Dr. Joseph Michael Abalos, MD

Dr. Abalos practices at WVU Medicine Uniontown Hospital in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, part of West Virginia University Health System.

Dr. Abalos' NPI, 1215128434, was assigned on August 5, 2007. Dr. Abalos graduated from JC Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University in 2004. Dr. Abalos holds Pennsylvania license MD435729.

Dr. Abalos' primary practice is WVU Medicine Uniontown Hospital, at 500 West Berkeley Street, Uniontown, PA 15401 in Fayette County. The practice phone is (724) 430-5000.

Dr. Abalos' primary practice is WVU Medicine Uniontown Hospital in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, part of West Virginia University Health System. Dr. Abalos is also affiliated with UPMC Northwest. The medical group on file is University of Pittsburgh Physicians, Department of Radiology. Dmand AI also links Dr. Abalos to 1 more hospital, 1 skilled nursing facility and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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

Internal medicine is Dr. Abalos' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dr. Abalos is licensed in Pennsylvania.

CMS data shows 604 Medicare services from Dr. Abalos across 4 procedure codes in 2024, for 231 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $47,373 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 231 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Abalos in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 79 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 20% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.17, 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. Abalos' median patient age at 77, with 51% women.

In 2024, Dr. Abalos wrote 2,439 Medicare Part D claims for 202 patients. 83% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,035 of them, across 63 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $191,657 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 7,354 claims across 141 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 82 out of 100 for Dr. Abalos for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Abalos accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 147 procedures of removal of tissue by Dr. Abalos, more than 89% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

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

CMS Open Payments shows 1 general payment to Dr. Abalos from 1 drug or device company in 2017. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation paid the most, $76.

Dr. Abalos graduated from JC Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University in 2004.