Bassam Hajjar, MD
Specialist · Clifton, NJ
Bassam Hajjar, MD is a specialist with a practice address in Clifton, New Jersey, and NPI 1316024946, issued on Nov 1, 2006. Check the license (New Jersey 25MA07031400, as entered in NPPES) with the New Jersey board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Bassam Hajjar
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Specialist 174400000X
- License number
- 25MA07031400 NJ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1300 Main Ave, Clifton, NJ 07011
- Phone
- (973) 595-6444
- Enumerated
- Nov 1, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jun 27, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (973) 782-4819
- Medicaid ID
- 8133808 NJ
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040525000025); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
8 nearest specialist records → All 1,636 in New Jersey → Look up another NPI →
Also registered at 1300 Main Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Aseel AbdelqaderPharmacist1548111644
- Reyhan Berkel, MDInternal Medicine Physician1265630180
- Andrew GanleyElectroneurodiagnostic Specialist/Technologist1700366531
Verify Bassam Hajjar in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich New Jersey board licenses this profession
Search for license 25MA07031400Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
5.9 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average specialist in 2024
8,121 Medicare Part D claims for 872 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,380 among the 8,233 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 17% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Pantoprazole Sodium638 claims
- Omeprazole472 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium357 claims
- Famotidine250 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate242 claims
- Linzess220 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $1,040.68
25 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. The 5,844 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,760.79 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
- Carepoint Gastroenterology Center PCClifton, NJ
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Bassam Hajjar among 1,636 specialist records in New Jersey
Bassam Hajjar, MD is one of 1,636 specialist records with a practice address in New Jersey. 38% 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 10% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 10% of these records are older, 48% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 38% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 29% of these records are
- Graduated1990 · median 1989 among the 474 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 83% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 174400000X and a New Jersey practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
23 specialist records list a practice address in Clifton
They are 23 of the 1,732 NPPES records with a practice address in Clifton, and 1,636 specialist records in New Jersey.
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The 8 specialist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Melody BobeClifton, NJ 070111326395401
- Wilkis FiguereoClifton, NJ 070111780054155
- Ifeoma Iwelumo, MDClifton, NJ 070111205897865
- Yanela Rodriguez, TSLDClifton, NJ 070111184986002
- B Wexler, PT, MSClifton, NJ 070111457551434
- Afriye AmersonCliffside Park, NJ 070101952305229
- Vaishali Bhavsar, M.D.Clifton, NJ 070121972667467
- Alice Chu, M.D.Clifton, NJ 070121962513366
Common questions
What is Bassam Hajjar, MD's NPI number?
Bassam Hajjar, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1316024946, issued on Nov 1, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Bassam Hajjar, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1300 Main Ave, Clifton, NJ, 07011. Phone: (973) 595-6444. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Bassam Hajjar, MD's license?
NPPES lists New Jersey license number 25MA07031400, as entered by the provider. Search the New Jersey board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Bassam Hajjar, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Bassam Hajjar, MD had 8,121 Medicare Part D claims for 872 beneficiaries; the average among specialist prescribers was 1,380. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Bassam Hajjar, 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.