Dr. Michael Joannides, MD

Dr. Joannides practices at Sanford Bemidji Medical Center in Bemidji, Minnesota, part of Sanford Health.

Dr. Joannides' NPI, 1720475858, was assigned on April 15, 2015. Dr. Joannides holds Kansas license 04-43066.

Dr. Joannides' primary practice is Sanford Bemidji Medical Center, at 1300 Anne St NW, Bemidji, MN 56601 in Beltrami County. The practice phone is (218) 751-5430.

Dr. Joannides' primary practice is Sanford Bemidji Medical Center in Bemidji, Minnesota, part of Sanford Health. Dr. Joannides is also affiliated with Sanford Broadway Medical Center. The medical group on file is Sanford Health Occupational Medicine Clinic Bismarck. Dmand AI also links Dr. Joannides to 3 more hospitals, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Joannides practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Surgery is Dr. Joannides' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Joannides' licenses on file in 2 states: Kansas and Illinois.

CMS data shows 228 Medicare services from Dr. Joannides across 9 procedure codes in 2024, for 156 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $23,241 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 156 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Joannides in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 71 patients. 73% of them have high blood pressure, and 70% have high cholesterol. 32% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.52, 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. Joannides' median patient age at 69, with 54% women.

In 2024, Dr. Joannides wrote 88 Medicare Part D claims for 43 patients. 92% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 59 of them, across 3 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,883 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 83 claims across 4 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 87 out of 100 for Dr. Joannides for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Joannides accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 51 procedures of upper gastrointestinal (gi) endoscopy for acid reflux by Dr. Joannides, more than 64% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Hernia repair (minimally invasive): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

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

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Joannides in 2016. Dr. Joannides' most frequent co-authors are Esther Bae, DO, Ahmed Nowaf Dehal, MD and Farabi M. Hussain, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 27 general payments to Dr. Joannides from 11 drug and device companies from 2018 to 2025. Education make up the largest share, 71% of the total. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. paid the most, $4,897.