NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Ben Joseph

Family Medicine Physician · Waukegan, IL

Ben Joseph is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Waukegan, Illinois, and NPI 1245783224, issued on Jul 26, 2016. Check the license (Illinois 277001409, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1245783224
Name
Ben Joseph
Primary taxonomy
Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
License number
277001409 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1616 Grand Ave Ste A, Waukegan, IL 60085
Phone
(847) 249-1733
Enumerated
Jul 26, 2016
Record last updated
Mar 3, 2026
Fax
(847) 782-4515
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20230620000234); accepts Medicare assignment
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 1616 Grand Ave Ste A

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Jennifer Luzentales, APN-FNPNurse Practitioner1366896631

Verify Ben Joseph in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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Industry payments in 2024: $153.40

3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Atricure, Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Ben Joseph$153.40
  2. Specialty average$902.55

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Waukegan Clinic CorpWaukegan, IL

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Ben Joseph among 6,215 family medicine physician records in Illinois

Ben Joseph is one of 6,215 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 78% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2016, is newer than 70% of them.

  • NPI issued2016 · 70% of these records are older, 27% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 78% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
  • Graduated2015 · median 2006 among the 3,714 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2026 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

17 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Waukegan

They are 17 of the 1,310 NPPES records with a practice address in Waukegan, and 6,215 family medicine physician records in Illinois.

The 8 family medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Judith Bowman, MDWaukegan, IL 600851326023037
  2. Benjamin Calayag, MDWaukegan, IL 600851609969138
  3. Richard Keller, M.D.Waukegan, IL 600851437145141
  4. Jane Malalis, MDWaukegan, IL 600851134136336
  5. Nabeela Mughal, M.DWaukegan, IL 600851194982413
  6. Saima Najam, MDWaukegan, IL 600851386930675
  7. Elizabeth Nodine, M.D.Waukegan, IL 600851346449527
  8. Alpesh Patel, MDWaukegan, IL 600851720287378

Common questions

What is Ben Joseph's NPI number?

Ben Joseph's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1245783224, issued on Jul 26, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Ben Joseph located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1616 Grand Ave Ste A, Waukegan, IL, 60085. Phone: (847) 249-1733. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Ben Joseph's license?

NPPES lists Illinois license number 277001409, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation at https://idfpr.illinois.gov/checklicense.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.

Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.