Dr. Xavier E. Palacios, MD

Dr. Palacios practices at CommonSpirit - Memorial Hospital - Chattanooga in Chattanooga, Tennessee, part of CommonSpirit Health.

Dr. Palacios' NPI, 1184189920, was assigned on February 6, 2019. Dr. Palacios holds Tennessee license 65565.

Dr. Palacios' primary practice is CommonSpirit - Memorial Hospital - Chattanooga, at 2525 Desales Ave, Chattanooga, TN 37404 in Hamilton County. The practice phone is (423) 495-2525.

Dr. Palacios' primary practice is CommonSpirit - Memorial Hospital - Chattanooga in Chattanooga, Tennessee, part of CommonSpirit Health. Dr. Palacios is also affiliated with Erlanger Baroness Hospital. The medical group on file is Southeastern Physician Services PC. Dmand AI also links Dr. Palacios to 1 more hospital and 3 medical groups, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Palacios practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Internal medicine is Dr. Palacios' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Palacios' licenses on file in 2 states: Tennessee and Puerto Rico.

CMS data shows 1,212 Medicare services from Dr. Palacios across 7 procedure codes in 2024, for 469 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $91,636 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 469 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Palacios in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 200 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 9% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.86, 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. Palacios' median patient age at 70, with 55% women.

In 2022, Dr. Palacios wrote 59 Medicare Part D claims. Every claim was for a generic drug. They cover 4 drugs, with $755 in total drug cost. In 2021, CMS named 111 claims across 8 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 94 out of 100 for Dr. Palacios for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Palacios accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

CMS Open Payments shows 1 general payment to Dr. Palacios from 1 drug or device company in 2020. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company paid the most, $20.