Dr. Robert E. Hiltz, MD

  • Cincinnati, OH
  • Rheumatologist
NPI1679549331PAC ID0042244956
Medicare services, 2024
1,475
Medicare patients, 2024
487
Part D claims, 2024
3,763
MIPS score, 2024
93
Hospital affiliations
4
Practice address
375 Dixmyth Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45220
Practice phone
Call (513) 862-2601
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Primary practice

TriHealth's Good Samaritan Hospital

Hospital · Cincinnati, Ohio

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Dr. Robert E. Hiltz is a rheumatologist in Cincinnati, Ohio

Dr. Hiltz practices at TriHealth's Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, part of TriHealth.

Dr. Hiltz's NPI, 1679549331, was assigned on February 23, 2006. Dr. Hiltz graduated from University Of Louisville School Of Medicine in 1989. Dr. Hiltz holds Ohio license 35-066627.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
0042244956
NPI enumeration date
February 23, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(513) 862-2601
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
63
Medical school graduation
1989

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

Dr. Robert E. Hiltz practices at TriHealth's Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio

Dr. Hiltz's primary practice is TriHealth's Good Samaritan Hospital, at 375 Dixmyth Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45220 in Hamilton County. The practice phone is (513) 862-2601.

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dr. Robert E. Hiltz is affiliated with 6 sites of care and 3 medical groups

Dr. Hiltz's primary practice is TriHealth's Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, part of TriHealth. Dr. Hiltz is also affiliated with Bethesda North Hospital. The medical group on file is TriHealth. Dmand AI also links Dr. Hiltz to 2 more hospitals, 2 medical groups, 1 physician office and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

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Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Robert E. Hiltz's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Hiltz practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
TriHealth's Good Samaritan HospitalAvailable with a free account
+5 more sites and 2 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Robert E. Hiltz is one of 258 rheumatologists in Ohio

Rheumatology is Dr. Hiltz's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RR0500X. Dr. Hiltz is board certified in rheumatology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Hiltz is licensed in Ohio.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Rheumatology, OhioPrimaryLicense 35-066627 · 1994 to 2026 · taxonomy 207RR0500X

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists arteritis, arthritis, fluid in a joint, gout, joint arthropathy, joint pain, lupus and muscle pain, fibromyalgia, and limb pain among the conditions Dr. Hiltz treats.

Rheumatologists near Dr. Hiltz

Counts of rheumatologists 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. Robert E. Hiltz billed Medicare for 1,475 services in 2024

CMS data shows 1,475 Medicare services from Dr. Hiltz across 10 procedure codes in 2024, for 487 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $58,625 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 20241,475
Medicare patients487
Paid by Medicare$58,625
Procedure codes10

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 7002024: 6823%
Other services
2023: 02024: 552
Imaging
2023: 1882024: 12931%
Surgery
2023: 1092024: 1123%

Dr. Hiltz compared with the Ohio median for rheumatologists, 2024

  • Dr. Hiltz
  • Ohio median
Medicare services
1,475vs 6142.4 times
Medicare patients
487vs 2132.3 times
Part D claims
3,580vs 1,1373.1 times

Medians across 259 rheumatologists in Ohio with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Hiltz'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. Robert E. Hiltz treated 487 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75

CMS counts 487 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Hiltz in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 257 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high cholesterol. 3% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.33, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Hiltz's median patient age at 72, with 75% women.

Medicare patients, 2024487
Average age75
Average risk score1.33
Also on Medicaid3%

Dr. Hiltz's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Hiltz's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women37978%
  • Men10822%

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

  1. Arthritis75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. High blood pressure72%
  4. Osteoporosis45%
  5. Ischemic heart disease27%
  6. Mood disorders27%
  7. Depression24%
  8. Anxiety23%

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

Dr. Hiltz's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 72

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women75%
  • Men25%

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

Dr. Robert E. Hiltz wrote 3,763 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Hiltz wrote 3,763 Medicare Part D claims for 650 patients. 89% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 3,580 of them, across 42 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $2,334,335 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 3,434 claims across 38 drugs.

