Fred D. Cushner, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · New York, NY
Fred D. Cushner, MD is an orthopaedic surgery physician with a practice address in New York, New York, and NPI 1588637938, issued on Feb 8, 2006. Check the license (New York 192135, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Fred D. Cushner
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Orthopaedic Surgery Physician 207X00000X
- License number
- 192135 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 535 E 70TH St, New York, NY 10021
- Phone
- (646) 797-8973
- Enumerated
- Feb 8, 2006
- Record last updated
- Apr 1, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20041116001319); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of South Carolina School Of Medicine, 1988
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 535 E 70TH St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Fred D. Cushner 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 192135Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
44% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average orthopaedic surgery physician in 2024
193 Medicare Part D claims for 115 beneficiaries, against an average of 346 among the 16,516 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of claims. 17 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Diclofenac Sodium130 claims
- Celecoxib33 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl12 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $918,003.15
104 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Smith+Nephew, Inc. The 15,003 providers of this specialty with any payment received $23,022.89 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
- NY Society For The Relief OF Ruptured And Crippled MaintainingUniondale, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Fred D. Cushner among 1,339 orthopaedic surgery physician records in New York
Fred D. Cushner, MD is one of 1,339 orthopaedic surgery physician records with a practice address in New York. 76% 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 10% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 10% of these records are older, 44% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 61% of these records are
- Graduated1988 · median 2002 among the 819 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 67% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207X00000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician providers in New York
There are 1,339 orthopaedic surgery physician records in New York.
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The 8 orthopaedic surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Edward Crane, MDNew York, NY 100211841245974
- Andreas Gomoll, MDNew York, NY 100211649259946
- Steven Harwin, MDNew York, NY 100211962465542
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Common questions
What is Fred D. Cushner, MD's NPI number?
Fred D. Cushner, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1588637938, issued on Feb 8, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Fred D. Cushner, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 535 E 70TH St, New York, NY, 10021. Phone: (646) 797-8973. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Fred D. Cushner, MD's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 192135, 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 Fred D. Cushner, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Fred D. Cushner, MD had 193 Medicare Part D claims for 115 beneficiaries; the average among orthopaedic surgery physician prescribers was 346. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Fred D. Cushner, MD's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.