Bruce Kaster, MD
Geriatric Psychiatry Physician · Needham, MA
Bruce Kaster, MD is a geriatric psychiatry physician with a practice address in Needham, Massachusetts, and NPI 1346281961, issued on Jun 8, 2006. Check the license (Massachusetts 76271, as entered in NPPES) on the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Bruce Kaster
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Geriatric Psychiatry Physician 2084P0805X
- License number
- 76271 MA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 60 Kendrick St, Needham, MA 02494
- Phone
- (617) 964-8200
- Enumerated
- Jun 8, 2006
- Record last updated
- Apr 16, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (617) 969-0996
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060322000359); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
8 nearest geriatric psychiatry physician records → All 45 in Massachusetts → Look up another NPI →
Also registered at 60 Kendrick St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Gloria Adigwe, NPAdult Health Nurse Practitioner1275951113
- Alice Armstrong, PHDClinical Neuropsychologist1568838415
- Katherine Bradley, N.P.Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1972931392
- John DwyerClinical Social Worker1740666510
- Philip Gottlieb, M.D.Psychiatry Physician1114925138
- Judith Graber, LICSWClinical Social Worker1215284732
Verify Bruce Kaster in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMassachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine
Search for license 76271Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.6 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average geriatric psychiatry physician in 2024
3,872 Medicare Part D claims for 261 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,485 among the 473 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 6% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Quetiapine Fumarate327 claims
- Trazodone Hcl311 claims
- Lorazepam246 claims
- Mirtazapine213 claims
- Escitalopram Oxalate209 claims
- Duloxetine Hcl186 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $32.04
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. The 200 providers of this specialty with any payment received $2,189.26 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
- Bruce A Kaster MD PCNeedham, MA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Bruce Kaster among 45 geriatric psychiatry physician records in Massachusetts
Bruce Kaster, MD is one of 45 geriatric psychiatry physician records with a practice address in Massachusetts. 60% 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 20% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 20% of these records are older, 36% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 60% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 42% of these records are
- Graduated1990 · median 1990 among the 19 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 60% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0805X and a Massachusetts practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Geriatric Psychiatry Physician providers in Massachusetts
There are 45 geriatric psychiatry physician records in Massachusetts.
All 45 in Massachusetts → Every provider in Needham → Geriatric Psychiatry Physician nationwide →
The 8 geriatric psychiatry physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Louis Nemser, MDNeedham, MA 024921902895857
- Mark Frankel, MD, PHDWellesley, MA 024821649306077
- Aaron Koenig, M.D.Wellesley, MA 024811629384995
- Brent Forester, M.D.Belmont, MA 024781649239716
- Saeed Hashem, MDBelmont, MA 024781538690011
- Hyun Duk Yang, M.D., PH.D.Belmont, MA 024781093021198
- Katharine Wolf, MDWatertown, MA 024721619939287
- Barry Klegman, M.D.Newton, MA 024681053396945
Common questions
What is Bruce Kaster, MD's NPI number?
Bruce Kaster, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1346281961, issued on Jun 8, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Bruce Kaster, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 60 Kendrick St, Needham, MA, 02494. Phone: (617) 964-8200. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Bruce Kaster, MD's license?
NPPES lists Massachusetts license number 76271, as entered by the provider. Search the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine at https://findmydoctor.mass.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Bruce Kaster, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Bruce Kaster, MD had 3,872 Medicare Part D claims for 261 beneficiaries; the average among geriatric psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,485. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Bruce Kaster, MD's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.