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Joseph Michael Wazen, DO

NPI 1487158952ActiveIndividual· Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine· Hanover, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine (DO) in Hanover, Maryland, trained at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie (class of 2018). Mostly services rather than prescriptions: Medicare paid $12,605 for 47 patients in 2024, with only 28 Part D claims. Stryker Corporation was the largest of 3 companies reporting payments in 2025, $1,290 in all, mostly food and beverage.

Overview

NPI1487158952
StatusActive
Entity typeIndividual
CredentialDO
Sole proprietorNo
NPI issuedMar 20, 2018
Last updated in NPPESAug 21, 2024
Certified by providerAug 21, 2024

Specialties and licenses

TaxonomyCodeLicenseState
Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine Primary207XX0005XH0100846MD
Orthopaedic Surgery207X00000XH0100846MD

About license numbers in NPPES

Exclusion screening

ListResultDetails
HHS-OIG LEIE · Oct 9, 2026No matchChecked by NPI and by name + state
North Carolina Medicaid · Nov 10, 2026No match—
New York OMIG · Nov 10, 2026No match—
Ohio Medicaid · Nov 10, 2026No match—
Pennsylvania Medicheck · Nov 10, 2026No match—
Washington HCA · Nov 10, 2026No match—

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Medicare

Enrollment (PECOS)Enrolled Practitioner - Orthopedic Surgery (DC); Practitioner - Orthopedic Surgery (MD)
Accepts assignmentYes (participating)

Medicare services in 2024

Medicare patients47
Services billed116 across 27 procedure codes
Paid by Medicare$12,605

Part D prescriptions in 2024

Prescriptions (claims)28 · 28 30-day fills
Patients22
Total drug cost$90.94
Generic share100% of claims

Medicare sources and data years

Education and affiliations

Medical schoolLake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie
Graduation year2018
Medicare specialtyOrthopedic Surgery

Medical group

Hospital affiliations

Source: CMS Care Compare

Industry payments (Open Payments)

  • 2025$1,290 · 13 payments from 3 companies
  • 2024$4,327 · 46 payments from 5 companies

Top paying companies in 2025

CompanyAmountPayments
Stryker Corporation$1,14510
Native Surgical, LLC$120.122
Smith+nephew, Inc.$25.181

What the 2025 payments were for

  • Food and Beverage$654.58 · 9 payments
  • Travel and Lodging$635.51 · 4 payments

Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. What Open Payments covers ·original records

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