Dr. Joel Palko, MD

Dr. Palko practices at Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute - Neurology - HOPD in Morgantown, West Virginia.

Dr. Palko's NPI, 1467871012, was assigned on April 10, 2014. Dr. Palko graduated from Ohio State University College of Medicine in 2019. Dr. Palko holds West Virginia license 29038.

Dr. Palko's primary practice is Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute - Neurology - HOPD, at 33 Medical Center Dr, Morgantown, WV 26505.

Dr. Palko's primary practice is Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute - Neurology - HOPD in Morgantown, West Virginia. Dr. Palko is also affiliated with J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital. The medical group on file is University Health Associates. Dmand AI also links Dr. Palko 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. Palko practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Glaucoma specialist is Dr. Palko's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207WX0009X. Dr. Palko is licensed in West Virginia.

CMS data shows 1,459 Medicare services from Dr. Palko across 14 procedure codes in 2024, for 315 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $73,055 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 315 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Palko in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 148 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 12% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.29, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Palko's median patient age at 73, with 48% women.

In 2024, Dr. Palko wrote 2,194 Medicare Part D claims for 389 patients. 79% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,108 of them, across 17 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $110,286 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,192 claims across 12 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 95 out of 100 for Dr. Palko for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Palko accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 49 procedures of cataract surgery by Dr. Palko, more than 63% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 20 papers to Dr. Palko, published from 2010 to 2024. 2023 was the busiest year, with 3. The most frequent topics are Intraocular Pressure, Biomechanical Phenomena and Dogs. Dr. Palko's most frequent co-authors are Maxwell William Dixon, MD, Catherine M. Reppa, MD and Arsham Sheybani, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 40 general payments to Dr. Palko from 10 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 67% of the total. Alcon Research Ltd paid the most, $1,114.

Dr. Palko graduated from Ohio State University College of Medicine in 2019.