Dr. Brendan Michael Decenso, MD

Dr. Decenso practices at UNC Health Johnston - Smithfield in Smithfield, North Carolina.

Dr. Decenso's NPI, 1255952651, was assigned on April 27, 2020. Dr. Decenso holds North Carolina license 2022-02039.

Dr. Decenso's primary practice is UNC Health Johnston - Smithfield, at 509 North Brightleaf Boulevard, Smithfield, NC 27577. The practice phone is (919) 938-7540.

Dr. Decenso's primary practice is UNC Health Johnston - Smithfield in Smithfield, North Carolina. Dr. Decenso is also affiliated with UNC Health Johnston. The medical group on file is Wake Emergency Physicians, PA (WEPPA). Dmand AI also links Dr. Decenso to 1 more hospital, 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. Decenso practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Emergency medicine is Dr. Decenso's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207P00000X. Dr. Decenso is licensed in North Carolina.

CMS data shows 735 Medicare services from Dr. Decenso across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 573 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $56,554 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 573 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Decenso in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 208 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 27% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.12, 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. Decenso's median patient age at 68, with 56% women.

In 2024, Dr. Decenso wrote 356 Medicare Part D claims for 213 patients. 92% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 184 of them, across 9 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $2,289 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 87 claims across 5 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 95 out of 100 for Dr. Decenso for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Decenso accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 8 papers to Dr. Decenso, published from 2014 to 2017. 2014 was the busiest year, with 2. The most frequent topics are Kenya, HIV Infections and Uganda. Dr. Decenso has published most often in PLoS One. Dr. Decenso's most frequent co-authors are Herbert C. Duber, MD, MPH, Thomas Aron Odeny, MD and Maxwell Louis Birger, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 1 general payment to Dr. Decenso from 1 drug or device company in 2023. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Celgene Corporation paid the most, $20.