Dr. Joel Philip Zarling, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 4,938
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 335
- Part D claims, 2024
- 247
- Clinical trials
- 1
- MIPS score, 2024
- 75
- Practice address
- 3136 Horizon Rd Ste 100 Suite 100, Rockwall, TX 75032
- Practice phone
- Call (972) 475-8914
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
- Get mobile number
Primary practice
Lake Pointe Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine
Multi-specialty group site · Rockwall, Texas
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Dr. Joel Philip Zarling is an orthopedic surgeon in Rockwall, Texas
Dr. Zarling practices at Lake Pointe Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in Rockwall, Texas.
Dr. Zarling's NPI, 1821329566, was assigned on January 20, 2010. Dr. Zarling graduated from Pritzker School of Medicine in 2009. Dr. Zarling holds Texas license Q5956.
- NPI
- 1821329566NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 3577864818
- NPI enumeration date
- January 20, 2010
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (972) 475-8914
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 43
- Medical school graduation
- 2009
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Joel Philip Zarling practices at Lake Pointe Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in Rockwall, Texas
Dr. Zarling's primary practice is Lake Pointe Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, at 3136 Horizon Rd Ste 100 Suite 100, Rockwall, TX 75032. The practice phone is (972) 475-8914.
- Lake Pointe Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine3136 Horizon Rd Ste 100 Suite 100, Rockwall, TX 75032Phone(972) 475-8914
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Joel Philip Zarling is affiliated with 10 sites of care and 2 medical groups
Dr. Zarling's primary practice is Lake Pointe Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in Rockwall, Texas. Dr. Zarling is also affiliated with Texas Health Hospital Rockwall. The medical group on file is Lake Pointe Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine. Dmand AI also links Dr. Zarling to 5 more hospitals, 2 home health agencies, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Joel Philip Zarling's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Zarling practices, 10 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Lake Pointe Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine | Available with a free account |
| +9 more sites and 1 medical group | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Joel Philip Zarling is one of 1,394 orthopedic surgeons in Texas
Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Zarling's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dr. Zarling is board certified in orthopaedic surgery by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. Dmand AI has Dr. Zarling's licenses on file in 2 states: Texas and New York.
Specialties and state licenses
- Orthopaedic surgery, TexasPrimary
- New York license
Clinical focus
Dmand AI lists arm, wrist, hand fracture and dislocation, arthritis, broken or dislocated ankle/ or foot, bursitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, enthesopathy in arms, hand joint or tendon inflammation and hip replacement among the conditions Dr. Zarling treats.
Orthopedic surgeons near Dr. Zarling
Counts of orthopedic surgeons with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Joel Philip Zarling billed Medicare for 4,938 services in 2024
CMS data shows 4,938 Medicare services from Dr. Zarling across 22 procedure codes in 2024, for 335 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $126,483 for them.
Dr. Zarling's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Drugs given in the office
- 2023: 2,7182024: 2,8264%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 3512024: 816132%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 6922024: 6575%
- Imaging
- 2023: 4922024: 41316%
- Surgery
- 2023: 2002024: 22613%
Where Dr. Zarling's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office4,87899%
- In a facility601%
Dr. Zarling compared with the Texas median for orthopedic surgeons, 2024
- Dr. Zarling
- Texas median
- Medicare services
- 4,938vs 1,0624.6 times
- Medicare patients
- 335vs 24338% above
- Part D claims
- 201vs 2198% below
Medians across 1,283 orthopedic surgeons in Texas with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Zarling'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. Joel Philip Zarling treated 335 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74
CMS counts 335 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Zarling in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 136 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. 13% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.35, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Zarling's median patient age at 62, with 57% women.
Dr. Zarling's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Zarling's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women21664%
- Men11936%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Zarling's Medicare patients, 2024
- Arthritis75%
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Diabetes33%
- Ischemic heart disease33%
- Mood disorders32%
- Anxiety31%
- Chronic kidney disease28%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Zarling's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 62
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women57%
- Men42%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Joel Philip Zarling wrote 247 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Zarling wrote 247 Medicare Part D claims for 113 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 201 of them, across 6 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,514 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 155 claims across 4 drugs.
Dr. Zarling'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.
Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Zarling's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids70%174 of 247 claims
- Antibiotics14%35 of 247 claims
Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.
Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2023: 1552024: 20130%
Drugs named by CMS: 6 in 2024, 4 in 2023.
