Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Dr. Joseph F Merola, MD, MMSC

Individual provider Dermatology Physician · NPI 1881807469

Dr. Joseph F Merola, MD, MMSC practises Dermatology in Dallas, Texas. Qualified in 2005, 21 years ago. Practices with University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, a 3,149-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Massachusetts and Texas.

Years since qualifying
21
Licensed in
MA, TX
In the registry since
2007
Specialties on file
4
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

5939 Harry Hines Blvd
Dallas, TX 75235-6246
Phone: (214) 645-2400
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Specialties & licences

Dermatology Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207N00000X · Licence U7242 (TX)
Dermatology Physician Taxonomy 207N00000X · Licence 239148 (MA)
Rheumatology Physician Taxonomy 207RR0500X · Licence U7242 (TX)
Rheumatology Physician Taxonomy 207RR0500X · Licence 239148 (MA)

Record details

NPI number1881807469
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD , MMSC
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedMay 8, 2007
Last updated in NPPESFebruary 22, 2025
Certification dateFebruary 22, 2025

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyDERMATOLOGY
Also practisesINTERNAL MEDICINE
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 2005 (21 years in practice)
Group practice University Of Texas Southwestern Medical Center At Dallas — 3149 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Removal of skin lesions 83 times · 75th percentile
Skin biopsy 44 times · 68th percentile

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients93
Services billed 247 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age72

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Consulting Fee $134,717 53 payments
Compensation for services other than consulting , including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $14,844 8 payments
Travel and Lodging $5,884 40 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference
Food and Beverage $1,927 54 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

Each amount is the sum of what companies reported for that kind of payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

  • Parkland Health & Hospital System Hospital · Dallas, TX · listed as Parkland Health and Hospital Systems
  • Ut Of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr. Hospital · Dallas, TX

Colleagues at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 3149 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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