Dr. Joseph M. Benjamin, MD

Dr. Benjamin practices at Fresenius Medical Care Germantown Dialysis in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Dr. Benjamin's NPI, 1265420368, was assigned on October 12, 2005. Dr. Benjamin holds Pennsylvania license MD023943E.

Dr. Benjamin's primary practice is Fresenius Medical Care Germantown Dialysis, at 2450 W Hunting Park Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19129 in Philadelphia County. The practice phone is (215) 221-3120.

Dr. Benjamin's primary practice is Fresenius Medical Care Germantown Dialysis in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Benjamin is also affiliated with Temple University Hospital. The medical group on file is Temple Faculty Physicians. Dmand AI also links Dr. Benjamin to 1 more dialysis center, named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Benjamin practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

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

CMS data shows 315 Medicare services from Dr. Benjamin across 6 procedure codes in 2024, for 132 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $43,115 for them.

CMS counts 132 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Benjamin in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 62 patients. 75% of them have chronic kidney disease, and 75% have high blood pressure. 64% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 4.97, 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. Benjamin's median patient age at 67, with 43% women.

In 2024, Dr. Benjamin wrote 712 Medicare Part D claims for 117 patients. 77% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 627 of them, across 19 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $151,923 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 606 claims across 16 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 81 out of 100 for Dr. Benjamin for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Benjamin accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

CMS Open Payments shows 20 general payments to Dr. Benjamin from 8 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Travel and lodging make up the largest share, 59% of the total. Baxter Healthcare paid the most, $1,223. It also lists 1 research payment totaling $50 in 2016.