Joseph Robert Skaja

Joseph Skaja practices at Fairview Range Hospital in Hibbing, Minnesota, part of Fairview Health Services.

Joseph Skaja's NPI, 1841557022, was assigned on April 12, 2012. Joseph Skaja graduated from University of Minnesota Medical School in 2012. Joseph Skaja holds Minnesota license 58682.

Joseph Skaja's primary practice is Fairview Range Hospital, at 750 East 34th St, Hibbing, MN 55746 in St. Louis County. The practice phone is (218) 362-6730.

Joseph Skaja's primary practice is Fairview Range Hospital in Hibbing, Minnesota, part of Fairview Health Services. The medical group on file is Fairview Range. Dmand AI also links Joseph Skaja to 1 more group practice or clinic, named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Joseph Skaja practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Surgery is Joseph Skaja's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Joseph Skaja is licensed in Minnesota.

CMS data shows 86 Medicare services from Joseph Skaja across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 100 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $5,802 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 100 Medicare patients who saw Joseph Skaja in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 41 patients. 64% of them have high blood pressure, and 59% have high cholesterol. 36% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.19, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Joseph Skaja's median patient age at 70, with 60% women.

In 2024, Joseph Skaja wrote 255 Medicare Part D claims for 185 patients. 68% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 210 of them, across 7 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $2,713 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 261 claims across 8 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 97 out of 100 for Joseph Skaja for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Joseph Skaja accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 12 procedures of colonoscopy by Joseph Skaja, more than 42% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Mastectomy: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Melanoma (skin cancer) excision: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Removal of skin lesions: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Joseph Skaja graduated from University of Minnesota Medical School in 2012.