Dr. Joshua I. Bleier, MD

  • Philadelphia, PA
  • Colorectal surgeon
NPI1124292487PAC ID4981775194
Medicare services, 2024
384
Medicare patients, 2024
237
Part D claims, 2020
39
Publications
40
Clinical trials
2
Practice address
800-34 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19107
Practice phone
Call (215) 829-2345
Professional email
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Mobile number
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Primary practice

Penn Medicine Washington Square

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Dr. Joshua I. Bleier is a colorectal surgeon in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dr. Bleier practices at Penn Medicine Washington Square in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Dr. Bleier's NPI, 1124292487, was assigned on April 17, 2008. Dr. Bleier graduated from Perelman School of Medicine - Philadelphia in 2000. Dr. Bleier holds Pennsylvania license MD433829.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
4981775194
NPI enumeration date
April 17, 2008
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(215) 829-2345
Professional email
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
52
Medical school graduation
2000

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

Dr. Joshua I. Bleier practices at Penn Medicine Washington Square in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dr. Bleier's primary practice is Penn Medicine Washington Square, at 800-34 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19107 in Philadelphia County. The practice phone is (215) 829-2345.

  • Penn Medicine Washington Square
    800-34 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19107 · Philadelphia CountyPhone(215) 829-2345

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

Dr. Joshua I. Bleier is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Bleier's primary practice is Penn Medicine Washington Square in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Bleier is also affiliated with Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. The medical group on file is Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Bleier to 1 more hospital, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 home health agency, 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. Joshua I. Bleier's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Bleier practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Penn Medicine Washington SquareAvailable with a free account
+4 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Joshua I. Bleier is one of 114 colorectal surgeons in Pennsylvania

Colon and rectal surgery is Dr. Bleier's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208C00000X. Dr. Bleier is board certified in colon & rectal surgery by the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery. Dmand AI has Dr. Bleier's licenses on file in 4 states: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Minnesota and New York.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Colon and rectal surgery, PennsylvaniaPrimaryLicense MD433829 · 2008 to 2026 · taxonomy 208C00000X
  • New Jersey license2008 to 2019
  • Minnesota license2007 to 2009
  • New York license2001 to 2009

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists colonoscopy, colon removal, gastrointestinal obstruction and hemorrhoids among the conditions Dr. Bleier treats.

Colorectal surgeons near Dr. Bleier

Counts of colorectal surgeons with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.

114colorectal surgeons in Pennsylvania
8colorectal surgeons in Philadelphia

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

Dr. Joshua I. Bleier billed Medicare for 384 services in 2024

CMS data shows 384 Medicare services from Dr. Bleier across 9 procedure codes in 2024, for 237 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $26,578 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

Medicare services, 2024384
Medicare patients237
Paid by Medicare$26,578
Procedure codes9

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1882024: 22620%
Surgery
2023: 912024: 15874%

Dr. Bleier compared with the Pennsylvania median for colorectal surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Bleier
  • Pennsylvania median
Medicare services
384vs 30028% above
Medicare patients
237vs 20814% above
Part D claims
39vs 8454% below

Medians across 111 colorectal surgeons in Pennsylvania with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Bleier'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. Joshua I. Bleier treated 237 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 71

CMS counts 237 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bleier in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 128 patients. 71% of them have high cholesterol, and 64% have high blood pressure. 11% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.34, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Bleier's median patient age at 57, with 48% women.

Medicare patients, 2024237
Average age71
Average risk score1.34
Also on Medicaid11%

Dr. Bleier's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Bleier's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women12653%
  • Men11147%

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

  1. High cholesterol71%
  2. High blood pressure64%
  3. Arthritis40%
  4. Cancer39%
  5. Mood disorders28%
  6. Anxiety25%
  7. Depression24%
  8. Ischemic heart disease23%

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

Dr. Bleier's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 57

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women48%
  • Men51%

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

Dr. Joshua I. Bleier wrote 39 Medicare Part D claims in 2020

In 2020, Dr. Bleier wrote 39 Medicare Part D claims. They cover 1 drug, with $1,953 in total drug cost. In 2019, CMS named 44 claims across 1 drug.

Part D claims, 202039
Drugs named by CMS1
Total drug cost$1,953

Dr. Bleier's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2020

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, 2019 to 2020

  • 2019
  • 2020
Claims for drugs CMS names
2019: 442020: 3911%

Drugs named by CMS: 1 in 2020, 1 in 2019.

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Source: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026

Dr. Joshua I. Bleier scored 85 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 85 out of 100 for Dr. Bleier for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Bleier accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Bleier as offering telehealth. CMS counts 65 procedures of colonoscopy by Dr. Bleier, more than 69% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Dr. Bleier's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 85of 100Final score
  • 73.6of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 76of 100Cost

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

Where Dr. Bleier ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Colonoscopy
69th percentile65 procedures

CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.

Melanoma (skin cancer) excision: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Removal of the uterus: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Skin biopsy: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

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

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Dr. Joshua I. Bleier has 40 publications on record

Dmand AI links 40 papers to Dr. Bleier, published from 2011 to 2024. 2012 was the busiest year, with 4. The most frequent topics are Anal Canal, Colonic Neoplasms and Colorectal Surgery. Dr. Bleier has published most often in Clin Colon Rectal Surg. Dr. Bleier's most frequent co-authors are Justin A. Maykel, MD, Cary Barrington Aarons, MD and Emily Carter Paulson, MD.

