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Dr. Joseph M. Fernandes Jr., MD

(Dr. Joseph Americo M. Fernandes Jr., MD)

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Specializes in: Neurology (Brain & Spinal Cord Disease)

Federal University of Bahia (1991)

Professional interests include: muscle diseases (myopathies), electromyography (EMG), peripheral neuropathy, and more.

17405 Burke Street
Omaha, NE 68118

(402) 559-8600

Dr. Joseph M. Fernandes Jr., MD is a neurologist in Omaha, NE specializing in neurology (brain & spinal cord disease). He graduated from Federal University of Bahia in 1991 and has 33 years of experience. Dr. Joseph M. Fernandes Jr., MD is affiliated with Nebraska Medicine and UNMC PHYSICIANS.

Office Locations

Address:

17405 Burke Street
Omaha, NE 68118

Address:

4242 Farnam Street Suite 650
Omaha, NE 68131

Address:

988435 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198

diagnostic procedures	98
doctor visit	190
hospital care	13
inpatient care	13

**Gender**
Male	100
Female	88

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	174
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	66
From 75 to 84	46
85 and over	13
Less than 65	63

Hypertension	57
High Cholesterol	44
Stroke	10
Ischemic Heart Disease	29
Depression	21
Chronic Kidney Disease	18
Asthma	9
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	7
Heart Failure	14
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	16
Diabetes	31
Dementia	8
Cancer	8

diagnostic procedures	41
doctor visit	173
hospital care	30
inpatient care	30

**Gender**
Male	85
Female	98

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	169
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	84
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	53

Hypertension	62
High Cholesterol	44
Stroke	15
Ischemic Heart Disease	29
Depression	32
Chronic Kidney Disease	20
Asthma	6
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	8
Heart Failure	13
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	14
Diabetes	28
Dementia	8
Cancer	8

diagnostic procedures	59
doctor visit	192
hospital care	62
inpatient care	62

**Gender**
Male	216
Female	198

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	372
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	176
From 75 to 84	100
85 and over	38
Less than 65	100

Hypertension	62
High Cholesterol	50
Stroke	14
Ischemic Heart Disease	35
Depression	29
Chronic Kidney Disease	28
Asthma	10
Osteoperosis	7
Atrial Fibrilation	13
Heart Failure	19
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	14
Diabetes	34
Dementia	11
Cancer	7

diagnostic procedures	45
doctor visit	189
hospital care	42
inpatient care	42

**Gender**
Male	102
Female	107

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	190
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	94
From 75 to 84	36
85 and over	12
Less than 65	67

Hypertension	62
High Cholesterol	41
Stroke	9
Ischemic Heart Disease	33
Depression	35
Chronic Kidney Disease	29
Asthma	16
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	9
Heart Failure	16
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	15
Diabetes	32
Dementia	14
Cancer	10

diagnostic procedures	62
doctor visit	182
hospital care	63
inpatient care	63

**Gender**
Male	93
Female	110

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	179
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	81
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	68

Hypertension	59
High Cholesterol	37
Stroke	9
Ischemic Heart Disease	23
Depression	33
Chronic Kidney Disease	32
Asthma	15
Osteoperosis	7
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	15
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	18
Diabetes	31
Dementia	13
Cancer	7

diagnostic procedures	58
doctor visit	182
hospital care	27
inpatient care	27

**Gender**
Male	101
Female	85

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	165
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	91
From 75 to 84	37
85 and over	11
Less than 65	47

Hypertension	65
High Cholesterol	51
Stroke	9
Ischemic Heart Disease	25
Depression	37
Chronic Kidney Disease	32
Asthma	8
Osteoperosis	6
Atrial Fibrilation	13
Heart Failure	20
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	14
Diabetes	28
Dementia	16
Cancer	7

diagnostic procedures	39
doctor visit	191
hospital care	40
inpatient care	40

**Gender**
Male	103
Female	92

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	171
Black	11
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	83
From 75 to 84	53
85 and over	15
Less than 65	44

Hypertension	66
High Cholesterol	52
Stroke	7
Ischemic Heart Disease	33
Depression	37
Chronic Kidney Disease	41
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	12
Atrial Fibrilation	14
Heart Failure	21
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	17
Diabetes	36
Dementia	18
Cancer	10

diagnostic procedures	76
doctor visit	204
hospital care	53
inpatient care	53

**Gender**
Male	109
Female	103

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	195
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	106
From 75 to 84	60
85 and over	11
Less than 65	35

Hypertension	59
High Cholesterol	42
Stroke	9
Ischemic Heart Disease	34
Depression	29
Chronic Kidney Disease	33
Asthma	8
Osteoperosis	7
Atrial Fibrilation	14
Heart Failure	18
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	12
Diabetes	32
Dementia	16
Cancer	8

diagnostic procedures	152
doctor visit	420
hospital care	88
inpatient care	88

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2013 - 2021

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Joseph M. Fernandes Jr., MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Joseph M. Fernandes Jr., MD treated as a neurologist in Omaha, NE were diagnostic procedures, hospital care and inpatient care.

diagnostic procedures	72
doctor visit	213
hospital care	46
inpatient care	46

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2013 - 2021

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Joseph M. Fernandes Jr., MD.