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. Joel Philip Zarling scored 75 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 75 out of 100 for Dr. Zarling for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Zarling accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 12 procedures of lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) by Dr. Zarling, more than 83% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- MIPS final score, 2024
- 75 of 100
Where Dr. Zarling ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair)
- 77th percentile34 procedures
- Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair)
- 83rd percentile12 procedures
- Knee replacement
- 37th percentile11 procedures
CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.
Hip replacement: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Removal of tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
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. Joel Philip Zarling has worked on 1 clinical trial
Dmand AI links Dr. Zarling to 1 clinical trial.
Investigators on the most trials with Dr. Zarling
- Jorge I. Acevedo, MD1 shared trial
- Gregory J. Adamson, MD1 shared trial
- Kenneth H. Akizuki, MD1 shared trial
Recent clinical trials with Dr. Zarling
Sources: ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Joel Philip Zarling received $15,500 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 203 general payments to Dr. Zarling from 46 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 59% of the total. Stryker Corporation paid the most, $2,814.
General payments to Dr. Zarling by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Zarling by kind, 2016 to 2025
- Food and beverage$9,11259%
- Travel and lodging$3,60923%
- Education$2,77918%
Companies that paid Dr. Zarling the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Joel Philip Zarling graduated from Pritzker School of Medicine
Dr. Zarling graduated from Pritzker School of Medicine in 2009.
- Medical school
- Board certified in orthopaedic surgery
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Joel Philip Zarling accepts plans from 23 insurance carriers
Dr. Zarling is in network with 23 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 14. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
- Aetna
- Elevance
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
- United Healthcare
- Cigna
- HCSC
- Humana
- Alliant Health Plans
- +15 more carriersWith a free account
Plan types Dr. Zarling accepts, by number of carriers
- PPO14
- HMO13
- Medicare11
- POS6
- EPO4
Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data
Sources for Dr. Joel Philip Zarling's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare 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 percentiles | Doctors 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) |
| Clinical trials and co-investigators | ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Insurance carriers and plan types | Dmand AI Insurance Network Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Joel Philip Zarling's NPI number?
Dr. Joel Philip Zarling's NPI number is 1821329566. It was assigned on January 20, 2010, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Joel Philip Zarling?
Dr. Joel Philip Zarling is an orthopedic surgeon in Rockwall, Texas. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207X00000X).
Where does Dr. Joel Philip Zarling practice?
Dr. Zarling practices at 3136 Horizon Rd Ste 100 Suite 100, Rockwall, TX 75032. Dr. Zarling's primary practice is Lake Pointe Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in Rockwall, Texas. Dmand AI also links Dr. Zarling to 5 hospitals, 2 home health agencies, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group.
What is Dr. Joel Philip Zarling's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Zarling is (972) 475-8914.
What is Dr. Joel Philip Zarling's medical license number?
Dr. Zarling holds Texas license Q5956, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.
Which states has Dr. Joel Philip Zarling been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Zarling in Texas (2015 to 2026) and New York (2014 to 2026).
Which hospitals is Dr. Joel Philip Zarling affiliated with?
Dr. Zarling is affiliated with Texas Health Hospital Rockwall. Dmand AI links Dr. Zarling to 5 more hospitals.
What medical group is Dr. Joel Philip Zarling part of?
Dr. Zarling is linked to Lake Pointe Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine. Dmand AI links Dr. Zarling to 1 more medical group.
Does Dr. Joel Philip Zarling accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Zarling billed Medicare for 4,938 services in 2024, and Dr. Zarling accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Joel Philip Zarling's MIPS score?
Dr. Zarling's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 75 out of 100, reported as part of a group.
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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Joel Philip Zarling see?
CMS counts 335 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Zarling in 2024, with an average age of 74.
Is Dr. Joel Philip Zarling board certified?
Yes. Dr. Zarling is board certified in orthopaedic surgery by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.
What services does Dr. Joel Philip Zarling bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Zarling's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J7318), injected or infused drug (J3301) and office visit, established patient (99214).
Where did Dr. Joel Philip Zarling go to medical school?
Dr. Zarling graduated from Pritzker School of Medicine in 2009.
What drugs does Dr. Joel Philip Zarling prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Zarling's most prescribed drugs by claims were Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen, Tramadol HCl and Acetaminophen-Codeine.
Has Dr. Joel Philip Zarling received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $15,500 in general payments to Dr. Zarling from 46 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Stryker Corporation.
How long has Dr. Joel Philip Zarling been practicing?
Dr. Zarling graduated from medical school in 2009, 17 years ago.
Does Dr. Joel Philip Zarling do research?
Dr. Zarling has worked on 1 clinical trial.
What insurance does Dr. Joel Philip Zarling accept?
Dr. Zarling is in network with 23 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 14. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
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