NPI registry status
Active
2026 NPPES data Ophthalmology Physician NPI 1922083179 MD
Verify on CMS → Brian Brazzo, MD
Ophthalmology Physician in New York, New York.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 22,388 in Ophthalmology Physician, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.
Federal data, no proprietary rating.
We show these CMS records as-is - no composite score, no star rating, no editorial opinion layered on top.
Prescribing volume
620
Medicare Part D claims · 308 beneficiaries · Ophthalmology Physician avg: 1K
Generic prescribing
83%
generic claims · 17% brand-name · higher generic rates reduce patient out-of-pocket costs
MIPS score
90.8/100
▲ 7 pts above national avg 83.5 · Exceptional
Industry payments
$49.4
4 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File, 2024
What the federal data shows
Brian Brazzo, MD reported a CMS MIPS final score of 90.8/100 - above the 83.5 national average - and filed 620 Medicare Part D claims in 2024.
- 90.8/100
- MIPS score · +7 vs avg
- 620
- Part D claims, 2024
- 83%
- 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.
Federal trust snapshot
What official records show about Brian Brazzo, MD
Federal records show an active NPI with both Medicare prescribing volume and a measured CMS quality score — objective registry data, not patient reviews.
- Verified
NPI registry status
Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1922083179), first enumerated 12/09/2005.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 620 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.
Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF
- Reported
CMS quality reporting (MIPS)
Reported a CMS MIPS final score of 90.8/100 in the Quality Payment Program — a federal quality measure, not a patient review.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program
- Reported
Board certification signal
Heuristic suggests board-certified status based on ABMS-eligible specialty taxonomy plus active CMS participation signals — not a direct ABMS verification.
- Reported
Hospital affiliations
5 CMS Care Compare hospital affiliations on record — practice footprint from the Doctors and Clinicians file.
Source: CMS Care Compare
- Reported
Industry payment transparency
$49.4 in reported industry payments (4 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.
Source: CMS Open Payments
- State context
State board disciplinary context
New York statewide board action statistics are published annually — these figures describe aggregate state activity, not Brian Brazzo, MD's individual license status. Verify directly with the state medical board.
Source: NYSBPMC annual report 2023
- Not in federal data
Individual sanction lookup
PlainDoctor does not publish per-provider disciplinary determinations. Confirm current license and any individual actions through the state medical board or FSMB verification service.
Source: State medical board / FSMB
This trust snapshot summarizes only what appears in federal CMS/NPPES public records. It is not a composite score, star rating, patient review, or clinical recommendation. PlainDoctor never fabricates reviews or AggregateRating schema.
CMS NPPES provider registry desk
NPI 1922083179 · Ophthalmology Physician
NPI-10 · ENUM-LEGACY · TAX-MID · MIPS-ABOVE · RX-LIGHT · BOOK-LIGHT · PHOTO-FINISH
- NPI-10 1922083179
- ENUM-LEGACY 2005
- TAX-MID 22K Ophthalmology Physician
- MIPS-ABOVE 90.8/100
- RX-LIGHT 620
- BOOK-LIGHT 1,746 in New York
- PHOTO-FINISH Louis Angioletti · ±0.0
MIPS final-score neighbourhood
Same-specialty nationwide peers by CMS final score, not geographic proximity
- Brazzo · this pr…
Brazzo · this provider
90.8 MIPS pts
- Alejandro Bevacq…
Alejandro Bevacqua
90.8 MIPS pts
- Louis Angioletti…
Louis Angioletti
90.8 MIPS pts
- Lee Angioletti ·…
Lee Angioletti
90.8 MIPS pts
- Frank Arturi · n…
Frank Arturi
90.8 MIPS pts
What this shows Nearest measured MIPS peers for this NUCC specialty (2023 performance year).
Brian Brazzo, MD's MIPS score vs every measured U.S. clinician
CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) final score, 2023, the federal quality measure. Clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded.
91 ≥ 58th percentile 58% of 454,083 measured providers are in lower value bands
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more measured providers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
The percentile is a conservative whole-score-point band: it counts only measured clinicians in lower score bands. A CMS MIPS metric is not a recommendation or a clinical-quality rating by PlainDoctor. See methodology § corpus placement.
Source CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) · 2023
Where Brian Brazzo, MD sits
This provider among ophthalmology physician peers
Across the 8,767 ophthalmology physician providers who report both Medicare Part D prescribing and a MIPS quality score, Brian Brazzo, MD writes more Part D claims than 32% of them and scores higher on MIPS quality than 53% - placing this provider in the lower-volume, high-quality quadrant. Volume reflects patient-panel size and specialty, not quality; the two axes are independent.
Each dot is one ophthalmology physician peer from a representative sample of 60; the gold marker is Brian Brazzo, MD. Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber data and the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, 2023.
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Board certification likely (heuristic, not verified)
Brian Brazzo, MD practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + MIPS quality reporting + 5 hospital affiliations - 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 Brian Brazzo, MD?
High performer (top quartile)Primary specialty
Ophthalmology Physician
Medicare Part D claims
620 58% vs specialty avg
MIPS final score
90.8/100 7.3 pts vs avg
Specialty distribution in New York
How Ophthalmology Physician compares to other specialties among New York providers
Medicare quality performance, MIPS
Brian Brazzo, MD's 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Ophthalmology Physician national average
- MIPS Final Score
- 90.8/100
- vs 83.5 national avg · 2023 performance year
How MIPS and board certification work
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).
