Dr. Paul Tarver Hernandez, MD

Dr. Hernandez practices at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, part of University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Hernandez's NPI, 1609261171, was assigned on April 1, 2015. Dr. Hernandez holds Pennsylvania license MD462210.

Dr. Hernandez's primary practice is Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, at 51 North 39th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 in Philadelphia County. The practice phone is (215) 662-8000.

Dr. Hernandez's primary practice is Penn Presbyterian Medical Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, part of University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Hernandez 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. Hernandez to 3 more hospitals, 3 group practices and clinics, 2 medical groups and 1 home health agency, each named with a free account.

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

Colon and rectal surgery is Dr. Hernandez's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208C00000X. Dr. Hernandez is licensed in Pennsylvania.

CMS data shows 81 Medicare services from Dr. Hernandez across 4 procedure codes in 2024, for 91 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $5,961 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 91 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Hernandez in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 48 patients. 73% of them have high blood pressure, and 73% have high cholesterol. 21% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.28, 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. Hernandez's median patient age at 56, with 45% women.

In 2022, Dr. Hernandez wrote 13 Medicare Part D claims. Every claim was for a generic drug. They cover 1 drug, with $37 in total drug cost. In 2021, CMS named 12 claims across 1 drug.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 85 out of 100 for Dr. Hernandez for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Hernandez accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Hernandez as offering telehealth. CMS counts 14 procedures of colonoscopy by Dr. Hernandez, more than 44% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

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

Dmand AI links 11 papers to Dr. Hernandez, published from 2019 to 2024. 2019 was the busiest year, with 3. The most frequent topics are Reperfusion Injury, Mice, Inbred C57BL and Mice, Knockout. Dr. Hernandez has published most often in Clin Colon Rectal Surg. Dr. Hernandez's most frequent co-authors are Seth Jason Concors, MD, Matthew Levine, DO and Ulf Henning Beier, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 8 general payments to Dr. Hernandez from 3 drug and device companies in 2024. Education make up the largest share, 47% of the total. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. paid the most, $3,086.