Alan Howard Gruber, MD
Ophthalmology Physician · Rochester, NY
Alan Howard Gruber, MD is an ophthalmology physician with a practice address in Rochester, New York, and NPI 1356345839, issued on Jun 13, 2005. Check the license (New York 154919, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Alan Howard Gruber
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Ophthalmology Physician 207W00000X
- License number
- 154919 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2100 Clinton Ave S, Rochester, NY 14618
- Phone
- (585) 244-6011
- Enumerated
- Jun 13, 2005
- Record last updated
- Aug 20, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (585) 244-0236
- Medicaid ID
- 00962721 NY
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110126001046); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Rochester School Of Medicine And Dentistry, 1980
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Alan Howard Gruber 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 154919Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
33% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average ophthalmology physician in 2024
1,023 Medicare Part D claims for 316 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,518 among the 16,459 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 32% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost274 claims
- Timolol Maleate98 claims
- Prednisolone Acetate88 claims
- Dorzolamide-Timolol86 claims
- Neomycin-Polymyxin-Dexameth74 claims
- Lumigan70 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $174.02
7 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Alcon Vision LLC. The 13,221 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,535.02 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
- Rochester Ophthalmological Group PCRochester, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Alan Howard Gruber among 1,822 ophthalmology physician records in New York
Alan Howard Gruber, MD is one of 1,822 ophthalmology physician records with a practice address in New York. 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 84% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated1980 · median 1995 among the 1,215 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 71% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207W00000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Ophthalmology Physician providers in New York
There are 1,822 ophthalmology physician records in New York.
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- Paul Hartman, MDRochester, NY 146181447254917
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- Howard Schenker, M.D.Rochester, NY 146181346244811
- Steven Searl, M.D.Rochester, NY 146181295703767
Common questions
What is Alan Howard Gruber, MD's NPI number?
Alan Howard Gruber, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1356345839, issued on Jun 13, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Alan Howard Gruber, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2100 Clinton Ave S, Rochester, NY, 14618. Phone: (585) 244-6011. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Alan Howard Gruber, MD's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 154919, 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.
How much does Alan Howard Gruber, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Alan Howard Gruber, MD had 1,023 Medicare Part D claims for 316 beneficiaries; the average among ophthalmology physician prescribers was 1,518. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
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.