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

Individual provider Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · NPI 1508157611

Dr. Joseph Paul Zimmerman, MD practises Orthopedic Surgery in Albany, New York. Qualified in 2011, 15 years ago. Practices with Capital Region Orthopaedic Associates, PC, a 67-clinician group, works from 3 locations and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in New York.

Years since qualifying
15
Licensed in
NY
In the registry since
2011
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

1367 Washington Ave Ste 200
Albany, NY 12206-1048
Phone: (518) 489-2666
Fax: (518) 489-5933
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Additional practice locations (2)

  • 1019 New Loudon Rd, Cohoes, NY 12047-5003 — (518) 489-2666
  • 4 Medical Park Dr Ste 200, Malta, NY 12020-5004 — (518) 489-2666

Specialties & licences

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207X00000X · Licence 288331 (NY)

Record details

NPI number1508157611
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorYes
NPI enumeratedApril 23, 2011
Last updated in NPPESAugust 7, 2026
Certification dateAugust 7, 2026

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 2011 (15 years in practice)
Group practice Capital Region Orthopaedic Associates, Pc — 67 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.

Upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) 45 times · 84th percentile
Knee replacement 44 times · 75th percentile
Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) 1–10 times

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 patients241
Services billed 831 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age71

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.

Food and Beverage $1,105 11 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
Travel and Lodging $600 2 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference

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.

Colleagues at Capital Region Orthopaedic Associates, PC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 67 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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