Joshua L. Straus, MD
Psychiatry Physician · Evanston, IL
Joshua L. Straus, MD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Evanston, Illinois, and NPI 1164417481, issued on Sep 13, 2005. Check the license (Illinois 036-088467, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joshua L. Straus
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- 036-088467 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 909 Davis St Ste 160, Evanston, IL 60201
- Phone
- (847) 425-6400
- Enumerated
- Sep 13, 2005
- Record last updated
- Mar 7, 2023
- Fax
- (847) 425-6408
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080922000308); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Chicago, Pritzker School Of Medicine, 1990
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Joshua L. Straus in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
Search for license 036-088467Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
5.7 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average psychiatry physician in 2024
5,677 Medicare Part D claims for 463 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 3% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Duloxetine Hcl424 claims
- Clonazepam348 claims
- Mirtazapine332 claims
- Venlafaxine Hcl Er291 claims
- Lamotrigine270 claims
- Sertraline Hcl245 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 93.1 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
- Endeavor Health Medical GroupEvanston, IL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Joshua L. Straus among 2,147 psychiatry physician records in Illinois
Joshua L. Straus, MD is one of 2,147 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 69% 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, 95% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 69% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 41% of these records are
- Graduated1990 · median 2004 among the 877 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 53% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
48 psychiatry physician records list a practice address in Evanston
They are 48 of the 4,013 NPPES records with a practice address in Evanston, and 2,147 psychiatry physician records in Illinois.
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Common questions
What is Joshua L. Straus, MD's NPI number?
Joshua L. Straus, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1164417481, issued on Sep 13, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joshua L. Straus, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 909 Davis St Ste 160, Evanston, IL, 60201. Phone: (847) 425-6400. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joshua L. Straus, MD's license?
NPPES lists Illinois license number 036-088467, 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.
How much does Joshua L. Straus, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joshua L. Straus, MD had 5,677 Medicare Part D claims for 463 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Joshua L. Straus, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 93.1 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.