Public Health & General Preventive Medicine Physician
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About this specialty
Public health and general preventive medicine focuses on promoting health, preventing disease, and managing the health of communities and defined populations. These practitioners combine population-based public health skills with knowledge of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention-oriented clinical practice in a wide variety of settings.
Source: American Board of Medical Specialties, 2007. www.abms.org [7/1/2007: definition added, source added; 7/1/2011: modified source]<br/>Additional Resources: American Board of Preventive Medicine, 2007. http://www.abprevmed.org/. American Osteopathic Board of Preventive Medicine, 2007. http://www.osteopathic.org/certification<br/>Board certification for Medical Doctors (MDs) is provided by the American Board of Preventive Medicine. Board certification for Doctors of Osteopathy (DOs) is provided by the American Osteopathic Board of Preventive Medicine.
Highest Medicare-paid providers
| Provider | Location | Medicare paid |
|---|---|---|
| LOUIS HEUSER, M.D. | LOUISVILLE, KY | $11,860,457 |
| JOHN ADIB, M.D. | KANSAS CITY, KS | $2,257,547 |
| AMY PATE, M.D. | LOVELAND, CO | $734,562 |
| CHAIM MANDELBAUM, M.D. | NEW YORK, NY | $659,332 |
| TERI BILHARTZ, D.O., MPH | CHESTERFIELD, VA | $508,011 |
| BARRY LOBOVITS, MD | PITTSFIELD, MA | $389,375 |
| WHITNEY DESSIO, M.D., MPH | BASKING RIDGE, NJ | $247,982 |
| JACQUELINE SEDGWICK, M.D., M.P.H | CAPITOLA, CA | $141,249 |
| MARIE BERNARD, MD MPH | CORONA, NY | $106,250 |
| JESSE SOZANSKI, M.D. | SAN DIEGO, CA | $89,528 |
Ranked by total Medicare payments — a measure of billing volume, not care quality.
Taxonomy definitions from the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (public domain). Provider counts derived from NPPES; payment figures from CMS Medicare data. Not affiliated with CMS, NPPES, NUCC, or any government agency.