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Joseph James Colella, MD

NPI 1760482269ActiveIndividual· Surgery· Wheeling, WV

Surgery (MD) in Wheeling, West Virginia, trained at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (class of 1986). 26 Medicare patients in 2024, $7,043 paid; nearly all of their 265 Part D prescriptions were generic (99%). Intuitive Surgical, Inc. was the largest of 2 companies reporting payments in 2025, $466.71 in all, mostly education.

Overview

NPI1760482269
StatusActive
Entity typeIndividual
CredentialMD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI issuedJul 26, 2005
Last updated in NPPESMay 21, 2020
Certified by providerMay 21, 2020

Specialties and licenses

TaxonomyCodeLicenseState
Surgery Primary208600000X29314WV
Surgery208600000X35.127073OH
Surgery208600000XMD040420EPA

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 - General Surgery (WV)
Accepts assignmentYes (participating)

Medicare services in 2024

Medicare patients26
Services billed71 across 7 procedure codes
Paid by Medicare$7,043

Part D prescriptions in 2024

Prescriptions (claims)265 · 380 30-day fills
Patients40
Total drug cost$4,830
Generic share99% of claims

Medicare sources and data years

Education and affiliations

Medical schoolUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Graduation year1986
Medicare specialtyGeneral Surgery

Medical group

Hospital affiliation

Source: CMS Care Compare

Industry payments (Open Payments)

  • 2025$466.71 · 2 payments from 2 companies

Top paying companies in 2025

CompanyAmountPayments
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.$450.001
Ethicon US, LLC$16.711

What the 2025 payments were for

  • Education$450.00 · 1 payment
  • Food and Beverage$16.71 · 1 payment

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

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