Brent A. Berger, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Bethesda, MD
Brent A. Berger, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Bethesda, Maryland, and NPI 1578537429, issued on Feb 16, 2006. Check the license (Maryland D0037840, as entered in NPPES) on the Maryland Board of Physicians; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Brent A. Berger
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- D0037840 MD
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 10215 Fernwood Road, Bethesda, MD 20817
- Phone
- (301) 493-4440
- Enumerated
- Feb 16, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 27, 2010 (not updated in 16 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (301) 493-9778
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100920000603); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Maryland School Of Medicine, 1986
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Brent A. Berger in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMaryland Board of Physicians
Search for license D0037840Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
18% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
2,589 Medicare Part D claims for 304 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 52 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium213 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium158 claims
- Losartan Potassium106 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate102 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium90 claims
- Gabapentin62 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 84.7 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $162.72
8 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Pfizer Inc. 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
- Bethesda Medical AssociatesBethesda, MD
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Brent A. Berger among 3,904 internal medicine physician records in Maryland
Brent A. Berger, MD is one of 3,904 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Maryland. 77% 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 9% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 9% of these records are older, 55% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1986 · median 2003 among the 2,445 with a school on file
- Record last updated2010 · 59% 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 Maryland practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
288 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Bethesda
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Common questions
What is Brent A. Berger, MD's NPI number?
Brent A. Berger, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1578537429, issued on Feb 16, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Brent A. Berger, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 10215 Fernwood Road, Bethesda, MD, 20817. Phone: (301) 493-4440. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Brent A. Berger, MD's license?
NPPES lists Maryland license number D0037840, 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 Brent A. Berger, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Brent A. Berger, MD had 2,589 Medicare Part D claims for 304 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Brent A. Berger, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 84.7 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.