Efraim Kessous, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Gaithersburg, MD
Efraim Kessous, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Gaithersburg, Maryland, and NPI 1699983858, issued on May 20, 2007. Check the license (Maryland D0070798, as entered in NPPES) on the Maryland Board of Physicians; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Efraim Kessous
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License numbers
- D0070798 MD
MD040210 DC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 800 S Frederick Ave, Gaithersburg, MD 20877
- Phone
- (301) 208-2273
- Enumerated
- May 20, 2007
- Record last updated
- May 17, 2023
- Fax
- (240) 252-4222
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20121130000231); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 800 S Frederick Ave
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Verify Efraim Kessous in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMaryland Board of Physicians
Search for license D0070798Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
83% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
599 Medicare Part D claims for 93 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Losartan-Hydrochlorothiazide51 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate41 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium38 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium34 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium27 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate23 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $121.44
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Biotech, Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- Kessous And Kessous MD PCGaithersburg, MD
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Efraim Kessous among 1,912 family medicine physician records in Maryland
Efraim Kessous, MD is one of 1,912 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Maryland. 73% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 46% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 46% of these records are older, 42% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 73% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated2002 · median 2004 among the 1,141 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Maryland practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
30 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Gaithersburg
They are 30 of the 2,580 NPPES records with a practice address in Gaithersburg, and 1,912 family medicine physician records in Maryland.
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Common questions
What is Efraim Kessous, MD's NPI number?
Efraim Kessous, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1699983858, issued on May 20, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Efraim Kessous, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 800 S Frederick Ave, Gaithersburg, MD, 20877. Phone: (301) 208-2273. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Efraim Kessous, MD's license?
NPPES lists Maryland license number D0070798, as entered by the provider. Search the Maryland Board of Physicians at https://www.mbp.state.md.us/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Efraim Kessous, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Efraim Kessous, MD had 599 Medicare Part D claims for 93 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.