Joseph Baker , MA, CCC-A
Audiologist • Westlake, OH
815 Crocker Rd Ste 8
Westlake, OH 441451072
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NPI assigned on November 6, 2017; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 26 Original Medicare Part B services in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part B service records, 2024:
- 92557 — Comprehensive hearing and speech recognition test: 26 service units.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Units differ by code; these are not visits or a measure of quality.
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Fewer Medicare Part B services than 90% of clinicians listed under Audiologist in Ohio (2024, 308 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 188. Middle half: 81 to 312.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
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Medicare Part B services went from 18 in 2021 to 26 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2021–2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
815 Crocker Rd Ste 8
Westlake, OH 441451072
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
Medicare Profile & Education
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File
1999
What Public CMS Data Show
Audiologist: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
29 people with Original Medicare in 2024
It gives a sense of how many people with Medicare this clinician treated that year.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider, 2024.
Medicare-allowed amount
About $848 in 2024
The total amount Medicare approved for these services in 2024. It includes what Medicare paid and what patients or their other insurance owed, such as the deductible and coinsurance.
It shows the total cost of this clinician's Original Medicare services under Medicare's fee rules.
What this does not show: Medicare-allowed amount
This is not the clinician's income. Part of it can go to a clinic or group practice, staff, equipment or drugs. It is not the price you will pay.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024.
Paid by Medicare
About $598 in 2024
The part of the Medicare-allowed amount that Medicare itself paid in 2024, after patients' deductibles and coinsurance.
The gap between the allowed amount and this number is roughly what patients and their other insurance paid.
What this does not show: Paid by Medicare
This is not the clinician's income and not a measure of quality.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024.
Years since graduation
27 years (graduated 1999)
CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 1999 as the year this clinician finished professional school.
It tells you roughly how long ago the clinician finished school.
What this does not show: Years since graduation
It is not the number of years in practice, and more years does not mean better care.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File.
NPI first issued
2017
The year this clinician's National Provider Identifier (NPI) was issued. An NPI is a unique 10-digit ID that US health care providers use for billing.
What this does not show: NPI first issued
NPIs have been issued only since 2005, so this year is not necessarily when the clinician started practicing.
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
May accept Medicare assignment
CMS data show this clinician may accept Medicare assignment. Clinicians who do not always accept assignment can decide case by case.
Ask the office before your visit. If a clinician does not accept assignment for a service, they can charge up to 15% more than the Medicare-approved amount, and you may be asked to pay the full amount at the visit.
Medicare assignment applies to Original Medicare. It does not tell you whether the clinician is in a Medicare Advantage plan's network, accepts other insurance, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians; Medicare.gov, “Does your provider accept Medicare as full payment?”
No telehealth indicator
CMS shows this indicator only when recent Medicare claims include telehealth services. The clinician may still offer telehealth; ask the office.
Source: CMS, Telehealth Indicator on Medicare Care Compare (fact sheet, January 2023); CMS Doctors and Clinicians.
Enrolled in Medicare (PECOS)
Joseph Baker has a Medicare enrollment record in PECOS, the CMS system clinicians use to enroll so they can bill Medicare or order services for people with Medicare.
It does not show whether the clinician accepts assignment, is in your plan's network, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.
Compared with the same specialty in Westlake and Ohio
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 90% of clinicians listed under Audiologist in Ohio (2024, 308 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 188. Middle half: 81 to 312.
Too few clinicians listed under Audiologist in Westlake have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to compare.
Medicare-allowed amount
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 90% of clinicians listed under Audiologist in Ohio (2024, 308 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $5,108. Middle half: $2,094 to $8,554.
Too few clinicians listed under Audiologist in Westlake have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to compare.
Paid by Medicare
A lower Medicare payment amount than 90% of clinicians listed under Audiologist in Ohio (2024, 308 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $3,588. Middle half: $1,387 to $5,845.
Too few clinicians listed under Audiologist in Westlake have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to compare.
12 active clinicians are listed under Audiologist with a practice address in Westlake, OH (967 in Ohio).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Westlake
0% of these 12 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
16.7% of these 12 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.
CMS data by year
Changes may reflect reporting, coverage or privacy limits, not changes in care quality.
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Medicare Part B services
Medicare Part B services went from 18 in 2021 to 26 in 2024.
- 2021: 18
- 2022: 23
- 2023: 27
- 2024: 26
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount went from $645 in 2021 to $848 in 2024.
- 2021: $645
- 2022: $805
- 2023: $907
- 2024: $848
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare went from $487 in 2021 to $598 in 2024.
- 2021: $487
- 2022: $454
- 2023: $643
- 2024: $598
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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Performed Procedures & Service Volume
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| HCPCS Code | Services | Patients | Submitted Charge | Medicare Allowed |
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92557
Comprehensive hearing and speech recognition test
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26 | 26 | $120.00 | $32.63 |
Source: CMS Part B by Provider and Service, 2024; services under 11 beneficiaries omitted by CMS. Privacy limits
Submitted charges are billed amounts, not a price quote for your visit.
Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
Self-certified to NPPES: 2020-03-27NUCC Taxonomy Code: 231H00000X
(1) A specialist in evaluation, habilitation and rehabilitation of those whose communication disorders center in whole or in part in hearing function. Audiologists are autonomous professionals who identify, assess, and manage disorders of the auditory, balance and other neural systems. Audiologists provide audiological (aural) rehabilitation to children and adults across the entire age span. Audiologists select, fit and dispense amplification systems such as hearing aids and related devices. (2) An audiologist is a person qualified by a master's degree in audiology, licensed by the state, where applicable, and practicing within the scope of that license. Audiologists evaluate and treat patients with impaired hearing. They plan, direct and conduct rehabilitative programs with audiotry substitutional devises (hearing aids) and other therapy.
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 237700000X
Individuals who test hearing for the selection, adaptation, fitting, adjusting, servicing, and sale of hearing aids. Hearing Instrument Specialist is a designation provided individuals who qualify by the National Hearing Aid Society
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - QUALIFIED AUDIOLOGIST
I20200420002497
OH
1658701305
Sources: CMS Provider Enrollment and Order and Referring. Medicare enrollment is a billing status, not an accreditation or quality rating.
Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone
Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.
Audiologist-Hearing Aid Fitter
Doctor of Audiology, CCCA
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
Registered at 815 CROCKER RD STE 8, WESTLAKE, OH 441451072 (Tel: 2162398867)
Registered at 815 CROCKER RD STE 8, WESTLAKE, OH 441451072 (Tel: 2162398867)
Recorded as JOSEPH BAKER, MA, CCC-A
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 4760 RIDGE RD, BROOKLYN, OH 441443327 (Tel: 2163775520)
Registered at 4760 RIDGE RD, BROOKLYN, OH 441443327 (Tel: 2163775520)
Recorded as JOSEPH BAKER, MA, HIS
Hearing Instrument Specialist (license number reported to NPPES: OH 2309)
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Audiologists in Westlake
Healthcare providers in WestlakeMailing Address
815 Crocker Rd Ste 8
Westlake, OH 441451072
Phone: 2162398867