Am J Ophthalmol
Disease ManagementDry Eye SyndromesMeibomian Gland Dysfunction
Dr. Joseph Tauber, MD
NPI1760488837
- Medicare services, 2024
- 82
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 73
- Part D claims, 2024
- 350
- Publications
- 28
- Clinical trials
- 9
- Practice address
- 19045 E Valley View Pkwy Suite A Suite A, Independence, MO 64055-7030
- Practice phone
- Call (816) 795-7777
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Insight Eyecare Specialties - Independence
Eye care practice · Independence, Missouri
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Dr. Joseph Tauber is an ophthalmologist in Independence, Missouri
Dr. Tauber practices at Insight Eyecare Specialties - Independence in Independence, Missouri.
Dr. Tauber's NPI, 1760488837, was assigned on June 23, 2005. Dr. Tauber graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1982. Dr. Tauber holds Missouri license R5J65.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1760488837NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- NPI enumeration date
- June 23, 2005
- NPI status
- Active
- Practice phone
- (816) 795-7777
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 70
- Medical school graduation
- 1982
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Joseph Tauber practices at Insight Eyecare Specialties - Independence in Independence, Missouri
Dr. Tauber's primary practice is Insight Eyecare Specialties - Independence, at 19045 E Valley View Pkwy Suite A Suite A, Independence, MO 64055-7030. The practice phone is (816) 795-7777.
- Insight Eyecare Specialties - Independence19045 E Valley View Pkwy Suite A Suite A, Independence, MO 64055-7030Phone(816) 795-7777
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Joseph Tauber is affiliated with 1 site of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Tauber's primary practice is Insight Eyecare Specialties - Independence in Independence, Missouri. Dmand AI also links Dr. Tauber to 1 medical group, named with a free account.
Insight Eyecare Specialties - IndependencePrimary
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Joseph Tauber's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Tauber practices. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Insight Eyecare Specialties - Independence | Available with a free account |
| +1 medical group | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Joseph Tauber is one of 270 ophthalmologists in Missouri
Ophthalmology is Dr. Tauber's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207W00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Tauber's licenses on file in 2 states: Missouri and Kansas.
Specialties and state licenses
- Ophthalmology, MissouriPrimary
- Kansas license
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Joseph Tauber billed Medicare for 82 services in 2024
CMS data shows 82 Medicare services from Dr. Tauber across 3 procedure codes in 2024, for 73 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $3,864 for them. Every service was in an office.
Medicare services, 202482
Medicare patients73
Paid by Medicare$3,864
Procedure codes3
Dr. Tauber's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 6242024: 6290%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 2002024: 2090%
- Surgery
- 2023: 752024: 0100%
Dr. Tauber compared with the Missouri median for ophthalmologists, 2024
- Dr. Tauber
- Missouri median
- Medicare services
- 82vs 1,58295% below
- Medicare patients
- 73vs 63088% below
- Part D claims
- 251vs 70364% below
Medians across 286 ophthalmologists in Missouri with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Tauber's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024
CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.
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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Joseph Tauber treated 73 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75
CMS counts 73 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Tauber in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 35 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 55% have high blood pressure. Their average risk score is 1.04, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Tauber's median patient age at 75, with 64% women.
Medicare patients, 202473
Average age75
Average risk score1.04
Dr. Tauber's Medicare patients by age, 2024
CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.
Dr. Tauber's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women4866%
- Men2534%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Tauber's Medicare patients, 2024
- High cholesterol75%
- High blood pressure55%
- Arthritis47%
- Mood disorders27%
- Diabetes26%
- Depression25%
- Osteoporosis23%
- Anxiety22%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Tauber's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 75
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women64%
- Men36%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Joseph Tauber wrote 350 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Tauber wrote 350 Medicare Part D claims for 103 patients. 74% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 251 of them, across 8 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $17,979 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,126 claims across 21 drugs.
Part D claims, 2024350
Drugs named by CMS8
Total drug cost$17,979
Part D patients103
Dr. Tauber's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic259 claims74%
- Brand-name91 claims26%
Dr. Tauber's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024
CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.
Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Tauber's Part D claims, 2024
- Antibiotics31%109 of 350 claims
Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.
Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2023: 1,1262024: 25178%
Drugs named by CMS: 8 in 2024, 21 in 2023.
Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Joseph Tauber scored 87 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 87 out of 100 for Dr. Tauber for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group.
Dr. Tauber's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 87of 100Final score
- 73.9of 100Quality
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Source: Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026
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Dr. Joseph Tauber has 28 publications on record
Dmand AI links 28 papers to Dr. Tauber, published from 2011 to 2025. 2022 was the busiest year, with 5. The most frequent topics are Dry Eye Syndromes, Tears and Double-Blind Method. Dr. Tauber has published most often in Ophthalmology. Dr. Tauber's most frequent co-authors are Kenneth Neil Sall, MD, John Daniel Sheppard, MD and Jodi Ian Luchs, MD.
