Dr. Joe Ghata, MD

  • Oklahoma City, OK
  • Nephrologist
NPI1215258017PAC ID3678700713
Medicare services, 2024
1,739
Medicare patients, 2024
430
Part D claims, 2024
2,742
MIPS score, 2024
100
Hospital affiliations
5
Practice address
9230 E Reno Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73130
Practice phone
Call (405) 810-9533
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Primary practice

Lake Hefner Dialysis

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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Dr. Joe Ghata is a nephrologist in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Dr. Ghata practices at Lake Hefner Dialysis in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Dr. Ghata's NPI, 1215258017, was assigned on June 15, 2010. Dr. Ghata graduated from University of Oklahoma College of Medicine in 2010. Dr. Ghata holds Oklahoma license 27952.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
3678700713
NPI enumeration date
June 15, 2010
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(405) 810-9533
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
42
Medical school graduation
2010

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

Dr. Joe Ghata practices at Lake Hefner Dialysis in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Dr. Ghata's primary practice is Lake Hefner Dialysis, at 9230 E Reno Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73130 in Oklahoma County. The practice phone is (405) 810-9533.

  • Lake Hefner Dialysis
    9230 E Reno Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73130 · Oklahoma CountyPhone(405) 810-9533

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

Dr. Joe Ghata is affiliated with 14 sites of care and 3 medical groups

Dr. Ghata's primary practice is Lake Hefner Dialysis in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Dr. Ghata is also affiliated with INTEGRIS Health Baptist Medical Center. The medical group on file is OU Health Physicians. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ghata to 4 more hospitals, 5 dialysis centers, 2 group practices and clinics, 2 medical groups and 1 rural health clinic, 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. Joe Ghata's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Ghata practices, 13 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Lake Hefner DialysisAvailable with a free account
+13 more sites and 2 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Joe Ghata is one of 107 nephrologists in Oklahoma

Nephrology is Dr. Ghata's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RN0300X. Dr. Ghata is licensed in Oklahoma.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Nephrology, OklahomaPrimaryLicense 27952 · taxonomy 207RN0300X

Nephrologists near Dr. Ghata

Counts of nephrologists 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. Joe Ghata billed Medicare for 1,739 services in 2024

CMS data shows 1,739 Medicare services from Dr. Ghata across 9 procedure codes in 2024, for 430 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $144,623 for them.

Medicare services, 20241,739
Medicare patients430
Paid by Medicare$144,623
Procedure codes9

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 2,2152024: 1,68724%
Tests and treatments
2023: 1242024: 5258%
Surgery
2023: 202024: 0100%

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

  • In an office30818%
  • In a facility1,43182%

Dr. Ghata compared with the Oklahoma median for nephrologists, 2024

  • Dr. Ghata
  • Oklahoma median
Medicare services
1,739vs 1,670Close to median
Medicare patients
430vs 433Close to median
Part D claims
2,232vs 9242.4 times

Medians across 104 nephrologists in Oklahoma with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Ghata's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Joe Ghata treated 430 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 69

CMS counts 430 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ghata in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 162 patients. 75% of them have chronic kidney disease, and 75% have high blood pressure. 28% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 4.76, 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. Ghata's median patient age at 64, with 52% women.

Medicare patients, 2024430
Average age69
Average risk score4.76
Also on Medicaid28%

Dr. Ghata's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Ghata's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women21450%
  • Men21650%

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

  1. Chronic kidney disease75%
  2. High blood pressure75%
  3. High cholesterol75%
  4. Diabetes64%
  5. Ischemic heart disease58%
  6. Heart failure56%
  7. Arthritis51%
  8. Mood disorders40%

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

Dr. Ghata's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 64

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women52%
  • Men47%

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

Dr. Joe Ghata wrote 2,742 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Ghata wrote 2,742 Medicare Part D claims for 358 patients. 85% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,232 of them, across 76 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $301,048 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,858 claims across 63 drugs.

Part D claims, 20242,742
Drugs named by CMS76
Total drug cost$301,048
Part D patients358

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

  • Generic2,322 claims85%
  • Brand-name and other420 claims15%

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

  • Opioids2%54 of 2,742 claims
  • Antibiotics5%148 of 2,742 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: 1,8582024: 2,23220%

Drugs named by CMS: 76 in 2024, 63 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. Joe Ghata scored 100 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

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

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Dr. Ghata's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 100of 100Final score
  • 100of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 71of 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. Joe Ghata received $45,572 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 113 general payments to Dr. Ghata from 21 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 95% of the total. Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. paid the most, $35,448.

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

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

$45.6Kin total
  • Speaker and faculty fees$43,13895%
  • Food and beverage$2,0885%
  • Education$2190%
  • Consulting fees$1270%

Companies that paid Dr. Ghata 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. Joe Ghata graduated from University of Oklahoma College of Medicine

Dr. Ghata graduated from University of Oklahoma College of Medicine in 2010.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity of Oklahoma College of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Joe Ghata'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)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
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Joe Ghata's NPI number?

Dr. Joe Ghata's NPI number is 1215258017. It was assigned on June 15, 2010, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Joe Ghata?

Dr. Joe Ghata is a nephrologist in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Nephrology Physician (taxonomy code 207RN0300X).

Where does Dr. Joe Ghata practice?

Dr. Ghata practices at 9230 E Reno Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73130. Dr. Ghata's primary practice is Lake Hefner Dialysis in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ghata to 4 hospitals, 5 dialysis centers, 2 group practices and clinics, 2 medical groups and 1 rural health clinic.

What is Dr. Joe Ghata's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Ghata is (405) 810-9533.

What is Dr. Joe Ghata's medical license number?

Dr. Ghata holds Oklahoma license 27952.

Which hospitals is Dr. Joe Ghata affiliated with?

Dr. Ghata is affiliated with INTEGRIS Health Baptist Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Ghata to 4 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Joe Ghata part of?

Dr. Ghata is linked to OU Health Physicians. Dmand AI links Dr. Ghata to 2 more medical groups.

Does Dr. Joe Ghata accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Ghata billed Medicare for 1,739 services in 2024, and Dr. Ghata accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Joe Ghata offer telehealth?

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

What is Dr. Joe Ghata's MIPS score?

Dr. Ghata's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 100 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Joe Ghata see?

CMS counts 430 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ghata in 2024, with an average age of 69.

What services does Dr. Joe Ghata bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Ghata's most billed Medicare services were hospital inpatient care (99232), hospital inpatient care (99233) and office visit, established patient (99213).

Where did Dr. Joe Ghata go to medical school?

Dr. Ghata graduated from University of Oklahoma College of Medicine in 2010.

What drugs does Dr. Joe Ghata prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Ghata's most prescribed drugs by claims were Allopurinol, Furosemide and Farxiga.

Has Dr. Joe Ghata received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $45,572 in general payments to Dr. Ghata from 21 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc.

How long has Dr. Joe Ghata been practicing?

Dr. Ghata graduated from medical school in 2010, 16 years ago.

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