Dr. Walid A. Abou-Jaoude, MD

  • Lexington, KY
  • General surgeon
NPI1699772707PAC ID0345130001
Medicare services, 2024
480
Medicare patients, 2024
246
Part D claims, 2024
181
Publications
3
MIPS score, 2024
29
Practice address
1740 Nicholasville Road, Lexington, KY 40503
Practice phone
Call (859) 260-6100
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Primary practice

Baptist Health Lexington

Hospital · Lexington, Kentucky

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Dr. Walid A. Abou-Jaoude is a general surgeon in Lexington, Kentucky

Dr. Abou-Jaoude practices at Baptist Health Lexington in Lexington, Kentucky, part of Baptist Health.

Dr. Abou-Jaoude's NPI, 1699772707, was assigned on July 5, 2005. Dr. Abou-Jaoude graduated from Creighton University School of Medicine - Omaha in 1991. Dr. Abou-Jaoude holds Kentucky license 28947.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
0345130001
NPI enumeration date
July 5, 2005
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(859) 260-6100
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
61
Medical school graduation
1991

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

Dr. Walid A. Abou-Jaoude practices at Baptist Health Lexington in Lexington, Kentucky

Dr. Abou-Jaoude's primary practice is Baptist Health Lexington, at 1740 Nicholasville Road, Lexington, KY 40503 in Fayette County. The practice phone is (859) 260-6100.

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Dr. Walid A. Abou-Jaoude is affiliated with 4 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Abou-Jaoude's primary practice is Baptist Health Lexington in Lexington, Kentucky, part of Baptist Health. Dr. Abou-Jaoude is also affiliated with Baptist Health Richmond. The medical group on file is Baptist Health Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Abou-Jaoude to 2 more group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Walid A. Abou-Jaoude's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Baptist Health LexingtonAvailable with a free account
+3 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Walid A. Abou-Jaoude is one of 383 general surgeons in Kentucky

Surgery is Dr. Abou-Jaoude's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Abou-Jaoude is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery. Dmand AI has Dr. Abou-Jaoude's licenses on file in 2 states: Kentucky and Tennessee.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Surgery, KentuckyPrimaryLicense 28947 · 1992 to 2026 · taxonomy 208600000X
  • Tennessee license1997 to 2002

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists abdominal adhesion surgery, acute gallbladder or bile duct inflammation, appendectomy, colon removal, gallbladder removal, groin hernia surgery and mastectomy among the conditions Dr. Abou-Jaoude treats.

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Dr. Walid A. Abou-Jaoude billed Medicare for 480 services in 2024

CMS data shows 480 Medicare services from Dr. Abou-Jaoude across 9 procedure codes in 2024, for 246 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $79,426 for them.

Medicare services, 2024480
Medicare patients246
Paid by Medicare$79,426
Procedure codes9

Dr. Abou-Jaoude's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 3182024: 317No change
Surgery
2023: 1812024: 16310%

Where Dr. Abou-Jaoude's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office31766%
  • In a facility16334%

Dr. Abou-Jaoude compared with the Kentucky median for general surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Abou-Jaoude
  • Kentucky median
Medicare services
480vs 2022.4 times
Medicare patients
246vs 14767% above
Part D claims
132vs 8359% above

Medians across 373 general surgeons in Kentucky with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Abou-Jaoude'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. Walid A. Abou-Jaoude treated 246 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73

CMS counts 246 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Abou-Jaoude in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 143 patients. 75% of them have cancer, and 75% have high cholesterol. 6% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.01, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Abou-Jaoude's median patient age at 63, with 99% women.

Medicare patients, 2024246
Average age73
Average risk score1.01
Also on Medicaid6%

Dr. Abou-Jaoude's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Abou-Jaoude's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women23395%
  • Men135%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Abou-Jaoude's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. Cancer75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. High blood pressure74%
  4. Arthritis44%
  5. Diabetes26%
  6. Anxiety22%
  7. Mood disorders22%
  8. Depression20%

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

Dr. Abou-Jaoude's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 63

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women99%
  • Men1%

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

Dr. Walid A. Abou-Jaoude wrote 181 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Abou-Jaoude wrote 181 Medicare Part D claims for 144 patients. 94% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 132 of them, across 3 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $121 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 141 claims across 3 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024181
Drugs named by CMS3
Total drug cost$121
Part D patients144

Dr. Abou-Jaoude's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic171 claims94%
  • Brand-name and other10 claims6%

Dr. Abou-Jaoude'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. Abou-Jaoude's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids73%133 of 181 claims
  • Antibiotics16%29 of 181 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: 1412024: 1326%

Drugs named by CMS: 3 in 2024, 3 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. Walid A. Abou-Jaoude scored 29 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 29 out of 100 for Dr. Abou-Jaoude for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Abou-Jaoude accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 62 procedures of mastectomy by Dr. Abou-Jaoude, more than 96% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Abou-Jaoude's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 29of 100Final score
  • 0of 100Quality
  • 0of 100Improvement Activities
  • 97of 100Cost

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

Where Dr. Abou-Jaoude ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Mastectomy
96th percentile62 procedures

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

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. Walid A. Abou-Jaoude has 3 publications on record

Dmand AI links 3 papers to Dr. Abou-Jaoude.

