Dr. Abe Elson, MD

  • Paramus, NJ
  • Internist
NPI1689778136PAC ID5496788267
Medicare services, 2024
5,300
Medicare patients, 2024
512
Part D claims, 2024
7,817
MIPS score, 2024
23
Hospital affiliations
1
Practice address
4 Valley Health Plaza, Paramus, NJ 07652
Practice phone
Call (201) 447-8000
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Primary practice

The Valley Hospital

Hospital · Paramus, New Jersey

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Dr. Abe Elson is an internist in Paramus, New Jersey

Dr. Elson practices at The Valley Hospital in Paramus, New Jersey, part of Valley Health System.

Dr. Elson's NPI, 1689778136, was assigned on September 12, 2006. Dr. Elson graduated from Sapienza University of Rome in 1980. Dr. Elson's New Jersey license number on file is 25MA04262900.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
5496788267
NPI enumeration date
September 12, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(201) 447-8000
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
72
Medical school graduation
1980

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Abe Elson practices at The Valley Hospital in Paramus, New Jersey

Dr. Elson's primary practice is The Valley Hospital, at 4 Valley Health Plaza, Paramus, NJ 07652 in Bergen County. The practice phone is (201) 447-8000.

  • The Valley Hospital
    4 Valley Health Plaza, Paramus, NJ 07652 · Bergen CountyPhone(201) 447-8000

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dr. Abe Elson is affiliated with 3 sites of care

Dr. Elson's primary practice is The Valley Hospital in Paramus, New Jersey, part of Valley Health System. Dmand AI also links Dr. Elson to 2 home health agencies, each named with a free account. Dr. Elson's employer is on file too: a hospital.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Abe Elson's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Elson practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
The Valley HospitalAvailable with a free account
+2 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Abe Elson is one of 4,226 internists in New Jersey

Internal medicine is Dr. Elson's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dr. Elson is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Elson's licenses on file in 3 states: New Jersey, Florida and Maryland.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Internal medicine, New JerseyPrimaryLicense 25MA04262900 · 1983 to 2025 · taxonomy 207R00000X
  • Florida license1984 to 1987
  • Maryland license1983 to 1984

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists aneurysm, atrial fibrillation and flutter, cardiac arrhythmia, cardiomyopathy, cerebrovascular disease, chronic hypertension, congestive heart failure and coronary artery disease among the conditions Dr. Elson treats.

Internists near Dr. Elson

Counts of internists 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. Abe Elson billed Medicare for 5,300 services in 2024

CMS data shows 5,300 Medicare services from Dr. Elson across 21 procedure codes in 2024, for 512 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $375,956 for them.

Medicare services, 20245,300
Medicare patients512
Paid by Medicare$375,956
Procedure codes21

Dr. Elson's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Tests and treatments
2023: 2,0452024: 2,0102%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 2,1642024: 1,9928%
Surgery
2023: 8762024: 8177%
Other services
2023: 1682024: 449167%
Lab and pathology
2023: 02024: 32
Drugs given in the office
2023: 202024: 0100%

Where Dr. Elson's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office5,16998%
  • In a facility1312%

Dr. Elson compared with the New Jersey median for internists, 2024

  • Dr. Elson
  • New Jersey median
Medicare services
5,300vs 7237.3 times
Medicare patients
512vs 2312.2 times
Part D claims
7,230vs 8308.7 times

Medians across 4,086 internists in New Jersey with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Elson'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. Abe Elson treated 512 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 79

CMS counts 512 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Elson in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 217 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 0.97, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Elson's median patient age at 69, with 42% women.

Medicare patients, 2024512
Average age79
Average risk score0.97

Dr. Elson's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Elson's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women26452%
  • Men24848%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Elson's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis51%
  4. Ischemic heart disease29%
  5. Diabetes24%
  6. Anxiety18%
  7. Atrial fibrillation18%
  8. Cancer17%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Elson's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 69

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women42%
  • Men54%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Abe Elson wrote 7,817 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Elson wrote 7,817 Medicare Part D claims for 641 patients. 89% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 7,230 of them, across 108 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $653,108 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 7,144 claims across 100 drugs.

