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Dr. Elisa Bala, MD, MS
NPI1285899559PAC ID1759546153
- Medicare services, 2024
- 1,077
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 331
- Part D claims, 2024
- 1,584
- Publications
- 3
- Hospital affiliations
- 1
- Practice address
- 2500 Metrohealth Drive, Cleveland, OH 44109
- Practice phone
- Call (216) 778-7089
- 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. Elisa Bala is an ophthalmologist in Cleveland, Ohio
Dr. Bala practices at MetroHealth Main Campus Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio, part of Cuyahoga County.
Dr. Bala's NPI, 1285899559, was assigned on July 25, 2008. Dr. Bala holds Ohio license 35.099121.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1285899559NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 1759546153
- NPI enumeration date
- July 25, 2008
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (216) 778-7089
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Female
- Estimated age
- 51
- Medical school graduation
- 2001
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Elisa Bala practices at MetroHealth Main Campus Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio
Dr. Bala's primary practice is MetroHealth Main Campus Medical Center, at 2500 Metrohealth Drive, Cleveland, OH 44109 in Cuyahoga County. The practice phone is (216) 778-7089.
- MetroHealth Main Campus Medical Center2500 Metrohealth Drive, Cleveland, OH 44109 · Cuyahoga CountyPhone(216) 778-7089
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Elisa Bala is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Bala's primary practice is MetroHealth Main Campus Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio, part of Cuyahoga County. The medical group on file is MetroHealth Professional Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Bala to 1 more group practice or clinic, named with a free account.
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Elisa Bala's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Bala practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| MetroHealth Main Campus Medical Center | Available with a free account |
| +1 more affiliated site | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Elisa Bala is one of 658 ophthalmologists in Ohio
Ophthalmology is Dr. Bala's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207W00000X. Dr. Bala is licensed in Ohio.
Specialties and state licenses
- Ophthalmology, OhioPrimary
Ophthalmologists near Dr. Bala
Counts of ophthalmologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
658ophthalmologists in Ohio140ophthalmologists in Cleveland7ophthalmologists at MetroHealth Main Campus Medical Center
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Elisa Bala billed Medicare for 1,077 services in 2024
CMS data shows 1,077 Medicare services from Dr. Bala across 13 procedure codes in 2024, for 331 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $70,223 for them.
Medicare services, 20241,077
Medicare patients331
Paid by Medicare$70,223
Procedure codes13
Dr. Bala's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 5232024: 5515%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 4332024: 3988%
- Surgery
- 2023: 772024: 9625%
- Other services
- 2023: 02024: 32
- Imaging
- 2023: 192024: 0100%
Where Dr. Bala's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office84879%
- In a facility22921%
Dr. Bala compared with the Ohio median for ophthalmologists, 2024
- Dr. Bala
- Ohio median
- Medicare services
- 1,077vs 1,1859% below
- Medicare patients
- 331vs 47731% below
- Part D claims
- 1,496vs 6412.3 times
Medians across 673 ophthalmologists in Ohio with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Bala'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. Elisa Bala treated 331 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74
CMS counts 331 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bala in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 149 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 74% have high blood pressure. 15% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.24, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Bala's median patient age at 74, with 63% women.
Medicare patients, 2024331
Average age74
Average risk score1.24
Also on Medicaid15%
Dr. Bala's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Bala's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women21164%
- Men12036%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Bala's Medicare patients, 2024
- High cholesterol75%
- High blood pressure74%
- Arthritis47%
- Diabetes33%
- Mood disorders23%
- Chronic kidney disease21%
- Ischemic heart disease21%
- Depression20%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Bala's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 74
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women63%
- Men36%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Elisa Bala wrote 1,584 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Bala wrote 1,584 Medicare Part D claims for 418 patients. 72% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,496 of them, across 10 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $62,427 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,649 claims across 11 drugs.
Part D claims, 20241,584
Drugs named by CMS10
Total drug cost$62,427
Part D patients418
Dr. Bala's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic1,137 claims72%
- Brand-name447 claims28%
Dr. Bala'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.
Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2023: 1,6492024: 1,4969%
Drugs named by CMS: 10 in 2024, 11 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. Elisa Bala ranks in the 54th percentile for cataract surgery in Medicare
Dr. Bala accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 32 procedures of cataract surgery by Dr. Bala, more than 54% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Where Dr. Bala ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Cataract surgery
- 54th percentile32 procedures
CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)
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Dr. Elisa Bala has 3 publications on record
Dmand AI links 3 papers to Dr. Bala, published from 2013 to 2019. Dr. Bala's most frequent co-authors are Anita Agarwal, MD, Milam A. Brantley, MD and Matthew Brooks, MD.
Papers3
Years published2013 to 2019
Dr. Bala's papers by year, 2013 to 2019
Dr. Bala's most frequent co-authors
Recent publications by Dr. Bala
BlindnessEye MovementsFixation, Ocular
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Elisa Bala received $2,848 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 27 general payments to Dr. Bala from 8 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 49% of the total. Alcon Laboratories Inc paid the most, $1,455.
General payments to Dr. Bala by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Bala by kind, 2016 to 2025
$2.8Kin total
- Food and beverage$1,40549%
- Travel and lodging$88531%
- Consulting fees$55820%
Companies that paid Dr. Bala the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Sources for Dr. Elisa Bala'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)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (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 |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Elisa Bala's NPI number?
Dr. Elisa Bala's NPI number is 1285899559. It was assigned on July 25, 2008, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Elisa Bala?
Dr. Elisa Bala is an ophthalmologist in Cleveland, Ohio. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Ophthalmology Physician (taxonomy code 207W00000X).
Where does Dr. Elisa Bala practice?
Dr. Bala practices at 2500 Metrohealth Drive, Cleveland, OH 44109. Dr. Bala's primary practice is MetroHealth Main Campus Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio, part of Cuyahoga County. Dmand AI also links Dr. Bala to 1 group practice or clinic.
What is Dr. Elisa Bala's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Bala is (216) 778-7089.
What is Dr. Elisa Bala's medical license number?
Dr. Bala holds Ohio license 35.099121.
Which hospitals is Dr. Elisa Bala affiliated with?
Dr. Bala practices at MetroHealth Main Campus Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio.
What medical group is Dr. Elisa Bala part of?
Dr. Bala is linked to MetroHealth Professional Group.
Does Dr. Elisa Bala accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Bala billed Medicare for 1,077 services in 2024, and Dr. Bala accepts Medicare assignment.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Elisa Bala see?
CMS counts 331 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bala in 2024, with an average age of 74.
What services does Dr. Elisa Bala bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Bala's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99213), eye exam or test (92083) and office visit, established patient (99214).
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What drugs does Dr. Elisa Bala prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Bala's most prescribed drugs by claims were Latanoprost, Dorzolamide-Timolol and Brimonidine Tartrate.
Has Dr. Elisa Bala received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $2,848 in general payments to Dr. Bala from 8 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Alcon Laboratories Inc.
How long has Dr. Elisa Bala been practicing?
Dr. Bala graduated from medical school in 2001, 25 years ago.
Does Dr. Elisa Bala do research?
Dmand AI links 3 publications to Dr. Bala, published from 2013 to 2019.
Who does Dr. Elisa Bala publish with?
Dr. Bala's most frequent co-authors are Anita Agarwal, MD (1 shared paper), Milam A. Brantley, MD (1 shared paper) and Matthew Brooks, MD (1 shared paper).
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