Dr. Otis Sarpong Apau, MD, MPH

Dr. Apau practices at Sanford Medical Center - Unit in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Dr. Apau's NPI, 1083145304, was assigned on March 27, 2017. Dr. Apau holds Iowa license 48247.

Dr. Apau's primary practice is Sanford Medical Center - Unit, at 1305 W 18th Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57117 in Minnehaha County. The practice phone is (605) 328-6758.

Dr. Apau's primary practice is Sanford Medical Center - Unit in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Dr. Apau is also affiliated with Sanford USD Medical Center. The medical group on file is Sanford Vascular Associates. Dmand AI also links Dr. Apau to 2 more hospitals, 2 medical groups and 1 imaging center, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Apau practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Internal medicine is Dr. Apau's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Apau's licenses on file in 2 states: Iowa and South Dakota.

CMS data shows 1,602 Medicare services from Dr. Apau across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 499 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $111,454 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 499 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Apau in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 161 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 24% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.47, 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. Apau's median patient age at 73, with 50% women.

In 2024, Dr. Apau wrote 656 Medicare Part D claims for 230 patients. 89% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 428 of them, across 20 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $37,062 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 405 claims across 16 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 83 out of 100 for Dr. Apau for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Apau accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Apau, published from 2018 to 2020. Dr. Apau's most frequent co-authors are Marie De Perio, MD, Garima Dosi, MD and Brajesh Kumar Lal, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 1 general payment to Dr. Apau from 1 drug or device company in 2023. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc paid the most, $14.