ALEXANDER TOPALA MD NPI 1003017989
Anesthesiology in Cincinnati, OH
About ALEXANDER TOPALA MD
Alexander Topala is an anesthesiologist established in Cincinnati, Ohio and his medical specialization is Anesthesiology with more than 18 years of experience. He graduated from University Of Cincinnati College Of Medicine in 2005. The NPI number of this provider is 1003017989 and was assigned on May 2007. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 207L00000X with license number 57011171 (OH). The provider is registered as an individual and his NPI record was last updated 6 years ago.
| NPI | 1003017989 |
| Provider Name | ALEXANDER TOPALA MD |
| Location Address | 234 GOODMAN ST MAIL LOCATION 0796 CINCINNATI, OH 45219 |
| Location Phone | (513) 584-1000 |
| Mailing Address | PO BOX 636256 CENTRAL CREDENTIALING CINCINNATI, OH 45263 |
| Gender | Male |
| NPI Entity Type | Individual |
| Medical School Name | UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE |
| Graduation Year | 2005 |
| Is Sole Proprietor? | Yes |
| Enumeration Date | 05-30-2007 |
| Last Update Date | 06-06-2017 |
An anesthesiologist like Alexander Topala manages the care of surgical patients and pain relief through drug administration that reduces or eliminates pain during an operation, medical procedure or during labor and delivery of babies. During surgical procedures anesthesiologists are responsible for adjusting the amount of anesthetic, monitoring the patient's heart rate, body temperature, blood pressure and breathing.Alexander Topala is enrolled in PECOS and is eligible to order or refer health care services for Medicare patients. The provider is eligible to order or refer: Part B Clinical Laboratory and Imaging, Durable Medical Equipment (DME), a Home Health Agency (HHA) and Power Mobility Devices.
Alexander Topala is registered with Medicare and accepts claims assignment, this means the provider accepts Medicare's approved amount for the cost of rendered services as full payment. Participating providers may not charge Medicare beneficiaries more than Medicare's approved amount for their services. Medicare beneficiaries still have to pay a coinsurance or copayment amount for a visit or service. According to Medicare claims data he has hospital affiliations with .
The provider participated in Medicare's Quality Payment Program under the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and has an overall final score of 85.9, based on four performance areas: quality, improvement activities, promoting interoperability, and cost. The purpose of this information is to help people with Medicare make informed decisions and incentivize doctors and clinicians to maximize performance.
Primary Taxonomy
The primary taxonomy code defines the provider type, classification, and specialization. There could be only one primary taxonomy code per NPI record. For individual NPIs the license data is associated to the taxonomy code.
| Taxonomy Code | 207L00000X |
| Classification | Anesthesiology |
| Type | Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians |
| License No. | 57011171 |
| License State | OH |
| Taxonomy Description | An anesthesiologist is trained to provide pain relief and maintenance, or restoration, of a stable condition during and immediately following an operation or an obstetric or diagnostic procedure. The anesthesiologist assesses the risk of the patient undergoing surgery and optimizes the patient's condition prior to, during and after surgery. In addition to these management responsibilities, the anesthesiologist provides medical management and consultation in pain management and critical care medicine. Anesthesiologists diagnose and treat acute, long-standing and cancer pain problems; diagnose and treat patients with critical illnesses or severe injuries; direct resuscitation in the care of patients with cardiac or respiratory emergencies, including the need for artificial ventilation; and supervise post-anesthesia recovery. |
Business Address
234 GOODMAN ST
MAIL LOCATION 0796
CINCINNATI, OH
ZIP 45219
Phone: (513) 584-1000
Mailing Address
PO BOX 636256
CENTRAL CREDENTIALING
CINCINNATI, OH
ZIP 45263
Phone: (513) 585-5502
Fax: (513) 585-5511
Location Map
PECOS Enrollment and Medicare Participation Status
What is PECOS?
PECOS is the Medicare Provider, Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System. PECOS is Medicare's enrollment and revalidation system and it is the primary source of information about verified Medicare professionals. A NPI number is necessary to register in PECOS. Providers must enroll in PECOS to avoid denied claims.
| Registered in PECOS? | Yes |
| PECOS PAC ID | 6901951672 |
| PECOS Enrollment ID | I20090901000443 |
| Accepts Medicare Assignment? | Yes "What does it mean "accepts medicare assignment"? When a provider accepts Medicare assignment, the provider agrees to be paid directly by Medicare and to accept the payment amount approved by Medicare. Additionally, the provider agrees to not bill patients for more than the Medicare deductible and coinsurance amounts. A provider who doesn't accept assignment may charge you up to 15% over the Medicare-approved amount. This is known as the limiting charge. You may have to pay this amount, or it may be covered by another insurer. |
| Eligible order / refer Part B Clinical Laboratory and Imaging | Yes |
| Eligible order / refer Durable Medical Equipment | Yes |
| Eligible order / refer Home Health Agency (HHA) | Yes |
| Eligible order / refer Power Mobility Devices | Yes |
Overall MIPS Quality Performance
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) is a way providers could use to participate in Medicare's Quality Payment Program (QPP). The MIPS program affects clinician reimbursement for Part B covered professional services and also rewards them for improving the quality of patient care and outcomes.