Part D claims, 20247,817
Drugs named by CMS108
Total drug cost$653,108
Part D patients641

Dr. Elson's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic6,923 claims89%
  • Brand-name865 claims11%
  • Other29 claims0%

Dr. Elson'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. Elson's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids1%74 of 7,817 claims
  • Antibiotics4%302 of 7,817 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: 7,1442024: 7,2301%

Drugs named by CMS: 108 in 2024, 100 in 2023.

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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. Abe Elson scored 23 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 23 out of 100 for Dr. Elson for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Elson accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Elson as offering telehealth.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Dr. Elson's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 23of 100Final score
  • 0of 100Quality
  • 0of 100Improvement Activities
  • 78of 100Cost

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026

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Dr. Abe Elson received $175 in industry payments from 2016 to 2024

CMS Open Payments shows 12 general payments to Dr. Elson from 4 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2024. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Pfizer Inc. paid the most, $84.

General payments to Dr. Elson by program year, 2016 to 2024

Companies that paid Dr. Elson the most, 2016 to 2024

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Abe Elson graduated from Sapienza University of Rome

Dr. Elson graduated from Sapienza University of Rome in 1980.

  1. Medical schoolSapienza University of Rome
  2. Board certified in internal medicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Abe Elson accepts plans from 12 insurance carriers

Dr. Elson is in network with 12 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 7. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • United Healthcare
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • Elevance
  • Alliant Health Plans
  • Aspirus Health Plan
  • HCSC
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City
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Plan types Dr. Elson accepts, by number of carriers

  1. HMO7
  2. PPO7
  3. POS5
  4. EPO4
  5. Medicare3

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Abe Elson's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare 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 percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Abe Elson's NPI number?

Dr. Abe Elson's NPI number is 1689778136. It was assigned on September 12, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Abe Elson?

Dr. Abe Elson is an internist in Paramus, New Jersey. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Internal Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207R00000X).

Where does Dr. Abe Elson practice?

Dr. Elson practices at 4 Valley Health Plaza, Paramus, NJ 07652. Dr. Elson's primary practice is The Valley Hospital in Paramus, New Jersey, part of Valley Health System. Dmand AI also links Dr. Elson to 2 home health agencies.

What is Dr. Abe Elson's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Elson is (201) 447-8000.

What is Dr. Abe Elson's medical license number?

Dr. Elson's New Jersey license number on file is 25MA04262900, one of the licenses on file in 3 states.

Which states has Dr. Abe Elson been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Elson in New Jersey (1983 to 2025), Florida (1984 to 1987) and Maryland (1983 to 1984).

Which hospitals is Dr. Abe Elson affiliated with?

Dr. Elson practices at The Valley Hospital in Paramus, New Jersey.

Does Dr. Abe Elson accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Elson billed Medicare for 5,300 services in 2024, and Dr. Elson accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Abe Elson offer telehealth?

Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Elson as offering telehealth services.

What is Dr. Abe Elson's MIPS score?

Dr. Elson's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 23 out of 100, reported individually.

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Abe Elson see?

CMS counts 512 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Elson in 2024, with an average age of 79.

Is Dr. Abe Elson board certified?

Yes. Dr. Elson is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

What services does Dr. Abe Elson bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Elson's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), surgery: heart and blood vessels (36415) and blood vessel study (93922).

Where did Dr. Abe Elson go to medical school?

Dr. Elson graduated from Sapienza University of Rome in 1980.

What drugs does Dr. Abe Elson prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Elson's most prescribed drugs by claims were Rosuvastatin Calcium, Metoprolol Succinate and Atorvastatin Calcium.

Has Dr. Abe Elson received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $175 in general payments to Dr. Elson from 4 companies from 2016 to 2024. The largest total came from Pfizer Inc.

How long has Dr. Abe Elson been practicing?

Dr. Elson graduated from medical school in 1980, 46 years ago.

What insurance does Dr. Abe Elson accept?

Dr. Elson is in network with 12 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 7. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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