**Gender**
Male	90
Female	88

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	1
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	161
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Hispanic	0
Other	0

**Age**
75 to 84	33
85 and over	10
Less than 65	47
65 to 74	78

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Joseph M. Fernandes Jr., MD From 2013 - 2021

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Joseph M. Fernandes Jr., MD treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, depression and diabetes.

Hypertension	49
High Cholesterol	36
Stroke	8
Ischemic Heart Disease	24
Depression	25
Chronic Kidney Disease	23
Asthma	7
Osteoporosis	5
Heart Failure	13
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	12
Diabetes	25
Atrial Fibrillation	8
Cancer	6
Dementia	10

Education & Training

Dr. Joseph M. Fernandes Jr., MD graduated from Federal University of Bahia in 1991. He completed residency at Neurology,: Hospital DO Servidor Publico Estadual - San Paulo. He is certified by the Board Certification: Neurology and has a state license in Missouri.

Medical School: Federal University of Bahia (1991)

Residency: Neurology,: Hospital DO Servidor Publico Estadual - San Paulo (1996)

Board Certification: Board Certification: Neurology

Licensed In: Missouri

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. Joseph M. Fernandes Jr., MD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

Nebraska Medicine

UNMC PHYSICIANS

Insurance Information

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Insurance Accepted by Affiliated Medical Group or Hospital:

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska: BSCSNE Student Blue

UnitedHealthcare: Optum VA Community Care Network (CCN)

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska: BCBSNE Network Blue

Medicaid Iowa: Wellpoint Iowa

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska: BSCSNE BlueCard PPO

Midlands Choice: Commercial plans

Aetna Healthcare: Aetna High Performance Network (Nebraska Health Network)

Aetna Healthcare: Aetna (Broad Network)

UnitedHealthcare: Medica

Medicaid Nebraska: Nebraska Medicaid

Medicare Advantage: Medica Advantage Solution

Medicare Advantage: HumanaChoice (PPO) Medicare Advantage

Medicaid Nebraska: Molina Nebraska

Medicare Advantage: BCBSNE Medicare Advantage Choice (HMO-POS)

Aetna Healthcare: First Health (except "First Health Professionals Only")

Medicaid Nebraska: Every Woman Matters

Medicaid Nebraska: UnitedHealthcare Community Plan Nebraska

Humana: Humana One PPO

Medicare Advantage: UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage

Medica: Medica Commercial

Tricare West: Tricare West for Life

Medicare Advantage: Aetna Medicare Premium Advantra (PPO)

Medicare Advantage: Medica Prime Solution Total Cost Medicare Advantage

UnitedHealthcare: United Medical Resources

Medicaid Kansas: Sunflower Health

UnitedHealthcare: UnitedHealthcare

Medicaid Iowa: Iowa Medicaid

Century Health Solutions: Century Health Solutions

MultiPlan: MultiPlan (Does not include PHCS)

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska: BSCSNE BlueCard HMO (only with suitcase logo)

UnitedHealthcare: NexusACO

UnitedHealthcare: Golden Rule

Medicare: Medicare Part A & B

Medica: Medica Insure

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska: BCBSNE Federal Plan

Tricare West: Tricare West Prime

Medicare Advantage: Aetna Medicare Premier Advantra (PPO)

Medicare Advantage: BCBSNE Medicare Advantage Core (HMO)

Other: Nebraska Furniture Mart Employee Plan Tier 1

Aetna Healthcare: Aetna Signature Administrators

Medicaid Kansas: AmeriGroup Kansas

Medicare Advantage: Wellcare by Nebraska Total Care Medicare Advantage

Wellmark of Iowa: Wellmark Blue HMO

Medicaid Kansas: UnitedHealthcare Community Plan Kansas

Other: Midwest Network Alliance

UnitedHealthcare: Oxford Health

Tricare West: Tricare West Active Duty

Ambetter by Nebraska Total Care: Ambetter

Medicaid Iowa: Iowa Total Care

Other: University of Nebraska Employee Plan Enhanced Tier

Medicaid Iowa: Iowa Care for Yourself

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska: BSCSNE Select Blue

Medica: Medica Elevate

Medicare Advantage: Humana Gold (HMO) Medicare Advantage

Medicare Advantage: Aetna Medicare Elite Advantra (PPO)

Medicaid Nebraska: Nebraska Total Care

Humana: Humana Choice Care

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General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Dr. Joseph M. Fernandes Jr., MD. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

**Payments by Company**
Biogen, Inc.	$7,338 $7,338
Lundbeck LLC	$13 SABRIL $13
Biogen Idec Inc.	$10 AVONEX $10

**Types of Payments**
Consulting Fee	$6,300
Food and Beverage	$696
Travel and Lodging	$365

Research Payments

Dr. Joseph M. Fernandes Jr., MD has received 30 research payments totaling $148,318.

Biography

Dr. Joseph Fernandes sees patients in Omaha, NE. His medical specialty is neurology (brain & spinal cord disease). He is especially interested in peripheral neuropathy, polymyositis, and muscle diseases (myopathies). Dr. Fernandes is professionally affiliated with Nebraska Medicine. He attended medical school at Federal University of Bahia. For his professional training, Dr. Fernandes completed a residency program at a hospital affiliated with Case Western Reserve University.

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