Al Ventzek, DO
Emergency Medicine Physician · Ft Lauderdale, FL
Al Ventzek, DO is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Ft Lauderdale, Florida, and NPI 1255327656, issued on Sep 21, 2005. Check the license (Florida OS8837, as entered in NPPES) on the Florida health license search; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Al Ventzek
- Credential
- DO
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- OS8837 FL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1600 S Andrews Ave, Ft Lauderdale, FL 33316
- Phone
- (954) 355-4400
- Enumerated
- Sep 21, 2005
- Record last updated
- Apr 11, 2008 (not updated in 18 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Al Ventzek in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersFlorida health license search
Search for license OS8837Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
42% more Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
321 Medicare Part D claims for 220 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 64 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen37 claims
- Cefdinir30 claims
- Prednisone26 claims
- Ondansetron Hcl25 claims
- Cyclobenzaprine Hcl22 claims
- Tramadol Hcl17 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $25.53
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Csl Behring. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Al Ventzek among 4,034 emergency medicine physician records in Florida
Al Ventzek, DO is one of 4,034 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Florida. 84% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 95% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 55% of these records are
- Record last updated2008 · 56% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Florida practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
53 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Ft Lauderdale
They are 53 of the 1,505 NPPES records with a practice address in Ft Lauderdale, and 4,034 emergency medicine physician records in Florida.
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Common questions
What is Al Ventzek, DO's NPI number?
Al Ventzek, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1255327656, issued on Sep 21, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Al Ventzek, DO located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1600 S Andrews Ave, Ft Lauderdale, FL, 33316. Phone: (954) 355-4400. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Al Ventzek, DO's license?
NPPES lists Florida license number OS8837, as entered by the provider. Search the Florida health license search at https://mqa-internet.doh.state.fl.us/mqasearchservices/healthcareproviders. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Al Ventzek, DO prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Al Ventzek, DO had 321 Medicare Part D claims for 220 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Al Ventzek, DO's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.