| MIPS Measure | Score Weight | Score | |
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| Quality | 40% | 91.8 | |
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The Quality category assesses providers performance on clinical practices and patient outcomes under the traditional MIPS program. The quality measures help identify the quality of healthcare processes, outcomes, and patient experiences. The Quality measure category compromises 40% providers final MPIS scores. There are six collection types for MIPS quality measures: Electronic Clinical Quality Measures (eCQMs), MIPS Clinical Quality Measures (CQMs), Qualified Clinical Data Registry (QCDR) Measures, Medicare Part B claims measures, CMS Web Interface measures and The Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) for MIPS Survey. |
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| Promoting Interoperability (PI) | 25% | 68 | |
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The Interoperability category measures the providers ability to use technology to exchange and make use of healthcare information in a way that is less burdensome and improves outcomes. The Interoperability measure category compromises 25% providers final MPIS scores. The MIPS Interoperability measure focuses on the use of certified electronic health record technology (CEHRT) to improve patient access health information, the exchange of information between clinicians and pharmacies and the systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of healthcare data. |
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| Improvement Activities | 15% | 40 | |
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The Improvement Activities performance category evaluates the providers participation in clinical activities that support the improvement of clinical practice, care delivery, and outcomes. Providers have the option to choose 2 to 4 activities from an inventory of over 100 improvement activities. Providers typically choose the activities that best fit their needs. The Improvement measures aim to better patient engagement, patient safety and other areas of patient care. The Improvement Activities category compromises 15% of providers final MPIS scores. |
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| Cost | 20% | N/A | |
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The Cost performance category asses the amount and types of services provided and how clinicians coordinate care and seek improvement of health outcomes by ensuring patients receive the appropriate services. Although providers don't determine the price of healthcare services they are important in delivering high-quality care at a reasonable cost. The Cost measures category compromises 20% of providers final MPIS scores. |
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| MIPS Final Score | - | 85.9 | |
| The MIPS program evaluates providers across multiple categories with a specific weight for each category resulting a in a MIPS final score that ranges from 0 to 100 points. The MIPS Final Score determines whether providers receive a negative, neutral or positive MIPS payment adjustment. | |||
Clinician Utilization
The following Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes were publicly reported as the top services rendered by this provider under the Medicare program for the year 2017. The reported codes are based on the top 5 codes for each available Medicare specialty, excluding evaluation and management codes.
- 36Anesthesia for procedure on gastrointestinal tract using an endoscope (HCPCS:00740)
- 32Anesthesia for procedure on lower intestine using an endoscope (HCPCS:00810)
NPI Validation Check Digit Calculation
The following table explains the step by step NPI number validation process using the ISO standard Luhn algorithm.
| Start with the original NPI number, the last digit is the check digit and is not used in the calculation. | |||||||||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 |
| Step 1: Double the value of the alternate digits, beginning with the rightmost digit. | |||||||||
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 16 | |
| Step 2: Add all the doubled and unaffected individual digits from step 1 plus the constant number 24. | |||||||||
| 2 + 0 + 0 + 3 + 0 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 9 + 1 + 6 + 24 = 51 | |||||||||
| Step 3: Subtract the total obtained in step 2 from the next higher number ending in zero, the result is the check digit. | |||||||||
| 60 - 51 = 9 | 9 | ||||||||
The NPI number 1003017989 is valid because the calculated check digit 9 using the Luhn validation algorithm matches the last digit of the original NPI number.
Other Providers at the Same Location
The following 20 providers are registered at the same or nearby location.
