What is Joseph Poku's specialty?

Joseph Poku (NPI 1902980527) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Cardiology in Macon, GA.

Where does Joseph Poku practice?

Joseph Poku practices in Macon, GA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1902980527.

How much does Medicare pay Joseph Poku?

Joseph Poku (NPI 1902980527) received approximately $281K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 643 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1902980527

Joseph PokuM.D.

CardiologyMacon, GAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,048

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,656

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$235K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 554 Cardiology providers in GA — above median (cohort median 2,370).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

5,894

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$2.1M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

50.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Apixaban575 claims

Metoprolol Succinate545 claims

Rivaroxaban533 claims

Carvedilol459 claims

Sotalol Hcl402 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$4K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$3K

Travel and Lodging$2K

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$3K

Travel and Lodging$2K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Joseph Poku's patients come from & go

Directional shared-patient flow from Medicare claims — who sends patients to this provider (inbound) and where this provider's patients go next (outbound). 76 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
THE MEDICAL CENTER OF CENTRAL GEORGIA INC	470	2,026
Daniel Haithcock Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Macon, GA	147	953
Chukwuemeka Nwabuebo Cardiology · Macon, GA	142	718
Jalal Ghali Cardiology · Atlanta, GA	133	538
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL	113	247
Erskine James Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · Macon, GA	110	540
Miguel Fernandez Diagnostic Radiology · Orlando, FL	90	397
ROSENGART, ROBERT	76	249
Bradley Ebel Diagnostic Radiology · Macon, GA	76	225
Ahmed Shah Cardiology · Macon, GA	75	279
NPI 1326124942	69	226
NPI 1053301820	68	265

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

No outbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). Direction = a beneficiary seen by the first provider, then the second, within 30 days; a proxy for referral, not a documented referral. Pairs with fewer than 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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