Joseph Elmo Cauda, MD FACS
Surgery Physician · Shrewsbury, NJ
Joseph Elmo Cauda, MD FACS is a surgery physician with a practice address in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, and NPI 1891771358, issued on Dec 16, 2005. Check the license (New Jersey 25MA41837, as entered in NPPES) on the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joseph Elmo Cauda
- Credential
- MD FACS
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- 25MA41837 NJ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 655 Shrewsbury Ave, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702
- Phone
- (732) 747-4744
- Enumerated
- Dec 16, 2005
- Record last updated
- Jan 15, 2009 (not updated in 17 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (732) 747-4751
- Medicaid ID
- 1392000 NJ
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050817000821); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 655 Shrewsbury Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Joseph Elmo Cauda in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNew Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 25MA41837Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
34% more Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
197 Medicare Part D claims for 72 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 17% of claims. 17 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Cilostazol47 claims
- Clopidogrel25 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl14 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium12 claims
- Colchicine11 claims
- Xarelto11 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 75.8 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $1,159.21
19 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Davol Inc. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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
- Hackensack Meridian Health Medical Group - Specialty Care PCRed Bank, NJ
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Joseph Elmo Cauda among 737 surgery physician records in New Jersey
Joseph Elmo Cauda, MD FACS is one of 737 surgery physician records with a practice address in New Jersey. 72% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 88% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 61% of these records are
- Graduated1980 · median 2005 among the 445 with a school on file
- Record last updated2009 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a New Jersey practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in New Jersey
There are 737 surgery physician records in New Jersey.
All 737 in New Jersey → Every provider in Shrewsbury → Surgery Physician nationwide →
The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- James Brock, MDShrewsbury, NJ 077021477549954
- Rory Snepar, D.O.Shrewsbury, NJ 077021609161322
- Stephen Chagares, M.D.Tinton Falls, NJ 077011619939758
- Donald Cugini, MDRed Bank, NJ 077011225028640
- Michael Farr, MDRed Bank, NJ 077011275912008
- Priya Jadeja, M.D.Red Bank, NJ 077011912296427
- Donald Rothman, M.D.Red Bank, NJ 077011356586879
- Yolanda Tammaro, MDRed Bank, NJ 077011598927477
Common questions
What is Joseph Elmo Cauda, MD FACS's NPI number?
Joseph Elmo Cauda, MD FACS's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1891771358, issued on Dec 16, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joseph Elmo Cauda, MD FACS located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 655 Shrewsbury Ave, Shrewsbury, NJ, 07702. Phone: (732) 747-4744. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joseph Elmo Cauda, MD FACS's license?
NPPES lists New Jersey license number 25MA41837, as entered by the provider. Search the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners at https://newjersey.mylicense.com/verification/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Joseph Elmo Cauda, MD FACS prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joseph Elmo Cauda, MD FACS had 197 Medicare Part D claims for 72 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Joseph Elmo Cauda, MD FACS's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 75.8 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.