Dr. Joseph Thomas Knapper, MD

Dr. Knapper practices at M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital in Edina, Minnesota, part of M Health Fairview.

Dr. Knapper's NPI, 1174889661, was assigned on April 9, 2012. Dr. Knapper holds Minnesota license 67954.

Dr. Knapper's primary practice is M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital, at 6401 France Avenue South, Edina, MN 55435 in Hennepin County. The practice phone is (952) 924-5000.

Dr. Knapper's primary practice is M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital in Edina, Minnesota, part of M Health Fairview. Dr. Knapper is also affiliated with M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center. The medical group on file is M Health Fairview Recovery Clinic. Dmand AI also links Dr. Knapper to 3 more hospitals and 3 medical groups, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Knapper practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Interventional cardiology is Dr. Knapper's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RI0011X. Dmand AI has Dr. Knapper's licenses on file in 2 states: Minnesota and Illinois.

CMS data shows 1,112 Medicare services from Dr. Knapper across 27 procedure codes in 2024, for 554 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $54,340 for them.

CMS counts 554 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Knapper in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 200 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 13% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.91, 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. Knapper's median patient age at 72, with 45% women.

In 2024, Dr. Knapper wrote 1,824 Medicare Part D claims for 340 patients. 86% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,696 of them, across 27 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $320,897 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,300 claims across 22 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 89 out of 100 for Dr. Knapper for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Knapper accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 51 procedures of coronary angioplasty and stenting by Dr. Knapper, more than 84% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 12 papers to Dr. Knapper, published from 2014 to 2019. 2014 was the busiest year, with 3. The most frequent topics are Cardiovascular Diseases, Coronary Artery Disease and Tomography, X-Ray Computed. Dr. Knapper's most frequent co-authors are Tracy Q. Callister, MD, Anita A. Kelkar, MD, MPH and Arshed A. Quyyumi, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 109 general payments to Dr. Knapper from 11 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 44% of the total. Boston Scientific Corporation paid the most, $2,114.