Bella Gelfinbein, M.D
Internal Medicine Physician · Brooklyn, NY
Bella Gelfinbein, M.D is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Brooklyn, New York, and NPI 1922044726, issued on Jun 21, 2006. Check the license (New York 218384, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Bella Gelfinbein
- Credential
- M.D
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 218384 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 468 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205
- Phone
- (718) 399-6234
- Enumerated
- Jun 21, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 18, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (718) 399-3516
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040330000801); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 468 Lafayette Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Saurabh Anand, PT,DPT.Physical Therapist1689281511
- Michelle BenrimonFamily Nurse Practitioner1194204842
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- Haley Kirkpatrick, DNP, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1184219883
Verify Bella Gelfinbein 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 218384Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
88% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
5,968 Medicare Part D claims for 371 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 17% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium431 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate349 claims
- Metformin Hcl342 claims
- Losartan Potassium306 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa228 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium187 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: $13.07
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Exact Sciences Corporation. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- Maimonides Faculty Practice PlanBrooklyn, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Bella Gelfinbein among 12,067 internal medicine physician records in New York
Bella Gelfinbein, M.D is one of 12,067 internal medicine 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 2006, is newer than 8% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 8% of these records are older, 53% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated1991 · median 2002 among the 7,221 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 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 207R00000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
1,497 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Brooklyn
They are 1,497 of the 64,057 NPPES records with a practice address in Brooklyn, and 12,067 internal medicine physician records in New York.
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Common questions
What is Bella Gelfinbein, M.D's NPI number?
Bella Gelfinbein, M.D's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1922044726, issued on Jun 21, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Bella Gelfinbein, M.D located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 468 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11205. Phone: (718) 399-6234. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Bella Gelfinbein, M.D's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 218384, 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 Bella Gelfinbein, M.D prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Bella Gelfinbein, M.D had 5,968 Medicare Part D claims for 371 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.