Joanna Vakros, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Evanston, IL
Joanna Vakros, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Evanston, Illinois, and NPI 1073601266, issued on Oct 11, 2006. Check the license on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joanna Vakros
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- Practice location
- 2650 Ridge Ave, Evanston, IL 60201
- Phone
- (847) 570-1010
- Enumerated
- Oct 11, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (847) 733-7128
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20061023000286); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School, 2002
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Joanna Vakros in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional RegulationCheck the board
- 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
98% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
64 Medicare Part D claims for 25 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 11 claims were for opioids.
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 94.1 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Northwestern Medical Faculty FoundationChicago, IL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Joanna Vakros among 7,238 internal medicine physician records in Illinois
Joanna Vakros, MD is one of 7,238 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 73% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 7% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 7% of these records are older, 61% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 73% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 50% of these records are
- Graduated2002 · median 2003 among the 3,580 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 47% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
178 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Evanston
They are 178 of the 4,013 NPPES records with a practice address in Evanston, and 7,238 internal medicine physician records in Illinois.
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Common questions
What is Joanna Vakros, MD's NPI number?
Joanna Vakros, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1073601266, issued on Oct 11, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joanna Vakros, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2650 Ridge Ave, Evanston, IL, 60201. Phone: (847) 570-1010. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joanna Vakros, MD's license?
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.
How much does Joanna Vakros, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joanna Vakros, MD had 64 Medicare Part D claims for 25 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Joanna Vakros, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 94.1 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.