2026 NPPES data Sports Medicine (Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine) Physician NPI 1528065851 M.D.
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BIREN CHOKSHI, M.D.

Sports Medicine (Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine) Physician in WATERTOWN, New York. CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System profile including specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare prescribing data when reported.

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Prescribing volume
427
Medicare Part D claims · 201 beneficiaries · Sports Medicine (Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine) Physician avg: 1K
Generic prescribing
89%
generic claims · 11% brand-name · higher generic rates reduce patient out-of-pocket costs
MIPS score
75/100
▼ 8 pts below national avg 83.1 · [object Object]
Industry payments
$142.22
1 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)

What the federal data shows

BIREN CHOKSHI, M.D. reported a CMS MIPS final score of 75/100 — below the 83.1 national average — and filed 427 Medicare Part D claims in 2023.

75/100
MIPS score · -8 vs avg
427
Part D claims, 2023
89%
generic prescribing
Likely
board-certified (heuristic)

Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) — no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.

BIREN CHOKSHI, M.D.'s MIPS score vs every scored U.S. clinician

CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) final score, 2023 — the federal quality measure

75 15th percentile higher than 15% of 477,587 scored providers

0–10: 8,684 scored providers (2%). Below this entry. 10–20: 3,008 scored providers (1%). Below this entry. 20–30: 3,069 scored providers (1%). Below this entry. 30–40: 2,746 scored providers (1%). Below this entry. 40–50: 2,928 scored providers (1%). Below this entry. 50–60: 5,882 scored providers (1%). Below this entry. 60–70: 13,906 scored providers (3%). Below this entry. 70–80: 118,074 scored providers (25%). This entry sits in this band. 80–90: 129,887 scored providers (27%). Above this entry. 90–100: 189,403 scored providers (40%). Above this entry. This provider 0 100 every MIPS-scored clinician, bucketed by value

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Source CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) · 2023

Board certification likely (heuristic — not verified)

BIREN CHOKSHI, M.D. practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + MIPS quality reporting + 1 hospital affiliation — signals consistent with board-certified status. For verified board certification, see CertificationMatters.org (the official ABMS public lookup).

What does the federal data show about BIREN CHOKSHI, M.D.?

Below national average

NPI registry status

Active

Issued 07/01/2005

NPI 1528065851

Primary specialty

Sports Medicine (Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine) Physician

Niche

552 US NPIs in this specialty

Medicare Part D claims

427 62% vs specialty avg

2023 prescription claims

Specialty avg: 1,113

MIPS final score

75/100 8.099999999999994% pts

Above neutral band

vs 83.1 national avg

Specialty distribution in New York

How Sports Medicine (Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine) Physician compares to other specialties among New York providers

New York providers

Sports Medicine (Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine) Physician share within New York

1. Sports Medicine (Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine) Physician42%2. Internal medicine21%3. Family medicine17%4. Surgical12%5. Pediatric8%
Sports Medicine (Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine) Physician share within New York

Medicare quality performance — MIPS

BIREN CHOKSHI, M.D.'s 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Sports Medicine (Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine) Physician national average

Below national average
MIPS Final Score
75/100
vs 83.1 national avg · 2023 performance year

MIPS final score (Sports Medicine (Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine) Physician) — 75/100 vs national avg 83.1

0%100%National avg83%75%
MIPS final score (Sports Medicine (Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine) Physician) — 75/100 vs national avg 83.1

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.

Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).

BIREN CHOKSHI, M.D. is a Sports Medicine (Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine) Physician provider practicing in WATERTOWN, New York, according to the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES). Credentials: M.D.. NPI: 1528065851. This profile includes practice location, specialty classification, and organizational affiliations from the CMS provider registry. Provider information is self-reported to CMS and updated monthly.

BIREN CHOKSHI, M.D. appears in the CMS NPPES registry as a Sports Medicine (Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine) Physician provider holding M.D. credentials at 22567 SUMMIT DR BLDG 2, WATERTOWN, NY, 13601, with a listed phone of (315) 779-6784. NPI 1528065851 was issued on 07/01/2005. Because NPPES data is self-reported by the provider and refreshed monthly, the address, phone, and specialty reflect what CHOKSHI most recently submitted to CMS rather than a vetted directory listing, which is why patients should always confirm the practice is still at this location before scheduling.

Medicare Part D records for calendar year 2023 show 427 prescription claims written by this provider, covering 201 Medicare beneficiaries and totaling roughly $23K in drug spend, split 11% brand-name and 89% generic by claim count, with an opioid prescribing rate of 5.2%. These figures capture only Medicare Part D — commercial insurance, Medicaid, and cash-pay prescriptions are not included, and any drug-beneficiary cell under 11 is suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. On the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, this provider earned a Final Score of 75/100 for the 2023 performance year, compared with the national average of 83.1.

Sports Medicine (Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine) Physician is a narrow specialty nationwide, with 552 enrolled providers across 51 states and an average of 1,113 Part D claims per prescriber, so the context for interpreting these metrics differs meaningfully from a primary-care baseline. Important: PlainDoctor is a directory of publicly available government data, not medical advice, a malpractice database, or a quality rating. Inclusion here does not imply a recommendation, and absence of complaints or sanctions on this page does not mean none exist — always verify credentials through the NPPES NPI Registry, your state medical board, and the ABMS or AOA before making healthcare decisions.

Practice Address

22567 SUMMIT DR BLDG 2
WATERTOWN, NY 13601

Provider Details

NPI 1528065851
Specialty Sports Medicine (Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine) Physician
Credentials M.D.
Gender Male
NPI Issued 07/01/2005

CMS Quality Score (MIPS)

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.