Part D claims, 20243,763
Drugs named by CMS42
Total drug cost$2.3M
Part D patients650

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

  • Generic3,337 claims89%
  • Brand-name and other426 claims11%

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

  • Opioids1%23 of 3,763 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: 3,4342024: 3,5804%

Drugs named by CMS: 42 in 2024, 38 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. Robert E. Hiltz scored 93 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 93 out of 100 for Dr. Hiltz for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Hiltz accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Hiltz's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 93of 100Final score
  • 86of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities

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. Robert E. Hiltz received $189,223 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 1,850 general payments to Dr. Hiltz from 28 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 80% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $108,107.

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

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

$189.2Kin total
  • Speaker and faculty fees$151,76380%
  • Food and beverage$23,60412%
  • Travel and lodging$10,1715%
  • Consulting fees$2,7001%
  • Education$9851%

Companies that paid Dr. Hiltz 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. Robert E. Hiltz has 3 awards and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 3 awards for Dr. Hiltz, most recently ACR Fellow in 2013.

Awards and honors for Dr. Hiltz

  1. 2013
    • ACR Fellow
  2. 2012
    • Checkbook Top Doc
  3. Undated
    • CMS Stage 1 EHR

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Robert E. Hiltz graduated from University Of Louisville School Of Medicine

Dr. Hiltz graduated from University Of Louisville School Of Medicine in 1989. Dr. Hiltz is a member of ACP.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity Of Louisville School Of Medicine
  2. Board certified in rheumatologyAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Robert E. Hiltz accepts plans from 18 insurance carriers

Dr. Hiltz is in network with 18 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

Plan types Dr. Hiltz accepts, by number of carriers

  1. Medicare11
  2. PPO11
  3. HMO8
  4. EPO5
  5. POS4
  6. Medicaid2

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Robert E. Hiltz'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)
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. Robert E. Hiltz's NPI number?

Dr. Robert E. Hiltz's NPI number is 1679549331. It was assigned on February 23, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Robert E. Hiltz?

Dr. Robert E. Hiltz is a rheumatologist in Cincinnati, Ohio. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Rheumatology Physician (taxonomy code 207RR0500X).

Where does Dr. Robert E. Hiltz practice?

Dr. Hiltz practices at 375 Dixmyth Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45220. Dr. Hiltz's primary practice is TriHealth's Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, part of TriHealth. Dmand AI also links Dr. Hiltz to 2 hospitals, 2 medical groups, 1 physician office and 1 group practice or clinic.

What is Dr. Robert E. Hiltz's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Hiltz is (513) 862-2601.

What is Dr. Robert E. Hiltz's medical license number?

Dr. Hiltz holds Ohio license 35-066627.

Which hospitals is Dr. Robert E. Hiltz affiliated with?

Dr. Hiltz practices at TriHealth's Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. Hiltz is also affiliated with Bethesda North Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Hiltz to 2 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Robert E. Hiltz part of?

Dr. Hiltz is linked to TriHealth. Dmand AI links Dr. Hiltz to 2 more medical groups.

Does Dr. Robert E. Hiltz accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Hiltz billed Medicare for 1,475 services in 2024, and Dr. Hiltz accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Robert E. Hiltz's MIPS score?

Dr. Hiltz's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 93 out of 100, reported through an alternative payment model (APM).

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Robert E. Hiltz see?

CMS counts 487 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Hiltz in 2024, with an average age of 75.

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Is Dr. Robert E. Hiltz board certified?

Yes. Dr. Hiltz is board certified in rheumatology by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

What services does Dr. Robert E. Hiltz bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Hiltz's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), medicare service (G2211) and surgery: heart and blood vessels (36415).

Where did Dr. Robert E. Hiltz go to medical school?

Dr. Hiltz graduated from University Of Louisville School Of Medicine in 1989.

What drugs does Dr. Robert E. Hiltz prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Hiltz's most prescribed drugs by claims were Prednisone, Methotrexate and Leflunomide.

Has Dr. Robert E. Hiltz received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $189,223 in general payments to Dr. Hiltz from 28 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Abbvie Inc.

How long has Dr. Robert E. Hiltz been practicing?

Dr. Hiltz graduated from medical school in 1989, 37 years ago.

What insurance does Dr. Robert E. Hiltz accept?

Dr. Hiltz is in network with 18 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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