| NPI | Name / Type | Taxonomy | Address |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1780687079 | SUSAN KATHRYN COMTE CNM Individual | Advanced Practice Midwife | 234 GOODMAN ST CINCINNATI, OH 45219 (513) 584-4081 |
| 1831189224 | HANAN KERR M.D. Individual | Internal Medicine (Cardiovascular Disease) | 234 GOODMAN ST CINCINNATI, OH 45219 (513) 584-1000 |
| 1629048616 | ALAN THOMAS FLANIGAN M.D. Individual | Emergency Medicine | 234 GOODMAN ST CINCINNATI, OH 45219 (513) 558-5281 |
| 1144297235 | DR. PETER C MUSKAT MD Individual | Surgery (Trauma Surgery) | 234 GOODMAN ST CINCINNATI, OH 45219 (513) 584-4318 |
| 1316905300 | DR. GINA RENEE DORLAC MD Individual | Surgery (Trauma Surgery) | 234 GOODMAN ST CINCINNATI, OH 45219 (513) 584-4318 |
| 1326006271 | LESLIE OLEKSOWICZ M.D. Individual | Internal Medicine (Medical Oncology) | 234 GOODMAN ST BARRETT CENTER CINCINNATI, OH 45219 (513) 584-6928 |
| 1780642652 | DR. JOSEFA MARIA RANGEL M.D. Individual | Internal Medicine | 234 GOODMAN ST BARRETT CENTER CINCINNATI, OH 45219 (513) 584-6928 |
| 1649238536 | JOHN RICHARD PANCOAST M.D. Individual | Internal Medicine (Medical Oncology) | 234 GOODMAN ST BARRETT CENTER CINCINNATI, OH 45219 (513) 584-6928 |
| 1417994880 | ACADEMIC PATHOLOGY ASSOCIATES INC Organization | Pathology (Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology) | 234 GOODMAN ST CINCINNATI, OH 45219 (513) 584-3832 |
| 1538100524 | WANDA O WILSON CRNA, PHD Individual | Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered | 234 GOODMAN ST CINCINNATI, OH 45219 (513) 872-7388 |
| 1649211640 | ELEANOR JALIPA CANOS MD Individual | Anesthesiology | 234 GOODMAN ST CINCINNATI, OH 45219 (513) 872-7388 |
| 1760423941 | GREATER CINCINNATI OB/GYN, INC. Organization | Obstetrics & Gynecology | 234 GOODMAN ST CINCINNATI, OH 45219 (513) 584-4081 |
| 1679514855 | GREATER CINCINNATI PERINATAL ASSOCIATES, LLC Organization | Obstetrics & Gynecology (Maternal & Fetal Medicine) | 234 GOODMAN ST CINCINNATI, OH 45219 (513) 584-4800 |
| 1386688026 | MARY ELIZABETH GORMAN CRNA Individual | Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered | 234 GOODMAN ST CINCINNATI, OH 45219 (513) 872-7388 |
| 1730105628 | NANCY HEINK CNP Individual | Nurse Practitioner | 234 GOODMAN ST CINCINNATI, OH 45219 (513) 584-3683 |
| 1598783110 | MRS. ANNE ETGES C.N.P. Individual | Nurse Practitioner (Women's Health) | 234 GOODMAN ST CINCINNATI, OH 45219 (513) 584-8212 |
| 1346269859 | ELBERT J NELSON M.D. Individual | Obstetrics & Gynecology | 234 GOODMAN ST CINCINNATI, OH 45219 (513) 584-4081 |
| 1699794032 | REGINA M REICHARD CRNA Individual | Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered | 234 GOODMAN ST CINCINNATI, OH 45219 (513) 872-7388 |
| 1609880673 | YUKITAKA SHIZUKUDA MD Individual | Internal Medicine (Cardiovascular Disease) | 234 GOODMAN ST CINCINNATI, OH 45219 (513) 584-1000 |
| 1194739474 | SAMATA R PAIDY MD Individual | Anesthesiology | 234 GOODMAN ST CINCINNATI, OH 45219 (513) 872-7388 |
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Alexander Topala MD NPI number?
The NPI number assigned to this healthcare provider is 1003017989, registered as an "individual" on May 30, 2007
Where is Alexander Topala MD located?
The provider is located at 234 Goodman St Mail Location 0796 Cincinnati, Oh 45219 and the phone number is (513) 584-1000
Which is Alexander Topala MD specialty?
The provider's speciality is Anesthesiology
How many years of experience does Alexander Topala MD have?
The provider has more than 18 years of experience. He graduated from University Of Cincinnati College Of Medicine in 2005.
Is Alexander Topala MD registered in PECOS?
Yes, as of March 13, 2023 the provider is registered in PECOS and is eligible to order health care services or supplies for Medicare patients. If you are a Medicare beneficiary the provider is eligible to order or refer: Part B Clinical Laboratory and Imaging, Durable Medical Equipment (DME), a Home Health Agency (HHA) and Power Mobility Devices.
What are Alexander Topala MD Quality Ratings?
The provider has an overall high rating in the following quality measures: quality clinical practices and patient outcomes and experiences.
What are some of the services provided by Alexander Topala MD?
The most common procedures or services performed by this practitioner are: Anesthesia for procedure on gastrointestinal tract using an endoscope and Anesthesia for procedure on lower intestine using an endoscope.
How do I update my NPI information?
The NPI record of Alexander Topala MD was last updated on May 30, 2007. To officially update your NPI information contact the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) at 1-800-465-3203 (NPI Toll-Free) or by email at [email protected]
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