75
Final Score
Avg: 83.1

Reporting: Group practice

Hospital and facility affiliations

Facilities where BIREN CHOKSHI, M.D. bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" — a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.

SAMARITAN MEDICAL PRACTICE PC
WATERTOWN, NY

Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).

Industry payments received (2024) — CMS Open Payments transparency data

The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for BIREN CHOKSHI, M.D.. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.

Total received

$142

Largest payer

Kairos Surgical Inc

Most common payment type

Food and Beverage

Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias — they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.

License & disciplinary context — New York NYSBPMC 2023 annual report

Aggregate state board data only — NOT a determination of any individual provider's status. The figures below describe statewide disciplinary activity across all ~100K New York medical licensees in 2023 — they are NOT specific to BIREN CHOKSHI, M.D.. To verify BIREN CHOKSHI, M.D.'s current license status, search the NYSBPMC public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.

312
Total board actions, New York 2023
Across 302 cases
3.12
Actions per 1,000 licensees
New York statewide rate
probation
Most common action type
89 cases

NYSBPMC publishes annual disciplinary statistics as part of public-record reporting under each state's Administrative Procedure Act. See the full breakdown by action type and year on the New York disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.

Brand vs generic prescribing mix · Typical

BIREN CHOKSHI, M.D. — brand share 11.0%
Specialty average (est.)

11% brand-name claims vs 89% generic, on 427 2023 Medicare Part D claims.

The federal Medicare Part D Generic Dispensing Rate national benchmark sits near 90% generic / 10% brand for primary-care prescribers, per CMS Office of the Actuary 2024 estimates. Higher brand share is common in specialty prescribing where generic equivalents are not available.

Medicare Part D Prescribing Data

CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2023.

427
Total Claims
$23K
Total Drug Cost
201
Medicare Beneficiaries

Prescribing Breakdown

30-Day Fills
429
Total Day Supply
6,790
Brand vs Generic
11% brand / 89% generic
Brand Drug Cost
$18K
Generic Drug Cost
$5K
Opioid Claims
22 (5.2% rate)
Antibiotic Claims
158

Patient Demographics

Average Patient Age
72.9 years
Avg HCC Risk Score
0.95
Gender Split
61% female / 39% male

Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)

Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2023. Based on Medicare Part D data only.

Drug Claims
Celecoxib
147
Amoxicillin
110
Eliquis
Apixaban
43
Folic Acid
28
Cephalexin
17
Enoxaparin Sodium
11

* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.

Sports Medicine (Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine) Physician Overview

How BIREN CHOKSHI, M.D. fits within the Sports Medicine (Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine) Physician landscape nationally.

552
Sports Medicine (Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine) Physician Providers in US
51
States with Sports Medicine (Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine) Physician
1,113
Avg Claims per Provider

BIREN CHOKSHI, M.D.'s 427 claims are below the specialty average of 1,113.

Nearby Sports Medicine (Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine) Physician Providers in New York

Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in New York, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as CHOKSHI.

Compare Sports Medicine (Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine) Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →

Frequently Asked Questions

What is BIREN CHOKSHI, M.D.'s specialty?
BIREN CHOKSHI, M.D. specializes in Sports Medicine (Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine) Physician and practices in WATERTOWN, New York. Credentials: M.D..
How much does BIREN CHOKSHI, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2023, BIREN CHOKSHI, M.D. wrote 427 Medicare Part D claims totaling $23K in drug costs for 201 beneficiaries.
What is BIREN CHOKSHI, M.D.'s Medicare quality score?
BIREN CHOKSHI, M.D. has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 75/100. The national average MIPS Final Score is 83.1. Source: CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 2023.
Where is BIREN CHOKSHI, M.D. located?
BIREN CHOKSHI, M.D. is located at 22567 SUMMIT DR BLDG 2, WATERTOWN, NY, 13601. Phone: (315) 779-6784.
What is BIREN CHOKSHI, M.D.'s NPI number?
BIREN CHOKSHI, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1528065851, issued on 07/01/2005.
Does BIREN CHOKSHI, M.D. prescribe more brand-name or generic drugs?
BIREN CHOKSHI, M.D.'s prescribing is 11% brand-name and 89% generic drugs by claim count, with $18K in brand drug costs.
Does BIREN CHOKSHI, M.D. prescribe opioids?
Yes, BIREN CHOKSHI, M.D. had 22 opioid claims in 2023 with an opioid prescribing rate of 5.2%.
How many Sports Medicine (Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine) Physician providers are there in the US?
There are 552 Sports Medicine (Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine) Physician providers across 51 states in the US. The average Sports Medicine (Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine) Physician provider writes 1,113 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does BIREN CHOKSHI, M.D. prescribe most often?
Based on 2023 Medicare Part D data, BIREN CHOKSHI, M.D.'s most frequently prescribed drugs include Celecoxib, Amoxicillin, Eliquis. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does BIREN CHOKSHI, M.D. accept Medicare?
BIREN CHOKSHI, M.D. appears in CMS Medicare data with 427 Part D claims and 201 Medicare beneficiaries in 2023. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify BIREN CHOKSHI, M.D.'s credentials?
BIREN CHOKSHI, M.D.'s NPI is 1528065851 with credentials M.D.. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.

Data Sources

Provider Directory
CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
Specialty Classification
NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2023). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
Quality Performance
CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) — 2023 performance year.
Limitations
Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.

See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.

Data as of April 2026 (NPPES) / 2023 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

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