Karim Abou El Joud
Hospitalist Physician · Chicago, IL
Karim Abou El Joud is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Chicago, Illinois, and NPI 1770043895, issued on Mar 24, 2019. Check the license (Illinois 036160951, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Karim Abou El Joud
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License number
- 036160951 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 836 W Wellington Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
- Phone
- (773) 296-5424
- Enumerated
- Mar 24, 2019
- Record last updated
- Nov 28, 2022
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20220812002956); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Karim Abou El Joud 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 036160951Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
20% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
415 Medicare Part D claims for 193 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 35 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Pantoprazole Sodium25 claims
- Cephalexin23 claims
- Eliquis19 claims
- Prednisone18 claims
- Furosemide17 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate17 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): 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).
Industry payments in 2024: $34.14
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Edwards Lifesciences Corporation. The 7,324 providers of this specialty with any payment received $494.84 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
- Central Dupage Physician GroupPalos Heights, IL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Karim Abou El Joud among 1,535 hospitalist physician records in Illinois
Karim Abou El Joud is one of 1,535 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 92% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2019, is newer than 73% of them.
- NPI issued2019 · 73% of these records are older, 21% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 92% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 87% of these records are
- Graduated2015 · median 2013 among the 1,339 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 32% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Karim Abou El Joud's NPI number?
Karim Abou El Joud's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1770043895, issued on Mar 24, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Karim Abou El Joud located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 836 W Wellington Ave, Chicago, IL, 60657. Phone: (773) 296-5424. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Karim Abou El Joud's license?
NPPES lists Illinois license number 036160951, 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 Karim Abou El Joud prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Karim Abou El Joud had 415 Medicare Part D claims for 193 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Karim Abou El Joud'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.