Dr. Joseph Wesley Fong, MD

  • Memphis, TN
  • Ophthalmologist
NPI1386177574PAC ID6800165119
Medicare services, 2024
407
Medicare patients, 2024
176
Part D claims, 2024
421
MIPS score, 2024
88
Hospital affiliations
2
Practice address
930 Madison Avenue, 3rd Floor, Memphis, TN 38163
Practice phone
Call (901) 516-1716
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Primary practice

Hamilton Eye Institute Surgery Center

Surgery Center - Medicare-Certified · Memphis, Tennessee

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Dr. Joseph Wesley Fong is an ophthalmologist in Memphis, Tennessee

Dr. Fong practices at Hamilton Eye Institute Surgery Center in Memphis, Tennessee.

Dr. Fong's NPI, 1386177574, was assigned on April 5, 2017. Dr. Fong graduated from University of Tennessee, Hsc, College of Medicine in 2017. Dr. Fong holds Tennessee license 65999.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
6800165119
NPI enumeration date
April 5, 2017
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(901) 516-1716
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
35
Medical school graduation
2017

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Joseph Wesley Fong practices at Hamilton Eye Institute Surgery Center in Memphis, Tennessee

Dr. Fong's primary practice is Hamilton Eye Institute Surgery Center, at 930 Madison Avenue, 3rd Floor, Memphis, TN 38163. The practice phone is (901) 516-1716.

  • Hamilton Eye Institute Surgery Center
    930 Madison Avenue, 3rd Floor, Memphis, TN 38163Phone(901) 516-1716

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Dr. Joseph Wesley Fong is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Fong's primary practice is Hamilton Eye Institute Surgery Center in Memphis, Tennessee. Dr. Fong is also affiliated with Methodist University Hospital. The medical group on file is St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Dmand AI also links Dr. Fong to 1 more hospital, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Joseph Wesley Fong's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Hamilton Eye Institute Surgery CenterAvailable with a free account
+4 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Joseph Wesley Fong is one of 310 ophthalmologists in Tennessee

Ophthalmology is Dr. Fong's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207W00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Fong's licenses on file in 2 states: Tennessee and Oklahoma.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Ophthalmology, TennesseePrimaryLicense 65999 · taxonomy 207W00000X
  • Oklahoma licenseLicense 38005

Ophthalmologists near Dr. Fong

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Joseph Wesley Fong billed Medicare for 407 services in 2024

CMS data shows 407 Medicare services from Dr. Fong across 11 procedure codes in 2024, for 176 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $39,999 for them.

Medicare services, 2024407
Medicare patients176
Paid by Medicare$39,999
Procedure codes11

Dr. Fong's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1722024: 22631%
Tests and treatments
2023: 1572024: 1486%
Surgery
2023: 272024: 3322%

Where Dr. Fong's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office36389%
  • In a facility4411%

Dr. Fong compared with the Tennessee median for ophthalmologists, 2024

  • Dr. Fong
  • Tennessee median
Medicare services
407vs 1,58474% below
Medicare patients
176vs 63672% below
Part D claims
345vs 63345% below

Medians across 333 ophthalmologists in Tennessee with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Fong's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Joseph Wesley Fong treated 176 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 72

CMS counts 176 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Fong in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 91 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 14% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.38, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Fong's median patient age at 67, with 60% women.

Medicare patients, 2024176
Average age72
Average risk score1.38
Also on Medicaid14%

Dr. Fong's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Fong's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women10660%
  • Men7040%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Fong's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis47%
  4. Diabetes40%
  5. Chronic kidney disease27%
  6. Ischemic heart disease25%
  7. Mood disorders24%
  8. Anxiety23%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Fong's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 67

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women60%
  • Men39%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Joseph Wesley Fong wrote 421 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Fong wrote 421 Medicare Part D claims for 152 patients. 52% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 345 of them, across 9 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $24,809 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 305 claims across 4 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024421
Drugs named by CMS9
Total drug cost$24,809
Part D patients152

Dr. Fong's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic219 claims52%
  • Brand-name202 claims48%

Dr. Fong's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 3052024: 34513%

Drugs named by CMS: 9 in 2024, 4 in 2023.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Joseph Wesley Fong scored 88 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 88 out of 100 for Dr. Fong for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Fong accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 46 procedures of cataract surgery by Dr. Fong, more than 62% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Fong's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 88of 100Final score
  • 60of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 81of 100Cost

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Where Dr. Fong ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Cataract surgery
62nd percentile46 procedures

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Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Joseph Wesley Fong received $3,096 in industry payments from 2021 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 56 general payments to Dr. Fong from 16 drug and device companies from 2021 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Alcon Laboratories Inc paid the most, $978.

General payments to Dr. Fong by program year, 2021 to 2025

Companies that paid Dr. Fong the most, 2021 to 2025

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Joseph Wesley Fong graduated from University of Tennessee, Hsc, College of Medicine

Dr. Fong graduated from University of Tennessee, Hsc, College of Medicine in 2017.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity of Tennessee, Hsc, College of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Joseph Wesley Fong's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Joseph Wesley Fong's NPI number?

Dr. Joseph Wesley Fong's NPI number is 1386177574. It was assigned on April 5, 2017, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Joseph Wesley Fong?

Dr. Joseph Wesley Fong is an ophthalmologist in Memphis, Tennessee. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Ophthalmology Physician (taxonomy code 207W00000X).

Where does Dr. Joseph Wesley Fong practice?

Dr. Fong practices at 930 Madison Avenue, 3rd Floor, Memphis, TN 38163. Dr. Fong's primary practice is Hamilton Eye Institute Surgery Center in Memphis, Tennessee. Dmand AI also links Dr. Fong to 1 hospital, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Joseph Wesley Fong's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Fong is (901) 516-1716.

What is Dr. Joseph Wesley Fong's medical license number?

Dr. Fong holds Tennessee license 65999, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Joseph Wesley Fong been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Fong in Tennessee and Oklahoma.

Which hospitals is Dr. Joseph Wesley Fong affiliated with?

Dr. Fong is affiliated with Methodist University Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Fong to 1 more hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Joseph Wesley Fong part of?

Dr. Fong is linked to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Fong to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Joseph Wesley Fong accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Fong billed Medicare for 407 services in 2024, and Dr. Fong accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Joseph Wesley Fong's MIPS score?

Dr. Fong's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 88 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Joseph Wesley Fong see?

CMS counts 176 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Fong in 2024, with an average age of 72.

What services does Dr. Joseph Wesley Fong bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Fong's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), office visit, new patient (99204) and eye exam or test (92060).

Where did Dr. Joseph Wesley Fong go to medical school?

Dr. Fong graduated from University of Tennessee, Hsc, College of Medicine in 2017.

What drugs does Dr. Joseph Wesley Fong prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Fong's most prescribed drugs by claims were Prednisolone Acetate, Ofloxacin and Neomycin-Polymyxin-Dexameth.

Has Dr. Joseph Wesley Fong received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $3,096 in general payments to Dr. Fong from 16 companies from 2021 to 2025. The largest total came from Alcon Laboratories Inc.

How long has Dr. Joseph Wesley Fong been practicing?

Dr. Fong graduated from medical school in 2017, 9 years ago.

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