Anthony P. Azar, M.D.
Legal Medicine · New York, NY
Anthony P. Azar, M.D. is a legal medicine with a practice address in New York, New York, and NPI 1457307506, issued on May 26, 2006. Check the license (New York 182329, as entered in NPPES) with the New York board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Anthony P. Azar
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Legal Medicine 173000000X
- License number
- 182329 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 101 Lafayette St FL 6, New York, NY 10013
- Phone
- (212) 274-1705
- Enumerated
- May 26, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 30, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (212) 274-0776
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Anthony P. Azar in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich New York board licenses this profession
Search for license 182329Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
69% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average legal medicine in 2024
776 Medicare Part D claims for 69 beneficiaries, against an average of 2,531 among the 246 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims. 44 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium42 claims
- Gabapentin27 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate25 claims
- Losartan Potassium24 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa23 claims
- Tramadol Hcl16 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: $536.23
15 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Pfizer Inc. The 144 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,618.84 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.
Anthony P. Azar among 112 legal medicine records in New York
Anthony P. Azar, M.D. is one of 112 legal medicine records with a practice address in New York. 46% 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 8% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 8% of these records are older, 30% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 46% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 27% of these records are
- Record last updated2013 · 81% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 173000000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Legal Medicine providers in New York
There are 112 legal medicine records in New York.
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The 8 legal medicine records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Richard Merkler, M.D.New York, NY 100191134109754
- Jerry Blaivas, M.D.New York, NY 100211124060330
- Gerard Hilaire, MDNew York, NY 100041720302722
- Rita Lempel, M.D.New York, NY 100221679870133
- Andrea Coleman, M.D.New York, NY 100031811335797
Common questions
What is Anthony P. Azar, M.D.'s NPI number?
Anthony P. Azar, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1457307506, issued on May 26, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Anthony P. Azar, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 101 Lafayette St FL 6, New York, NY, 10013. Phone: (212) 274-1705. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Anthony P. Azar, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists New York license number 182329, as entered by the provider. Search the New York board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Anthony P. Azar, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Anthony P. Azar, M.D. had 776 Medicare Part D claims for 69 beneficiaries; the average among legal medicine prescribers was 2,531. 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.