NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Edward A. Bittner, MD PHD

Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician · Boston, MA

Edward A. Bittner, MD PHD is a critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician with a practice address in Boston, Massachusetts, and NPI 1215912456, issued on Dec 9, 2005. Check the license (Massachusetts 212546, as entered in NPPES) on the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1215912456
Name
Edward A. Bittner
Credential
MD PHD
Primary taxonomy
Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician 207RC0200X
License number
212546 MA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
55 Fruit St, Boston, MA 02114
Phone
(617) 726-2273
Enumerated
Dec 9, 2005
Record last updated
Jul 13, 2026
Fax
(617) 726-7536
Medicaid ID
0169340 MA
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20101111001308); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Tulane University School Of Medicine, 1994
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 55 Fruit St

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Affan Aamir, MD, PHARMD, RPHStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1821890377
  2. Matthew AbadirAnesthesiology Physician1699120550
  3. Taimur AbbasiInternal Medicine Physician1841673522
  4. Megan Abbott, MDAnesthesiology Physician1730839333
  5. Moustafa AbdallaStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1952046062
  6. Shadi Abdar Esfahani, MD, MPHDiagnostic Radiology Physician1497137590

Verify Edward A. Bittner in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMassachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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Industry payments in 2024: $350.00

1 payment: consulting fee; the largest payer was Edwards Lifesciences Corporation. The 2,708 providers of this specialty with any payment received $2,958.68 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Edward Bittner$350.00
  2. Specialty average$2,958.68

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

  1. Massachusetts General Physicians Organization IncBoston, MA

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Edward A. Bittner among 157 critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician records in Massachusetts

Edward A. Bittner, MD PHD is one of 157 critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician records with a practice address in Massachusetts. 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.

  • NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 87% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 78% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 74% of these records are
  • Graduated1994 · median 2005 among the 116 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2026 · 39% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RC0200X and a Massachusetts practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician providers in Massachusetts

There are 157 critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician records in Massachusetts.

The 8 critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Richard Channick, M.D.Boston, MA 021141144255886
  2. Alexandra Cist, MDBoston, MA 021141659344091
  3. Ashwin Dharmadhikari, MDBoston, MA 021141710968664
  4. Katherine Dudley, M.D.Boston, MA 021141245497619
  5. Jean Elrick, MDBoston, MA 021141275524993
  6. Ming-Hui Fan, MDBoston, MA 021141063561694
  7. Fiona Gibbons, MDBoston, MA 021141720079288
  8. Michael Gillette, MD PHDBoston, MA 021141619945276

Common questions

What is Edward A. Bittner, MD PHD's NPI number?

Edward A. Bittner, MD PHD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1215912456, issued on Dec 9, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Edward A. Bittner, MD PHD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 55 Fruit St, Boston, MA, 02114. Phone: (617) 726-2273. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Edward A. Bittner, MD PHD's license?

NPPES lists Massachusetts license number 212546, 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.

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.