Benjamin Gil Palter, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Stony Brook, NY
Benjamin Gil Palter, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Stony Brook, New York, and NPI 1659877595, issued on Mar 31, 2018. Check the license (New York 309851, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Benjamin Gil Palter
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 309851 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Hsc Level 16-020 Suny Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794
- Phone
- (631) 689-8333
- Enumerated
- Mar 31, 2018
- Record last updated
- Aug 7, 2023
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20211110002931); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Connecticut School Of Medicine, 2018
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Benjamin Gil Palter 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 309851Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
79% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
654 Medicare Part D claims for 195 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 42 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium26 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium26 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate25 claims
- Gabapentin19 claims
- Omeprazole17 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa16 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 98.5 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice CorporationStony Brook, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Benjamin Gil Palter among 12,067 internal medicine physician records in New York
Benjamin Gil Palter, MD 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 2018, is newer than 82% of them.
- NPI issued2018 · 82% of these records are older, 15% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated2018 · median 2002 among the 7,221 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 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).
121 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Stony Brook
They are 121 of the 3,053 NPPES records with a practice address in Stony Brook, and 12,067 internal medicine physician records in New York.
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Common questions
What is Benjamin Gil Palter, MD's NPI number?
Benjamin Gil Palter, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1659877595, issued on Mar 31, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Benjamin Gil Palter, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Hsc Level 16-020 Suny Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, 11794. Phone: (631) 689-8333. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Benjamin Gil Palter, MD's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 309851, 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 Benjamin Gil Palter, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Benjamin Gil Palter, MD had 654 Medicare Part D claims for 195 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Benjamin Gil Palter, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 98.5 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.