Practice Address
Provider Details
| NPI | 1922083179 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Ophthalmology Physician |
| Credentials | MD |
| Gender | Male |
| NPI Issued | 12/09/2005 |
CMS Quality Score (MIPS)
Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.
90.7967
Final Score
Measured-score avg: 83.5
99.5148
Quality
69.8076
Cost
100
Promoting Interoperability
Reporting: Group practice
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where Brian Brazzo, MD 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.
According to CMS billing records, Brian Brazzo, MD is affiliated with 5 Medicare-billing facilities across 2 states.
Center For Excellence IN Cataract And Eye Surgery
Elmwood Park, NJ
Corey M. Notis, M.D., P.A.
Springfield, NJ
Eye Centers OF America LLC
Bloomfield, NJ
Gregory J Pamel MD PC
New York, NY
New York Eye Surgery Associates PLLC
Bronx, 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 Brian Brazzo, MD. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$49
Largest payer
Alcon Vision LLC
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 Brian Brazzo, MD. To verify Brian Brazzo, MD'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
Brian Brazzo, MD - brand share 17.0%
Ophthalmology Physician average
17% brand-name claims vs 83% generic, on 620 2024 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 2024.
620
Total Claims
$53K
Total Drug Cost
308
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 751.6
- Total Day Supply
- 15,823
- Brand vs Generic
- 17% brand / 83% generic
- Brand Drug Cost
- $44K
- Generic Drug Cost
- $9K
- Antibiotic Claims
- 46
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 74.2 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 1.28
- Gender Split
- 69% female / 31% male
- Age Distribution
- <65: 22, 65-74: 137, 75-84: 117, 85+: 32
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What Brian Brazzo, MD prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024
- Erythromycin
Erythromycin
141 claims
- Tobramycin-Dexamet…
Tobramycin-Dexamethasone
124 claims
- Cromolyn Sodium
Cromolyn Sodium
93 claims
- Cefadroxil 36
Cefadroxil
36 claims
- Neomycin-Polymyxin… 29
Neomycin-Polymyxin-Dexameth
29 claims
- Methylprednisolone 24
Methylprednisolone
24 claims
- Prednisolone Acetate 18
Prednisolone Acetate
18 claims
- Fluticasone Propio… 15
Fluticasone Propionate
15 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Erythromycin Erythromycin Base | 141 |
| Tobramycin-Dexamethasone Tobramycin/Dexamethasone | 124 |
| Cromolyn Sodium | 93 |
| Cefadroxil | 36 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-Dexameth Neomycin/Polymyxin B/Dexametha | 29 |
| Methylprednisolone | 24 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 18 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 15 |
| Latanoprost | 14 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 12 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
Ophthalmology Physician Overview
How Brian Brazzo, MD fits within the Ophthalmology Physician landscape nationally.
22,388
Ophthalmology Physician Providers in US
56
States with Ophthalmology Physician
1,490
Avg Claims per Provider
Brian Brazzo, MD's 620 claims are below the specialty average of 1,490.
Nationwide Ophthalmology Physician peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Brazzo, both outside New York so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Similar MIPS final score
Nearest same-specialty clinicians by CMS MIPS final score (90.8 here).
Same NPPES enumeration year (2005)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Ophthalmology Physician Providers in New York
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in New York, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Brazzo.
One of 1,746 Ophthalmology Physician providers enrolled in New York, 5 are shown here.
Dr. Aliaa Abdelhakim Hamed
M.D., PH.D.
New York, NY
Dr. Majida Abdul Gaffar
M.D.
Hawthorne, NY
Dr. David H Abramson
MD
New York, NY
Dr. Frank Accardi
MD
New York, NY
Dr. Jacob Ackerman
MD
Brooklyn, NY
Compare Ophthalmology Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Brian Brazzo, MD's specialty? ▼
Brian Brazzo, MD specializes in Ophthalmology Physician and practices in New York, New York. Credentials: MD.
How much does Brian Brazzo, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Brian Brazzo, MD wrote 620 Medicare Part D claims totaling $53K in drug costs for 308 beneficiaries.
What is Brian Brazzo, MD's Medicare quality score? ▼
Brian Brazzo, MD has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 90.8/100 (Quality: 99.5, Cost: 69.8). The average MIPS Final Score across the 454,083 clinicians with at least one published category score is 83.5; clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded from that average. Source: CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 2023.
Where is Brian Brazzo, MD located? ▼
Brian Brazzo, MD is located at 115 E 61ST ST, New York, NY, 10065. Phone: (212) 734-7788.
What is Brian Brazzo, MD's NPI number? ▼
Brian Brazzo, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1922083179, issued on 12/09/2005.
Does Brian Brazzo, MD prescribe more brand-name or generic drugs? ▼
Brian Brazzo, MD's prescribing is 17% brand-name and 83% generic drugs by claim count, with $44K in brand drug costs.
How many Ophthalmology Physician providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 22,388 Ophthalmology Physician providers across 56 states in the US. The average Ophthalmology Physician provider writes 1,490 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Brian Brazzo, MD prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, Brian Brazzo, MD's most frequently prescribed drugs include Erythromycin, Tobramycin-Dexamethasone, Cromolyn Sodium. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Brian Brazzo, MD accept Medicare? ▼
Brian Brazzo, MD appears in CMS Medicare data with 620 Part D claims and 308 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Brian Brazzo, MD's credentials? ▼
Brian Brazzo, MD's NPI is 1922083179 with credentials MD. 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
View source datasets and methodology notes
- 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 (2024). 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 August 2026 (NPPES) / 2024 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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