Dr. Joel Benjamin Stern, MD

Dr. Stern practices at The Medical Center at Albany in Albany, Kentucky, part of Med Center Health.

Dr. Stern's NPI, 1205822004, was assigned on September 27, 2005. Dr. Stern graduated from The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University in 1991. Dr. Stern holds Virginia license 0101234295.

Dr. Stern's primary practice is The Medical Center at Albany, at 723 Burkesville Road, Albany, KY 42602 in Clinton County. The practice phone is (606) 387-3651.

Dr. Stern's primary practice is The Medical Center at Albany in Albany, Kentucky, part of Med Center Health. Dr. Stern is also affiliated with AdventHealth Orlando. The medical group on file is Southeastern Emergency Physicians. Dmand AI also links Dr. Stern to 4 more hospitals and 17 medical groups, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Stern practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Emergency medicine is Dr. Stern's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207P00000X. Dr. Stern is board certified in emergency medicine by the American Board of Emergency Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Stern's licenses on file in 14 states: Virginia, New York, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Georgia, Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee, West Virginia, Colorado, Delaware and Maryland.

CMS data shows 608 Medicare services from Dr. Stern across 4 procedure codes in 2024, for 396 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $53,530 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 396 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Stern in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 125 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 28% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.72, 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. Stern's median patient age at 53, with 60% women.

In 2024, Dr. Stern wrote 130 Medicare Part D claims for 112 patients. 94% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 60 of them, across 3 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $323 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 59 claims across 4 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 91 out of 100 for Dr. Stern for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Stern accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 39 papers to Dr. Stern, published from 2002 to 2020. 2008 was the busiest year, with 4. The most frequent topics are Multiple Sclerosis, T-Lymphocytes and Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental. Dr. Stern has published most often in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. Dr. Stern's most frequent co-authors are Michael George Funaro, Souhel Najjar, MD and Mark Daniel Messina.

CMS Open Payments shows 61 general payments to Dr. Stern from 4 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2020. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Allergan Inc. paid the most, $805.

Dr. Stern graduated from The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University in 1991.

Dr. Stern is in network with 10 carriers, including United Healthcare, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City. Medicaid plans come from the most carriers, 4. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.