Papers40
Years published2011 to 2024

Dr. Bleier's papers by year, 2011 to 2024

Topics Dr. Bleier writes about most

  • Anal Canal
  • Colonic Neoplasms
  • Colorectal Surgery
  • Dendritic Cells
  • Lymphocyte Activation
  • Adenocarcinoma
  • Colectomy
  • Fecal Incontinence

Dr. Bleier's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Bleier

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. Joshua I. Bleier has worked on 2 clinical trials

Dmand AI links Dr. Bleier to 2 clinical trials. Conditions studied include Rectal Fistula and Intestinal Fistula.

Conditions in Dr. Bleier's trials

  • Rectal Fistula
  • Intestinal Fistula

Investigators on the most trials with Dr. Bleier

Recent clinical trials with Dr. Bleier

Sources: Dmand AI Research Linkage; and ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine)

Dr. Joshua I. Bleier received $159,876 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 301 general payments to Dr. Bleier from 12 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 69% of the total. Medtronic USA, Inc. paid the most, $81,107.

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

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

$159.9Kin total
  • Speaker and faculty fees$109,86069%
  • Travel and lodging$34,30121%
  • Food and beverage$7,8415%
  • Education speaker fees$6,0004%
  • Consulting fees$1,8751%

Companies that paid Dr. Bleier 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. Joshua I. Bleier has 4 awards and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 4 awards for Dr. Bleier, most recently Regional Top Doc - Philadelphia Magazine in 2021.

Awards and honors for Dr. Bleier

  1. 2021
    • Regional Top Doc - Philadelphia Magazine
  2. 2016
    • Regional Top Doctor
  3. 2013
    • CMS Stage 1 EHR
  4. Undated
    • ACS Fellow

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Joshua I. Bleier graduated from Perelman School of Medicine - Philadelphia

Dr. Bleier graduated from Perelman School of Medicine - Philadelphia in 2000. Dr. Bleier is a member of ACS, ASCRS and SLS.

  1. Medical schoolPerelman School of Medicine - Philadelphia
  2. Board certified in colon & rectal surgeryAmerican Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery
  3. Board certified in surgeryAmerican Board of Surgery

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Joshua I. Bleier accepts plans from 20 insurance carriers

Dr. Bleier is in network with 20 carriers, including Aetna, HCSC and Highmark. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 13. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

Plan types Dr. Bleier accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO13
  2. HMO11
  3. Medicare10
  4. EPO5
  5. POS4
  6. Medicaid1

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Joshua I. Bleier'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)
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)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Clinical trials and co-investigatorsDmand AI Research LinkageClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine) (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. Joshua I. Bleier's NPI number?

Dr. Joshua I. Bleier's NPI number is 1124292487. It was assigned on April 17, 2008, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Joshua I. Bleier?

Dr. Joshua I. Bleier is a colorectal surgeon in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Colon & Rectal Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208C00000X).

Where does Dr. Joshua I. Bleier practice?

Dr. Bleier practices at 800-34 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19107. Dr. Bleier's primary practice is Penn Medicine Washington Square in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dmand AI also links Dr. Bleier to 1 hospital, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 home health agency.

What is Dr. Joshua I. Bleier's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Bleier is (215) 829-2345.

What is Dr. Joshua I. Bleier's medical license number?

Dr. Bleier holds Pennsylvania license MD433829, one of the licenses on file in 4 states.

Which states has Dr. Joshua I. Bleier been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Bleier in Pennsylvania (2008 to 2026), New Jersey (2008 to 2019), Minnesota (2007 to 2009) and New York (2001 to 2009).

Which hospitals is Dr. Joshua I. Bleier affiliated with?

Dr. Bleier is affiliated with Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Dmand AI links Dr. Bleier to 1 more hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Joshua I. Bleier part of?

Dr. Bleier is linked to Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health.

Does Dr. Joshua I. Bleier accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Bleier billed Medicare for 384 services in 2024, and Dr. Bleier accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Joshua I. Bleier offer telehealth?

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

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What is Dr. Joshua I. Bleier's MIPS score?

Dr. Bleier's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 85 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Joshua I. Bleier see?

CMS counts 237 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bleier in 2024, with an average age of 71.

Is Dr. Joshua I. Bleier board certified?

Yes. Dr. Bleier is board certified in colon & rectal surgery by the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery.

What services does Dr. Joshua I. Bleier bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Bleier's most billed Medicare services were surgery: digestive system (46600), office visit, new patient (99204) and office visit, established patient (99213).

Where did Dr. Joshua I. Bleier go to medical school?

Dr. Bleier graduated from Perelman School of Medicine - Philadelphia in 2000.

What drugs does Dr. Joshua I. Bleier prescribe most?

In 2020 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Bleier's most prescribed drugs by claims were Sodium Chloride.

Has Dr. Joshua I. Bleier received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $159,876 in general payments to Dr. Bleier from 12 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Medtronic USA, Inc.

How long has Dr. Joshua I. Bleier been practicing?

Dr. Bleier graduated from medical school in 2000, 26 years ago.

Does Dr. Joshua I. Bleier do research?

Dmand AI links 40 publications to Dr. Bleier, published from 2011 to 2024. Dr. Bleier has worked on 2 clinical trials.

Who does Dr. Joshua I. Bleier publish with?

Dr. Bleier's most frequent co-authors are Justin A. Maykel, MD (5 shared papers), Cary Barrington Aarons, MD (4 shared papers) and Emily Carter Paulson, MD (4 shared papers).

What insurance does Dr. Joshua I. Bleier accept?

Dr. Bleier is in network with 20 carriers, including Aetna, HCSC and Highmark. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 13. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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