Papers3

Recent publications by Dr. Abou-Jaoude

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Dr. Walid A. Abou-Jaoude received $525 in industry payments from 2018 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 12 general payments to Dr. Abou-Jaoude from 10 drug and device companies from 2018 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Allergan Inc. paid the most, $149.

General payments to Dr. Abou-Jaoude by program year, 2018 to 2025

Companies that paid Dr. Abou-Jaoude 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. Walid A. Abou-Jaoude has 2 awards and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 2 awards for Dr. Abou-Jaoude, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2013.

Awards and honors for Dr. Abou-Jaoude

  1. 2013
    • CMS Stage 1 EHR
  2. Undated
    • ACS Fellow

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Walid A. Abou-Jaoude graduated from Creighton University School of Medicine - Omaha

Dr. Abou-Jaoude graduated from Creighton University School of Medicine - Omaha in 1991. Dr. Abou-Jaoude is a member of ACS.

  1. Medical schoolCreighton University School of Medicine - Omaha
  2. Board certified in surgeryAmerican Board of Surgery

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Walid A. Abou-Jaoude accepts plans from 18 insurance carriers

Dr. Abou-Jaoude is in network with 18 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • United Healthcare
  • Elevance
  • HCSC
  • Aspirus Health Plan
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • Regence Health Plans
  • +10 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Dr. Abou-Jaoude accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO10
  2. HMO7
  3. Medicare7
  4. EPO4
  5. POS4
  6. Medicaid3

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Walid A. Abou-Jaoude'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 DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy 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)
Awards and committee rolesDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Walid A. Abou-Jaoude's NPI number?

Dr. Walid A. Abou-Jaoude's NPI number is 1699772707. It was assigned on July 5, 2005, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Walid A. Abou-Jaoude?

Dr. Walid A. Abou-Jaoude is a general surgeon in Lexington, Kentucky. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).

Where does Dr. Walid A. Abou-Jaoude practice?

Dr. Abou-Jaoude practices at 1740 Nicholasville Road, Lexington, KY 40503. Dr. Abou-Jaoude's primary practice is Baptist Health Lexington in Lexington, Kentucky, part of Baptist Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Abou-Jaoude to 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Walid A. Abou-Jaoude's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Abou-Jaoude is (859) 260-6100.

What is Dr. Walid A. Abou-Jaoude's medical license number?

Dr. Abou-Jaoude holds Kentucky license 28947, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Walid A. Abou-Jaoude been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Abou-Jaoude in Kentucky (1992 to 2026) and Tennessee (1997 to 2002).

Which hospitals is Dr. Walid A. Abou-Jaoude affiliated with?

Dr. Abou-Jaoude practices at Baptist Health Lexington in Lexington, Kentucky. Dr. Abou-Jaoude is also affiliated with Baptist Health Richmond.

What medical group is Dr. Walid A. Abou-Jaoude part of?

Dr. Abou-Jaoude is linked to Baptist Health Medical Group. Dmand AI links Dr. Abou-Jaoude to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Walid A. Abou-Jaoude accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Abou-Jaoude billed Medicare for 480 services in 2024, and Dr. Abou-Jaoude accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Walid A. Abou-Jaoude's MIPS score?

Dr. Abou-Jaoude's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 29 out of 100, reported individually.

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Walid A. Abou-Jaoude see?

CMS counts 246 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Abou-Jaoude in 2024, with an average age of 73.

Is Dr. Walid A. Abou-Jaoude board certified?

Yes. Dr. Abou-Jaoude is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery.

What services does Dr. Walid A. Abou-Jaoude bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Abou-Jaoude's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99213), surgery: skin and soft tissue (19301) and office visit, new patient (99205).

Where did Dr. Walid A. Abou-Jaoude go to medical school?

Dr. Abou-Jaoude graduated from Creighton University School of Medicine - Omaha in 1991.

What drugs does Dr. Walid A. Abou-Jaoude prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Abou-Jaoude's most prescribed drugs by claims were Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen, Tramadol HCl and Oxycodone HCl.

Has Dr. Walid A. Abou-Jaoude received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $525 in general payments to Dr. Abou-Jaoude from 10 companies from 2018 to 2025. The largest total came from Allergan Inc.

How long has Dr. Walid A. Abou-Jaoude been practicing?

Dr. Abou-Jaoude graduated from medical school in 1991, 35 years ago.

Does Dr. Walid A. Abou-Jaoude do research?

Dmand AI links 3 publications to Dr. Abou-Jaoude.

What insurance does Dr. Walid A. Abou-Jaoude accept?

Dr. Abou-Jaoude is in network with 18 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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