primary practice is Powers Health Medical Group, at 9660 Wicker Ave, Saint John, IN 46373 in Lake County. The practice phone is (219) 365-7620.

  • Powers Health Medical Group
    9660 Wicker Ave, Saint John, IN 46373 · Lake CountyPhone(219) 365-7620

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. Michael J. Knesek is affiliated with 8 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Knesek's primary practice is Powers Health Medical Group in Saint John, Indiana. Dr. Knesek is also affiliated with Community Hospital. The medical group on file is Powers Health Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Knesek to 4 more hospitals, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 home health agency, each named with a free account.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Michael J. Knesek's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Knesek practices, 7 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Powers Health Medical GroupAvailable with a free account
+7 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Michael J. Knesek is one of 429 orthopedic surgeons in Indiana

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

Specialties and state licenses

  • Orthopaedic surgery, IndianaPrimaryLicense 201328430 · taxonomy 207X00000X

Orthopedic surgeons near Dr. Knesek

Counts of orthopedic surgeons with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.

429orthopedic surgeons in Indiana
4orthopedic surgeons in Saint John

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

Dr. Michael J. Knesek billed Medicare for 7,969 services in 2024

CMS data shows 7,969 Medicare services from Dr. Knesek across 19 procedure codes in 2024, for 797 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $277,884 for them.

Medicare services, 20247,969
Medicare patients797
Paid by Medicare$277,884
Procedure codes19

Dr. Knesek's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Drugs given in the office
2023: 4,9352024: 5,77717%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 9492024: 1,09916%
Surgery
2023: 6082024: 80833%
Other services
2023: 282024: 167496%
Imaging
2023: 2982024: 11860%

Where Dr. Knesek's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office7,81398%
  • In a facility1562%

Dr. Knesek compared with the Indiana median for orthopedic surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Knesek
  • Indiana median
Medicare services
7,969vs 1,3425.9 times
Medicare patients
797vs 2623.0 times
Part D claims
378vs 1662.3 times

Medians across 423 orthopedic surgeons in Indiana with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Knesek's 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. Michael J. Knesek treated 797 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73

CMS counts 797 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Knesek in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 389 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. 10% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.15, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Knesek's median patient age at 68, with 61% women.

Medicare patients, 2024797
Average age73
Average risk score1.15
Also on Medicaid10%

Dr. Knesek's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Knesek's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women54268%
  • Men25532%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Knesek's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. Arthritis75%
  2. High blood pressure75%
  3. High cholesterol75%
  4. Diabetes32%
  5. Ischemic heart disease29%
  6. Anxiety27%
  7. Mood disorders26%
  8. Depression23%

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

Dr. Knesek's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 68

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women61%
  • Men39%

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

Dr. Michael J. Knesek wrote 449 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Knesek wrote 449 Medicare Part D claims for 225 patients. 98% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 378 of them, across 10 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,937 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 316 claims across 9 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024449
Drugs named by CMS10
Total drug cost$1,937
Part D patients225

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

  • Generic441 claims98%
  • Brand-name and other8 claims2%

Dr. Knesek's 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. Knesek's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids21%94 of 449 claims
  • Antibiotics13%58 of 449 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: 3162024: 37820%

Drugs named by CMS: 10 in 2024, 9 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. Michael J. Knesek ranks in the 95th percentile for lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) in Medicare

Dr. Knesek accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 25 procedures of lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) by Dr. Knesek, more than 95% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Where Dr. Knesek ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Knee replacement
87th percentile70 procedures
Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair)
95th percentile25 procedures

CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.

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

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Michael J. Knesek received $14,908 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 154 general payments to Dr. Knesek from 38 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Education make up the largest share, 41% of the total. Stryker Corporation paid the most, $6,088.

General payments to Dr. Knesek by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Knesek by kind, 2016 to 2025

$14.9Kin total
  • Education$6,17841%
  • Food and beverage$4,91933%
  • Travel and lodging$3,81226%

Companies that paid Dr. Knesek the most, 2016 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. Michael J. Knesek graduated from Loyola University of Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine

Dr. Knesek graduated from Loyola University of Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine in 2009.

  1. Medical schoolLoyola University of Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Michael J. Knesek'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 phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand 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)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
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. Michael J. Knesek's NPI number?

Dr. Michael J. Knesek's NPI number is 1336376367. It was assigned on June 17, 2009, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Michael J. Knesek?

Dr. Michael J. Knesek is an orthopedic surgeon in Saint John, Indiana. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207X00000X).

Where does Dr. Michael J. Knesek practice?

Dr. Knesek practices at 9660 Wicker Ave, Saint John, IN 46373. Dr. Knesek's primary practice is Powers Health Medical Group in Saint John, Indiana. Dmand AI also links Dr. Knesek to 4 hospitals, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 home health agency.

What is Dr. Michael J. Knesek's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Knesek is (219) 365-7620.

What is Dr. Michael J. Knesek's medical license number?

Dr. Knesek holds Indiana license 201328430.

Which hospitals is Dr. Michael J. Knesek affiliated with?

Dr. Knesek is affiliated with Community Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Knesek to 4 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Michael J. Knesek part of?

Dr. Knesek is linked to Powers Health Medical Group.

Does Dr. Michael J. Knesek accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Knesek billed Medicare for 7,969 services in 2024, and Dr. Knesek accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Michael J. Knesek see?

CMS counts 797 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Knesek in 2024, with an average age of 73.

What services does Dr. Michael J. Knesek bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Knesek's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J3301), surgery: bones and joints (20610) and office visit, established patient (99214).

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Where did Dr. Michael J. Knesek go to medical school?

Dr. Knesek graduated from Loyola University of Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine in 2009.

What drugs does Dr. Michael J. Knesek prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Knesek's most prescribed drugs by claims were Methylprednisolone, Gabapentin and Meloxicam.

Has Dr. Michael J. Knesek received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $14,908 in general payments to Dr. Knesek from 38 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Stryker Corporation.

How long has Dr. Michael J. Knesek been practicing?

Dr. Knesek graduated from medical school in 2009, 17 years ago.

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