Dr. Andrew B. Covit, MD

  • Hackensack, NJ
  • Nephrologist
NPI1528058922PAC ID3375456379
Medicare services, 2024
3,048
Medicare patients, 2024
458
Part D claims, 2024
2,490
Publications
10
Hospital affiliations
4
Practice address
360 Essex St, Hackensack, NJ 07601
Practice phone
Call (732) 807-0800
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Primary practice

Hmhmg Specialty Care

Hackensack, New Jersey

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Dr. Andrew B. Covit is a nephrologist in Hackensack, New Jersey

Dr. Covit practices at Hmhmg Specialty Care in Hackensack, New Jersey.

Dr. Covit's NPI, 1528058922, was assigned on October 26, 2005. Dr. Covit graduated from SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University in 1979. Dr. Covit's New Jersey license number on file is 25MA04578000.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
3375456379
NPI enumeration date
October 26, 2005
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(732) 807-0800
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
73
Medical school graduation
1979

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

Dr. Andrew B. Covit practices at Hmhmg Specialty Care in Hackensack, New Jersey

Dr. Covit's primary practice is Hmhmg Specialty Care, at 360 Essex St, Hackensack, NJ 07601 in Bergen County. The practice phone is (732) 807-0800.

  • Hmhmg Specialty Care
    360 Essex St, Hackensack, NJ 07601 · Bergen CountyPhone(732) 807-0800

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. Andrew B. Covit is affiliated with 10 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Covit's primary practice is Hmhmg Specialty Care in Hackensack, New Jersey. Dr. Covit is also affiliated with Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. The medical group on file is Hackensack Meridian Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Covit to 3 more hospitals, 3 dialysis centers, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Andrew B. Covit's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Covit practices, 9 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Hmhmg Specialty CareAvailable with a free account
+9 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Andrew B. Covit is one of 399 nephrologists in New Jersey

Nephrology is Dr. Covit's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RN0300X. Dr. Covit is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Covit's licenses on file in 2 states: New Jersey and New York.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Nephrology, New JerseyPrimaryLicense 25MA04578000 · 1985 to 2025 · taxonomy 207RN0300X
  • New York license1980 to 2027

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists acute kidney failure, chronic anemia, chronic kidney disease, fluid and electrolyte imbalances, kidney cysts and kidney disease among the conditions Dr. Covit treats.

Nephrologists near Dr. Covit

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Andrew B. Covit billed Medicare for 3,048 services in 2024

CMS data shows 3,048 Medicare services from Dr. Covit across 20 procedure codes in 2024, for 458 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $205,459 for them.

Medicare services, 20243,048
Medicare patients458
Paid by Medicare$205,459
Procedure codes20

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1,8722024: 2,79549%
Tests and treatments
2023: 1222024: 14620%
Other services
2023: 2402024: 10755%

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

  • In an office2,51983%
  • In a facility52917%

Dr. Covit compared with the New Jersey median for nephrologists, 2024

  • Dr. Covit
  • New Jersey median
Medicare services
3,048vs 1,3822.2 times
Medicare patients
458vs 37123% above
Part D claims
2,037vs 9452.2 times

Medians across 397 nephrologists in New Jersey with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Covit'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. Andrew B. Covit treated 458 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 76

CMS counts 458 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Covit in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 207 patients. 75% of them have chronic kidney disease, and 75% have high blood pressure. 4% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.62, 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. Covit's median patient age at 73, with 42% women.

Medicare patients, 2024458
Average age76
Average risk score2.62
Also on Medicaid4%

Dr. Covit's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Covit's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women19643%
  • Men26257%

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

  1. Chronic kidney disease75%
  2. High blood pressure75%
  3. High cholesterol75%
  4. Arthritis52%
  5. Diabetes52%
  6. Ischemic heart disease49%
  7. Heart failure32%
  8. Anxiety31%

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

Dr. Covit'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

  • Women42%
  • Men55%

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

Dr. Andrew B. Covit wrote 2,490 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Covit wrote 2,490 Medicare Part D claims for 318 patients. 85% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,037 of them, across 50 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $228,331 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,953 claims across 51 drugs.

Part D claims, 20242,490
Drugs named by CMS50
Total drug cost$228,331
Part D patients318

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

  • Generic2,128 claims85%
  • Brand-name and other362 claims15%

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

  • Antibiotics1%27 of 2,490 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: 1,9532024: 2,0374%

Drugs named by CMS: 50 in 2024, 51 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

How Dr. Andrew B. Covit takes part in Medicare

Dr. Covit accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

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Dr. Andrew B. Covit has 10 publications on record

Dmand AI links 10 papers to Dr. Covit. The most frequent topics are Heart Failure, Hemodynamics and Renin. Dr. Covit has published most often in Am Heart J. Dr. Covit's most frequent co-author is Gary L. Schaer, MD.

