Dominick Defrances
Internal Medicine Physician · Natrona Heights, PA
Dominick Defrances is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania, and NPI 1255301123, issued on Jan 24, 2006. Check the license (Pennsylvania OS011933, as entered in NPPES) on the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS); the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Dominick Defrances
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- OS011933 PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1719 Union Ave, Natrona Heights, PA 15065
- Phone
- (724) 226-2128
- Enumerated
- Jan 24, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 25, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050713000055); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine, 2000
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Dominick Defrances in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersPennsylvania Department of State (PALS)
Search for license OS011933Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.0 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
9,556 Medicare Part D claims for 1,037 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 55 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium587 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate445 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium381 claims
- Lisinopril349 claims
- Omeprazole303 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium265 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): 78.5 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).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Upmc Community Medicine IncNatrona Heights, PA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Dominick Defrances among 7,300 internal medicine physician records in Pennsylvania
Dominick Defrances is one of 7,300 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Pennsylvania. 78% 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, 64% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 78% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
- Graduated2000 · median 2008 among the 4,208 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 56% 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 Pennsylvania practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
10 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Natrona Heights
They are 10 of the 314 NPPES records with a practice address in Natrona Heights, and 7,300 internal medicine physician records in Pennsylvania.
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The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Catherine Eagon, MDNatrona Heights, PA 150651104896059
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- Mitchell Lion, DONatrona Heights, PA 150651689175143
- Margaret Meals, MDNatrona Heights, PA 150651770501645
- Greg Meisner, DONatrona Heights, PA 150651326604190
- Darrell Petz, DONatrona Heights, PA 150651053392225
Common questions
What is Dominick Defrances's NPI number?
Dominick Defrances's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1255301123, issued on Jan 24, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Dominick Defrances located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1719 Union Ave, Natrona Heights, PA, 15065. Phone: (724) 226-2128. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Dominick Defrances's license?
NPPES lists Pennsylvania license number OS011933, as entered by the provider. Search the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS) at https://www.pals.pa.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Dominick Defrances prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Dominick Defrances had 9,556 Medicare Part D claims for 1,037 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Dominick Defrances's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 78.5 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.