NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Alison Brett Gruen, MD

Dermatology Physician · New York, NY

Alison Brett Gruen, MD is a dermatology physician with a practice address in New York, New York, and NPI 1518982412, issued on Jul 12, 2006. Check the license (New York 227260, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1518982412
Name
Alison Brett Gruen
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Dermatology Physician 207N00000X
License number
227260 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
176 East 71St Street, New York, NY 10021
Phone
(212) 734-7546
Enumerated
Jul 12, 2006
Record last updated
Nov 11, 2010 (not updated in 16 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(212) 734-2496
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20040607000557); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Yale University School Of Medicine, 2000
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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9% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average dermatology physician in 2024

723 Medicare Part D claims for 333 beneficiaries, against an average of 797 among the 12,802 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims.

  1. Alison Gruen723
  2. Specialty average797

Most prescribed

  1. Triamcinolone Acetonide129 claims
  2. Minoxidil56 claims
  3. Ketoconazole54 claims
  4. Clobetasol Propionate34 claims
  5. Ciclopirox29 claims
  6. Valacyclovir29 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: $3,911.17

175 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 10,250 providers of this specialty with any payment received $8,544.61 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Alison Gruen$3,911.17
  2. Specialty average$8,544.61

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Bills Medicare through 2 group practices

  1. Bobby Buka, M.D., P.C.Brooklyn, NY
  2. Libby Buscemi, MD PCNew York, NY

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Alison Brett Gruen among 1,211 dermatology physician records in New York

Alison Brett Gruen, MD is one of 1,211 dermatology physician records with a practice address in New York. 87% 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, 54% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 87% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 73% of these records are
  • Graduated2000 · median 2004 among the 880 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2010 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207N00000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Dermatology Physician providers in New York

There are 1,211 dermatology physician records in New York.

The 8 dermatology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Douglas Altchek, M.D.New York, NY 100211366449340
  2. Philip Bruder, M.D.New York, NY 100211639145519
  3. Steven Cohen, M.D.New York, NY 100211235124355
  4. Liang Deng, MDNew York, NY 100211003887035
  5. Francesca Fusco, MDNew York, NY 100211982605317
  6. Allan Halpern, MDNew York, NY 100211093786881
  7. Michael KalmanNew York, NY 100211811995194
  8. Medwin Mintzis, M.D.New York, NY 100211861473654

Common questions

What is Alison Brett Gruen, MD's NPI number?

Alison Brett Gruen, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1518982412, issued on Jul 12, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Alison Brett Gruen, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 176 East 71St Street, New York, NY, 10021. Phone: (212) 734-7546. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Alison Brett Gruen, MD's license?

NPPES lists New York license number 227260, 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 Alison Brett Gruen, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Alison Brett Gruen, MD had 723 Medicare Part D claims for 333 beneficiaries; the average among dermatology physician prescribers was 797. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Alison Brett Gruen, MD'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.