Afua Forson, M.D. M.H.S
Hospitalist Physician · Poughkeepsie, NY
Afua Forson, M.D. M.H.S is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Poughkeepsie, New York, and NPI 1740219658, issued on Jul 2, 2006. Check the license (New York 220486, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Afua Forson
- Credential
- M.D. M.H.S
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License numbers
- 220486 NY
179101 NY
220486-1 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 45 Reade PL, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
- Phone
- (845) 454-8500
- Enumerated
- Jul 2, 2006
- Record last updated
- May 6, 2022
- Medicaid ID
- 02176281 NY
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060223000803); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Perelman School Of Med At The University Of Pennsylvania, 1998
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Afua Forson in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
Search for license 220486Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 94.2 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Nuvance Health Medical Practice PCPoughkeepsie, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Afua Forson among 2,067 hospitalist physician records in New York
Afua Forson, M.D. M.H.S is one of 2,067 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in New York. 93% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 2% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 2% of these records are older, 88% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 93% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 83% of these records are
- Graduated1998 · median 2013 among the 1,716 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 37% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Afua Forson, M.D. M.H.S's NPI number?
Afua Forson, M.D. M.H.S's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1740219658, issued on Jul 2, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Afua Forson, M.D. M.H.S located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 45 Reade PL, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12601. Phone: (845) 454-8500. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Afua Forson, M.D. M.H.S's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 220486, as entered by the provider. Search the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions at https://www.op.nysed.gov/services/verifications/online-verification-searches. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
What is Afua Forson, M.D. M.H.S's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 94.2 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.