Papers28
Years published2011 to 2025
Dr. Tauber's papers by year, 2015 to 2025
Topics Dr. Tauber writes about most
- Dry Eye Syndromes
- Tears
- Double-Blind Method
- Ophthalmic Solutions
- Fluorescein
- Scleritis
- Meibomian Gland Dysfunction
- Visual Acuity
Dr. Tauber's most frequent co-authors
- Kenneth Neil Sall, MD4 shared papers
- John Daniel Sheppard, MD4 shared papers
- Jodi Ian Luchs, MD3 shared papers
Recent publications by Dr. Tauber
Double-Blind MethodDry Eye SyndromesFluorescein
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Joseph Tauber has worked on 9 clinical trials
Dmand AI links Dr. Tauber to 9 clinical trials, 4 of them phase 2 studies. Conditions studied include Dry Eye Syndromes, Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases and Conjunctivitis, Allergic. Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. sponsors the most, 2.
Clinical trials with Dr. Tauber by phase
- 1Phase 1: 1 trial
- 1Phase 1/2: 1 trial
- 4Phase 2: 4 trials
- 3Phase 3: 3 trials
- NonePhase 4: no trials
Conditions in Dr. Tauber's trials
- Dry Eye Syndromes
- Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases
- Conjunctivitis, Allergic
- Eye Infections
- Hyperemia
Investigators on the most trials with Dr. Tauber
- Joseph R. Martel, MD4 shared trials
- Joseph Pravoot Gira, MD3 shared trials
- Kenneth Neil Sall, MD3 shared trials
Recent clinical trials with Dr. Tauber
Dry Eye SyndromesLacrimal Apparatus DiseasesrhNGF 20 μg/mlrhNGF 20 μg/ml + vehicle
DextranRiboflavinUVA Light Source
Dry Eye SyndromesLacrimal Apparatus DiseasesLifitegrast
Dry Eye SyndromesLacrimal Apparatus DiseasesBetamethasone Sodium Phosphate 0.01%Cyclosporine 0.05% Ophthalmic EmulsionLifitegrast 5% Ophthalmic Solution
Dry Eye SyndromesLacrimal Apparatus Diseases0.02% Betamethasone Sodium Phosphate0.04% Betamethasone Sodium Phosphate
Sources: Dmand AI Research Linkage; and ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine)
Dr. Joseph Tauber received $329,841 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 328 general payments to Dr. Tauber from 25 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 43% of the total. Shire North American Group Inc paid the most, $128,666. It also lists 5 research payments totaling $20,729 from 2016 to 2024.
General payments to Dr. Tauber by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Tauber by kind, 2016 to 2025
$329.8Kin total
- Speaker and faculty fees$142,84343%
- Consulting fees$87,35026%
- Travel and lodging$32,34510%
- Honoraria$31,90010%
- Other$35,21811%
Companies that paid Dr. Tauber the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Joseph Tauber graduated from Harvard Medical School
Dr. Tauber graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1982.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Joseph Tauber's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | Dmand AI Affiliation DataDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation DataDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentiles | Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Clinical trials and co-investigators | Dmand AI Research LinkageClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab) |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Joseph Tauber's NPI number?
Dr. Joseph Tauber's NPI number is 1760488837. It was assigned on June 23, 2005, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Joseph Tauber?
Dr. Joseph Tauber is an ophthalmologist in Independence, Missouri. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Ophthalmology Physician (taxonomy code 207W00000X).
Where does Dr. Joseph Tauber practice?
Dr. Tauber practices at 19045 E Valley View Pkwy Suite A Suite A, Independence, MO 64055-7030. Dr. Tauber's primary practice is Insight Eyecare Specialties - Independence in Independence, Missouri. Dmand AI also links Dr. Tauber to 1 medical group.
What is Dr. Joseph Tauber's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Tauber is (816) 795-7777.
What is Dr. Joseph Tauber's medical license number?
Dr. Tauber holds Missouri license R5J65, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.
Which states has Dr. Joseph Tauber been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Tauber in Missouri and Kansas.
Does Dr. Joseph Tauber accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Tauber billed Medicare for 82 services in 2024.
What is Dr. Joseph Tauber's MIPS score?
Dr. Tauber's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 87 out of 100, reported as part of a group.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Joseph Tauber see?
CMS counts 73 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Tauber in 2024, with an average age of 75.
What services does Dr. Joseph Tauber bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Tauber's most billed Medicare services were eye exam or test (92012), office visit, established patient (99213) and eye exam or test (92014).
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Where did Dr. Joseph Tauber go to medical school?
Dr. Tauber graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1982.
What drugs does Dr. Joseph Tauber prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Tauber's most prescribed drugs by claims were Latanoprost, Doxycycline Hyclate and Azithromycin.
Has Dr. Joseph Tauber received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $329,841 in general payments to Dr. Tauber from 25 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Shire North American Group Inc.
How long has Dr. Joseph Tauber been practicing?
Dr. Tauber graduated from medical school in 1982, 44 years ago.
Does Dr. Joseph Tauber do research?
Dmand AI links 28 publications to Dr. Tauber, published from 2011 to 2025. Dr. Tauber has worked on 9 clinical trials.
Who does Dr. Joseph Tauber publish with?
Dr. Tauber's most frequent co-authors are Kenneth Neil Sall, MD (4 shared papers), John Daniel Sheppard, MD (4 shared papers) and Jodi Ian Luchs, MD (3 shared papers).
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