Barry Steven Talesnick, M.D.
Cardiovascular Disease Physician · Chevy Chase, MD
Barry Steven Talesnick, M.D. is a cardiovascular disease physician with a practice address in Chevy Chase, Maryland, and NPI 1518964410, issued on Jul 7, 2005. Check the license (Maryland D26449, as entered in NPPES) on the Maryland Board of Physicians; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Barry Steven Talesnick
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Cardiovascular Disease Physician 207RC0000X
- License number
- D26449 MD
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5454 Wisconsin Ave, Chevy Chase, MD 20815
- Phone
- (301) 657-1682
- Enumerated
- Jul 7, 2005
- Record last updated
- Oct 24, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (301) 951-8036
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040728000808); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- New York Medical College, 1980
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Barry Steven Talesnick in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMaryland Board of Physicians
Search for license D26449Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.3 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average cardiovascular disease physician in 2024
7,151 Medicare Part D claims for 785 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,078 among the 20,728 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium805 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate582 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate499 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium492 claims
- Eliquis417 claims
- Olmesartan Medoxomil348 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: $1,364.81
61 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Pfizer Inc. The 16,686 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,819.56 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
- Cardiology And Internal Medicine, PAChevy Chase, MD
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Barry Steven Talesnick among 613 cardiovascular disease physician records in Maryland
Barry Steven Talesnick, M.D. is one of 613 cardiovascular disease physician records with a practice address in Maryland. 76% 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, 78% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1980 · median 1997 among the 389 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 67% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RC0000X and a Maryland practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
21 cardiovascular disease physician records list a practice address in Chevy Chase
They are 21 of the 1,118 NPPES records with a practice address in Chevy Chase, and 613 cardiovascular disease physician records in Maryland.
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- Sean Dwyer, M.D.Chevy Chase, MD 208151346248044
- Gary Fisher, M.D.Chevy Chase, MD 208151144296757
- Jack Flyer, M.D.Chevy Chase, MD 208151871569483
- Martin Kanovsky, M.D.Chevy Chase, MD 208151568437333
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Common questions
What is Barry Steven Talesnick, M.D.'s NPI number?
Barry Steven Talesnick, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1518964410, issued on Jul 7, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Barry Steven Talesnick, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5454 Wisconsin Ave, Chevy Chase, MD, 20815. Phone: (301) 657-1682. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Barry Steven Talesnick, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Maryland license number D26449, as entered by the provider. Search the Maryland Board of Physicians at https://www.mbp.state.md.us/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Barry Steven Talesnick, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Barry Steven Talesnick, M.D. had 7,151 Medicare Part D claims for 785 beneficiaries; the average among cardiovascular disease physician prescribers was 3,078. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Barry Steven Talesnick, M.D.'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.