Dr. Daniel Jay Skiest, MD

Dr. Skiest practices at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts, part of Baystate Health.

Dr. Skiest's NPI, 1184671828, was assigned on May 28, 2006. Dr. Skiest graduated from Cleveland Medical College, Homeopathic in 1988. Dr. Skiest holds Massachusetts license 74191.

Dr. Skiest's primary practice is Baystate Medical Center, at 759 Chestnut Street, Springfield, MA 01199 in Hampden County. The practice phone is (413) 794-0000.

Dr. Skiest's primary practice is Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts, part of Baystate Health. The medical group on file is Baystate Medical Practices. Dmand AI also links Dr. Skiest to 2 more group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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

Infectious disease is Dr. Skiest's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RI0200X. Dr. Skiest is board certified in infectious disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Skiest's licenses on file in 4 states: Massachusetts, Texas, Connecticut and Maryland.

Dmand AI lists acute skin infection, hiv/aids, joint or bone infection, lyme disease and UTI among the conditions Dr. Skiest treats.

CMS data shows 139 Medicare services from Dr. Skiest across 4 procedure codes in 2024, for 108 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $9,642 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 108 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Skiest in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 34 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 69% have high cholesterol. 48% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.41, 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. Skiest's median patient age at 71, with 31% women.

In 2024, Dr. Skiest wrote 494 Medicare Part D claims for 54 patients. 37% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 385 of them, across 16 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,104,000 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 450 claims across 15 drugs.

Dr. Skiest accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 92 papers to Dr. Skiest, published from 2003 to 2025. 2014 was the busiest year, with 5. The most frequent topics are HIV Infections, AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections and CD4 Lymphocyte Count. Dr. Skiest has published most often in Int J STD AIDS. Dr. Skiest's most frequent co-authors are Philip H. Keiser, MD, Sarah D. Haessler, MD and Jonathan Zheng Li, MD.

Dmand AI links Dr. Skiest to 5 clinical trials. Conditions studied include Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, HIV Infections and Slow Virus Diseases. Community Research Initiative of New England sponsors the most, 2.

CMS Open Payments shows 13 general payments to Dr. Skiest from 5 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 74% of the total. Gilead Sciences, Inc. paid the most, $497.

Dmand AI lists 3 awards for Dr. Skiest, most recently Weinberg award for research in 2017.

Dr. Skiest graduated from Cleveland Medical College, Homeopathic in 1988. Dr. Skiest is a member of ACP and IDSA.

Dr. Skiest is in network with 6 carriers, including Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, HCSC and Molina. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 4. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.