Dr. Jacob Elrod, MD

Dr. Elrod practices at Baptist Health Paducah in Paducah, Kentucky, part of Baptist Health.

Dr. Elrod's NPI, 1942733977, was assigned on April 6, 2017. Dr. Elrod graduated from University of Mississippi School of Medicine in 2017. Dr. Elrod holds Alabama license MD.37493.

Dr. Elrod's primary practice is Baptist Health Paducah, at 2501 Kentucky Avenue, Paducah, KY 42003 in Mc Cracken County. The practice phone is (270) 575-2100.

Dr. Elrod's primary practice is Baptist Health Paducah in Paducah, Kentucky, part of Baptist Health. Dr. Elrod is also affiliated with Murray-Calloway County Hospital. The medical group on file is Baptist Health Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Elrod to 2 more medical groups and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

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

Cardiovascular disease is Dr. Elrod's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RC0000X. Dr. Elrod is licensed in Alabama.

CMS data shows 662 Medicare services from Dr. Elrod across 4 procedure codes in 2024, for 260 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $34,902 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 260 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Elrod in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 104 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. 11% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.56, 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. Elrod's median patient age at 69, with 46% women.

In 2024, Dr. Elrod wrote 118 Medicare Part D claims for 41 patients. 61% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 42 of them, across 3 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $28,472 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 24 claims across 2 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 100 out of 100 for Dr. Elrod for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Elrod accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 29 procedures of pacemaker insertion or repair by Dr. Elrod, more than 78% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 5 papers to Dr. Elrod, published from 2020 to 2025. Dr. Elrod's most frequent co-authors are Harish Doppalapudi, Mustafa Mohammed Ahmed, MD and Mustafa Iltimas Ahmed, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 90 general payments to Dr. Elrod from 15 drug and device companies from 2022 to 2025. Grants make up the largest share, 82% of the total. Abbott Laboratories paid the most, $14,161.

Dr. Elrod graduated from University of Mississippi School of Medicine in 2017.