Alan Finkelstein
Family Medicine Physician · Pittsburgh, PA
Alan Finkelstein is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and NPI 1699747618, issued on Feb 3, 2006. Check the license (Pennsylvania MD070344L, as entered in NPPES) on the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS); the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Alan Finkelstein
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- MD070344L PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5215 Centre Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15232
- Phone
- (412) 623-2287
- Enumerated
- Feb 3, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 25, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050111000266); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Pittsburgh School Of Medicine, 1993
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Alan Finkelstein in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersPennsylvania Department of State (PALS)
Search for license MD070344LCheck the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
45% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
1,938 Medicare Part D claims for 226 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims. 68 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium138 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate130 claims
- Lisinopril116 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium70 claims
- Metformin Hcl59 claims
- Omeprazole48 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 78.5 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $2,843.80
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program; the largest payer was Organon Llc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Upmc Community Medicine IncPittsburgh, PA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Alan Finkelstein among 7,483 family medicine physician records in Pennsylvania
Alan Finkelstein is one of 7,483 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Pennsylvania. 79% 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 12% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 53% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 61% of these records are
- Graduated1993 · median 2005 among the 4,529 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Pennsylvania practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
374 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Pittsburgh
They are 374 of the 28,866 NPPES records with a practice address in Pittsburgh, and 7,483 family medicine physician records in Pennsylvania.
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Common questions
What is Alan Finkelstein's NPI number?
Alan Finkelstein's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1699747618, issued on Feb 3, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Alan Finkelstein located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5215 Centre Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15232. Phone: (412) 623-2287. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Alan Finkelstein's license?
NPPES lists Pennsylvania license number MD070344L, as entered by the provider. Search the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS) at https://www.pals.pa.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Alan Finkelstein prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Alan Finkelstein had 1,938 Medicare Part D claims for 226 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Alan Finkelstein's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 78.5 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.