David Appelbaum, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Boston, MA
David Appelbaum, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Boston, Massachusetts, and NPI 1205459567, issued on May 21, 2020. Check the license (Massachusetts 1015122, as entered in NPPES) on the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- David Appelbaum
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- 1015122 MA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA 02215
- Phone
- (617) 667-7000
- Enumerated
- May 21, 2020
- Record last updated
- Nov 4, 2025
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify David Appelbaum in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMassachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine
Search for license 1015122Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
About as many Medicare Part D claims as the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
226 Medicare Part D claims for 185 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 16 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Cefpodoxime Proxetil25 claims
- Prednisone24 claims
- Cephalexin22 claims
- Ondansetron Odt17 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass15 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl14 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.
David Appelbaum among 1,829 emergency medicine physician records in Massachusetts
David Appelbaum, MD is one of 1,829 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Massachusetts. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2020, is newer than 87% of them.
- NPI issued2020 · 87% of these records are older, 8% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 66% of these records are
- Record last updated2025 · 57% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Massachusetts practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
543 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Boston
They are 543 of the 41,865 NPPES records with a practice address in Boston, and 1,829 emergency medicine physician records in Massachusetts.
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Common questions
What is David Appelbaum, MD's NPI number?
David Appelbaum, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1205459567, issued on May 21, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is David Appelbaum, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA, 02215. Phone: (617) 667-7000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify David Appelbaum, MD's license?
NPPES lists Massachusetts license number 1015122, 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 David Appelbaum, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, David Appelbaum, MD had 226 Medicare Part D claims for 185 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
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.