Papers10

Topics Dr. Covit writes about most

  • Heart Failure
  • Hemodynamics
  • Renin
  • Captopril
  • Glomerular Filtration Rate
  • Kidney
  • Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Atrial Natriuretic Factor

Dr. Covit's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Covit

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Dr. Andrew B. Covit received $4,224 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 259 general payments to Dr. Covit from 35 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 92% of the total. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP paid the most, $665.

General payments to Dr. Covit by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Covit by kind, 2016 to 2025

$4.2Kin total
  • Food and beverage$3,89992%
  • Consulting fees$1904%
  • Education$1353%

Companies that paid Dr. Covit the most, 2016 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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

Dr. Andrew B. Covit has 6 awards and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 6 awards for Dr. Covit, most recently Inside Jersey Magazine Top Doctors in 2014.

Awards and honors for Dr. Covit

  1. 2014
    • Inside Jersey Magazine Top Doctors
    • Top Doctors: New York Metro Area
  2. 2013
    • New York Magazine: Top Doctors
  3. 2012
    • CMS Stage 1 2012
  4. 2009
    • NJ.com Top Doctors
  5. Undated
    • Checkbook Top Doc

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Andrew B. Covit graduated from SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

Dr. Covit graduated from SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University in 1979.

  1. Medical schoolSUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
  2. Board certified in internal medicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  3. Board certified in nephrologyAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Andrew B. Covit accepts plans from 18 insurance carriers

Dr. Covit is in network with 18 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare and Cigna. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 12. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • United Healthcare
  • Cigna
  • Elevance
  • HCSC
  • Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
  • Aspirus Health Plan
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • +10 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Dr. Covit accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO12
  2. HMO10
  3. Medicare9
  4. EPO4
  5. POS3

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Andrew B. Covit'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 phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation 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)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Awards and committee rolesDmand AI Professional Profile Data
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. Andrew B. Covit's NPI number?

Dr. Andrew B. Covit's NPI number is 1528058922. It was assigned on October 26, 2005, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Andrew B. Covit?

Dr. Andrew B. Covit is a nephrologist in Hackensack, New Jersey. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Nephrology Physician (taxonomy code 207RN0300X).

Where does Dr. Andrew B. Covit practice?

Dr. Covit practices at 360 Essex St, Hackensack, NJ 07601. Dr. Covit's primary practice is Hmhmg Specialty Care in Hackensack, New Jersey. Dmand AI also links Dr. Covit to 3 hospitals, 3 dialysis centers, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Andrew B. Covit's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Covit is (732) 807-0800.

What is Dr. Andrew B. Covit's medical license number?

Dr. Covit's New Jersey license number on file is 25MA04578000, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Andrew B. Covit been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Covit in New Jersey (1985 to 2025) and New York (1980 to 2027).

Which hospitals is Dr. Andrew B. Covit affiliated with?

Dr. Covit is affiliated with Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Covit to 3 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Andrew B. Covit part of?

Dr. Covit is linked to Hackensack Meridian Medical Group. Dmand AI links Dr. Covit to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Andrew B. Covit accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Covit billed Medicare for 3,048 services in 2024, and Dr. Covit accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Andrew B. Covit see?

CMS counts 458 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Covit in 2024, with an average age of 76.

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Is Dr. Andrew B. Covit board certified?

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

What services does Dr. Andrew B. Covit bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Covit's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), care management and other visits (99458) and hospital inpatient care (99233).

Where did Dr. Andrew B. Covit go to medical school?

Dr. Covit graduated from SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University in 1979.

What drugs does Dr. Andrew B. Covit prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Covit's most prescribed drugs by claims were Amlodipine Besylate, Losartan Potassium and Allopurinol.

Has Dr. Andrew B. Covit received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $4,224 in general payments to Dr. Covit from 35 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP.

How long has Dr. Andrew B. Covit been practicing?

Dr. Covit graduated from medical school in 1979, 47 years ago.

Does Dr. Andrew B. Covit do research?

Dmand AI links 10 publications to Dr. Covit.

Who does Dr. Andrew B. Covit publish with?

Dr. Covit's most frequent co-authors are Gary L. Schaer, MD (4 shared papers).

What insurance does Dr. Andrew B. Covit accept?

Dr. Covit is in network with 18 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare and Cigna. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 12. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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