Dr. Julius A. Kato, DO
- Medicare services, 2024
- 4,590
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 1,444
- Part D claims, 2024
- 14,023
- MIPS score, 2024
- 96
- Hospital affiliations
- 5
- Practice address
- 2520 5th Street N, Columbus, MS 39705
- Practice phone
- Call (662) 244-1000
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
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Dr. Julius A. Kato is a cardiologist in Columbus, Mississippi
Dr. Kato practices at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle in Columbus, Mississippi, part of Baptist Memorial Health Care.
Dr. Kato's NPI, 1124098819, was assigned on January 25, 2006. Dr. Kato graduated from Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1999. Dr. Kato holds Ohio license 34008512.
- NPI
- 1124098819NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 0143259176
- NPI enumeration date
- January 25, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (662) 244-1000
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 53
- Medical school graduation
- 1999
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Julius A. Kato practices at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle in Columbus, Mississippi
Dr. Kato's primary practice is Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle, at 2520 5th Street N, Columbus, MS 39705 in Lowndes County. The practice phone is (662) 244-1000.
- Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle2520 5th Street N, Columbus, MS 39705 · Lowndes CountyPhone(662) 244-1000
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Julius A. Kato is affiliated with 9 sites of care and 2 medical groups
Dr. Kato's primary practice is Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle in Columbus, Mississippi, part of Baptist Memorial Health Care. Dr. Kato is also affiliated with Baptist Memorial Hospital-Oktibbeha County. The medical group on file is Baptist Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Kato to 3 more hospitals, 2 group practices and clinics, 2 home health agencies and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Julius A. Kato's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Kato practices, 9 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle | Available with a free account |
| +8 more sites and 1 medical group | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Julius A. Kato is one of 129 cardiologists in Mississippi
Cardiovascular disease is Dr. Kato's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RC0000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Kato's licenses on file in 2 states: Ohio and Mississippi.
Specialties and state licenses
- Cardiovascular disease, OhioPrimary
- Mississippi license
Cardiologists near Dr. Kato
Counts of cardiologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Julius A. Kato billed Medicare for 4,590 services in 2024
CMS data shows 4,590 Medicare services from Dr. Kato across 34 procedure codes in 2024, for 1,444 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $225,775 for them.
Dr. Kato's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 2,2412024: 2,4057%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 1,8432024: 1,8082%
- Imaging
- 2023: 1862024: 1832%
- Lab and pathology
- 2023: 2232024: 10354%
- Other services
- 2023: 1972024: 6865%
- Surgery
- 2023: 612024: 2362%
Where Dr. Kato's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office2,28350%
- In a facility2,30750%
Dr. Kato compared with the Mississippi median for cardiologists, 2024
- Dr. Kato
- Mississippi median
- Medicare services
- 4,590vs 2,92557% above
- Medicare patients
- 1,444vs 1,16024% above
- Part D claims
- 13,657vs 2,6125.2 times
Medians across 130 cardiologists in Mississippi with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Kato'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. Julius A. Kato treated 1,444 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74
CMS counts 1,444 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kato in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 556 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 26% 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. Kato's median patient age at 73, with 52% women.
Dr. Kato's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Kato's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women79555%
- Men64945%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Kato's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Ischemic heart disease66%
- Arthritis54%
- Diabetes46%
- Heart failure43%
- Chronic kidney disease35%
- Atrial fibrillation31%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Kato's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 73
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women52%
- Men48%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Julius A. Kato wrote 14,023 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Kato wrote 14,023 Medicare Part D claims for 1,110 patients. 88% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 13,657 of them, across 94 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,310,422 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 12,978 claims across 92 drugs.
Dr. Kato's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic12,383 claims88%
- Brand-name1,640 claims12%
Dr. Kato'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. Kato's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids0%24 of 14,023 claims
- Antibiotics0%68 of 14,023 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: 12,9782024: 13,6575%
Drugs named by CMS: 94 in 2024, 92 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. Julius A. Kato scored 96 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 96 out of 100 for Dr. Kato for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Kato accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 16 procedures of pacemaker insertion or repair by Dr. Kato, more than 67% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Dr. Kato's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 96of 100Final score
- 88.6of 100Quality
- 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
- 78of 100Cost
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Where Dr. Kato ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Pacemaker insertion or repair
- 67th percentile16 procedures
CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)
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Dr. Julius A. Kato received $7,133 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 337 general payments to Dr. Kato from 36 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 80% of the total. Boston Scientific Corporation paid the most, $2,144.
General payments to Dr. Kato by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Kato by kind, 2016 to 2025
- Food and beverage$5,73880%
- Travel and lodging$1,27618%
- Education$1202%
Companies that paid Dr. Kato 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. Julius A. Kato graduated from Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Dr. Kato graduated from Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1999.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Julius A. Kato'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 Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data |
| 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 | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (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. Julius A. Kato's NPI number?
Dr. Julius A. Kato's NPI number is 1124098819. It was assigned on January 25, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Julius A. Kato?
Dr. Julius A. Kato is a cardiologist in Columbus, Mississippi. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Cardiovascular Disease Physician (taxonomy code 207RC0000X).
Where does Dr. Julius A. Kato practice?
Dr. Kato practices at 2520 5th Street N, Columbus, MS 39705. Dr. Kato's primary practice is Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle in Columbus, Mississippi, part of Baptist Memorial Health Care. Dmand AI also links Dr. Kato to 3 hospitals, 2 group practices and clinics, 2 home health agencies and 1 medical group.
What is Dr. Julius A. Kato's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Kato is (662) 244-1000.
What is Dr. Julius A. Kato's medical license number?
Dr. Kato holds Ohio license 34008512, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.
Which states has Dr. Julius A. Kato been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Kato in Ohio and Mississippi.
Which hospitals is Dr. Julius A. Kato affiliated with?
Dr. Kato practices at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle in Columbus, Mississippi. Dr. Kato is also affiliated with Baptist Memorial Hospital-Oktibbeha County. Dmand AI links Dr. Kato to 3 more hospitals.
What medical group is Dr. Julius A. Kato part of?
Dr. Kato is linked to Baptist Medical Group. Dmand AI links Dr. Kato to 1 more medical group.
Does Dr. Julius A. Kato accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Kato billed Medicare for 4,590 services in 2024, and Dr. Kato accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Julius A. Kato's MIPS score?
Dr. Kato's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 96 out of 100, reported as part of a group.
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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Julius A. Kato see?
CMS counts 1,444 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kato in 2024, with an average age of 74.
What services does Dr. Julius A. Kato bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Kato's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), heart test or procedure (93306) and heart test or procedure (93010).
Where did Dr. Julius A. Kato go to medical school?
Dr. Kato graduated from Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1999.
What drugs does Dr. Julius A. Kato prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Kato's most prescribed drugs by claims were Atorvastatin Calcium, Metoprolol Succinate and Eliquis.
Has Dr. Julius A. Kato received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $7,133 in general payments to Dr. Kato from 36 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Boston Scientific Corporation.
How long has Dr. Julius A. Kato been practicing?
Dr. Kato graduated from medical school in 1999, 27 years ago.
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