Fortunato Difranco, INTERNAL MEDICINE
Internal Medicine Physician · Ozone Park, NY
Fortunato Difranco, INTERNAL MEDICINE is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Ozone Park, New York, and NPI 1669458295, issued on Dec 15, 2005. Check the license (New York 167562, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Fortunato Difranco
- Credential
- INTERNAL MEDICINE
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 167562 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 7506 Liberty Ave, Ozone Park, NY 11417
- Phone
- (718) 848-9100
- Enumerated
- Dec 15, 2005
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 7506 Liberty Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Sharmin Choudhury, PAMedical Physician Assistant1326389909
- Hetal Naik, PTPhysical Therapist1417879149
Verify Fortunato Difranco in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
Search for license 167562Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS, AOA, NCCPA, AANPNot checked
3.6 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
10,143 Medicare Part D claims for 579 beneficiaries, against an average of 2,785 among the 127,794 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 37 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate537 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium424 claims
- Metformin Hcl417 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium360 claims
- Omeprazole320 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa315 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: $64.49
4 payments, mostly food and beverage; the largest payer was Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC. The 65,274 providers of this specialty with any payment received $2,536.66 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.
One hospital or facility affiliation
- Tjh Medical Services PCFlushing, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians affiliations; Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.
17 internal medicine physician records list a Ozone Park practice address
They are 17 of the 483 NPPES records with a Ozone Park practice address, and 13,725 internal medicine physician records in New York.
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Common questions
What is Fortunato Difranco, INTERNAL MEDICINE's NPI number?
Fortunato Difranco, INTERNAL MEDICINE's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1669458295, issued on Dec 15, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Fortunato Difranco, INTERNAL MEDICINE located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7506 Liberty Ave, Ozone Park, NY, 11417. Phone: (718) 848-9100. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Fortunato Difranco, INTERNAL MEDICINE's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 167562, as entered by the provider. Search the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions at https://www.op.nysed.gov/services/verifications/online-verification-searches. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Fortunato Difranco, INTERNAL MEDICINE prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Fortunato Difranco, INTERNAL MEDICINE had 10,143 Medicare Part D claims for 579 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 2,785. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), loaded Aug 27, 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.
Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 27, 2026.