Joel Asher Baum, MD
Gastroenterology Physician · Forest Hills, NY
Joel Asher Baum, MD is a gastroenterology physician with a practice address in Forest Hills, New York, and NPI 1679592083, issued on Jul 18, 2006. Check the license (New York 177455, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joel Asher Baum
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Gastroenterology Physician 207RG0100X
- License number
- 177455 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 11203 Queens Blvd, Forest Hills, NY 11375
- Phone
- (718) 897-0516
- Enumerated
- Jul 18, 2006
- Record last updated
- Aug 17, 2010 (not updated in 16 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (718) 897-0590
- Medicaid ID
- 01391868 NY
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110222000577); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Wayne State University School Of Medicine, 1984
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Joel Asher Baum in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
Search for license 177455Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
71% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average gastroenterology physician in 2024
237 Medicare Part D claims for 65 beneficiaries, against an average of 811 among the 16,445 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Mesalamine50 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium47 claims
- Famotidine41 claims
- Balsalazide Disodium22 claims
- Omeprazole21 claims
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.
Industry payments in 2024: $544.75
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC. The 13,350 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,015.95 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
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
- Icahn School OF Medicine AT Mount SinaiElmhurst, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Joel Asher Baum among 1,797 gastroenterology physician records in New York
Joel Asher Baum, MD is one of 1,797 gastroenterology physician records with a practice address in New York. 88% 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 15% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 15% of these records are older, 44% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 88% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 77% of these records are
- Graduated1984 · median 1999 among the 1,378 with a school on file
- Record last updated2010 · 65% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RG0100X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Gastroenterology Physician providers in New York
There are 1,797 gastroenterology physician records in New York.
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Common questions
What is Joel Asher Baum, MD's NPI number?
Joel Asher Baum, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1679592083, issued on Jul 18, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joel Asher Baum, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 11203 Queens Blvd, Forest Hills, NY, 11375. Phone: (718) 897-0516. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joel Asher Baum, MD's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 177455, as entered by the provider. Search the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions at https://www.op.nysed.gov/services/verifications/online-verification-searches. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Joel Asher Baum, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joel Asher Baum, MD had 237 Medicare Part D claims for 65 beneficiaries; the average among gastroenterology physician prescribers was 811. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
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.