Dr. Joel Michael Oster, MD

Dr. Oster practices at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, part of Tufts Medicine.

Dr. Oster's NPI, 1881794873, was assigned on September 22, 2006. Dr. Oster graduated from Boston University School Of Medicine in 1997. Dr. Oster's Massachusetts license number on file is 205287.

Dr. Oster's primary practice is Tufts Medical Center, at 800 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111 in Suffolk County. The practice phone is (617) 636-5000.

Dr. Oster's primary practice is Tufts Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, part of Tufts Medicine. Dr. Oster is also affiliated with Lowell General Hospital. The medical group on file is Lahey Clinic. Dmand AI also links Dr. Oster to 3 more hospitals, 4 medical groups, 1 community health center, 1 home health agency and 1 imaging center, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Oster practices, 8 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Neurology is Dr. Oster's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 2084N0400X. Dr. Oster is board certified in epilepsy by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Dmand AI has Dr. Oster's licenses on file in 2 states: Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

Dmand AI lists epilepsy, fibromyalgia and chronic pain, head injury, hypersomnia, lower back pain, muscle pain, fibromyalgia, and limb pain, neuropathy and sleep apnea among the conditions Dr. Oster treats.

CMS data shows 806 Medicare services from Dr. Oster across 14 procedure codes in 2024, for 615 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $56,739 for them.

CMS counts 615 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Oster in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 226 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 74% have high blood pressure. 39% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.63, 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. Oster's median patient age at 58, with 47% women.

In 2024, Dr. Oster wrote 3,101 Medicare Part D claims for 267 patients. 77% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,857 of them, across 59 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,042,134 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 2,594 claims across 54 drugs.

Dr. Oster accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Oster as offering telehealth.

Dmand AI links 36 papers to Dr. Oster, published from 2012 to 2025. 2012 was the busiest year, with 2. The most frequent topics are Seizures, Anticonvulsants and Electroencephalography. Dr. Oster's most frequent co-authors are James T. Kryzanski, MD, Diana Apetauerova, MD and John Spencer Herendeen, MD.

Dmand AI links Dr. Oster to 1 clinical trial. Conditions studied include Epilepsy, Idiopathic Generalized and Seizures.

CMS Open Payments shows 340 general payments to Dr. Oster from 40 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 87% of the total. Neuropace, Inc. paid the most, $1,920. It also lists 15 research payments totaling $1,525 from 2017 to 2018.

Dmand AI lists 3 awards for Dr. Oster, most recently Castle and Connolly/Boston Magazine in 2024.

Dr. Oster graduated from Boston University School Of Medicine in 1997.

Dr. Oster is in network with 16 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.