NPI registry status
Active
2026 NPPES data Family Medicine Physician NPI 1487673125 MD.
Verify on CMS → Gerald Edwards, MD.
Family Medicine Physician in Cazenoviz, New York.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 150,125 in Family Medicine Physician, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.
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We show these CMS records as-is - no composite score, no star rating, no editorial opinion layered on top.
Prescribing volume
4K
Medicare Part D claims · 319 beneficiaries · Family Medicine Physician avg: 4K
Generic prescribing
83%
generic claims · 16% brand-name · higher generic rates reduce patient out-of-pocket costs
Industry payments
$17.43
1 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File, 2024
What the federal data shows
Gerald Edwards, MD. filed 3,722 Medicare Part D claims in 2024 as a Family Medicine Physician in Cazenoviz, New York, prescribing 83% generic.
- 4K
- Part D claims, 2024
- 83%
- generic prescribing
- Likely
- board-certified (heuristic)
- ≥91st
- pct by Part D claim volume (lower-bound band)
Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.
Federal trust snapshot
What official records show about Gerald Edwards, MD.
Federal records show an active NPI with Medicare Part D prescribing activity — verifiable registry data, not a proprietary rating.
- Verified
NPI registry status
Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1487673125), first enumerated 07/19/2006.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 3,722 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.
Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF
- Reported
Board certification signal
Heuristic suggests board-certified status based on ABMS-eligible specialty taxonomy plus active CMS participation signals — not a direct ABMS verification.
- Reported
Hospital affiliations
2 CMS Care Compare hospital affiliations on record — practice footprint from the Doctors and Clinicians file.
Source: CMS Care Compare
- Reported
Industry payment transparency
$17.43 in reported industry payments (1 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.
Source: CMS Open Payments
- State context
State board disciplinary context
New York statewide board action statistics are published annually — these figures describe aggregate state activity, not Gerald Edwards, MD.'s individual license status. Verify directly with the state medical board.
Source: NYSBPMC annual report 2023
- Not in federal data
Individual sanction lookup
PlainDoctor does not publish per-provider disciplinary determinations. Confirm current license and any individual actions through the state medical board or FSMB verification service.
Source: State medical board / FSMB
This trust snapshot summarizes only what appears in federal CMS/NPPES public records. It is not a composite score, star rating, patient review, or clinical recommendation. PlainDoctor never fabricates reviews or AggregateRating schema.
CMS NPPES provider registry desk
NPI 1487673125 · Family Medicine Physician
NPI-10 · ENUM-LEGACY · TAX-MEGA · RX-MID · BOOK-MID · PHOTO-ENUM
- NPI-10 1487673125
- ENUM-LEGACY 2006
- TAX-MEGA 150K Family Medicine
- RX-MID 3,722
- BOOK-MID 6,002 in New York
- PHOTO-ENUM Christopher Ritchie,… · 2006
Gerald Edwards, MD.'s Medicare Part D volume vs every U.S. prescriber
Total Medicare Part D claims, 2024, across all CMS prescribers nationally
3,722 ≥ 91st percentile 91% of 1,416,883 prescribers are in lower value bands
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more prescribers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
The percentile is a conservative 100-claim band: it counts only prescribers in lower claim-volume bands. Medicare Part D claim volume is activity context, not a quality measure or recommendation. See methodology § corpus placement.
Source CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File · 2024
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Board certification likely (heuristic, not verified)
Gerald Edwards, MD. practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + 2 hospital affiliations - signals consistent with board-certified status. For verified board certification, see CertificationMatters.org (the official ABMS public lookup).
What does the federal data show about Gerald Edwards, MD.?
Quality data not reportedPrimary specialty
Family Medicine Physician
Medicare Part D claims
3,722 6% vs specialty avg
Specialty distribution in New York
How Family Medicine Physician compares to other specialties among New York providers
Board certification
Not published by CMS
CMS does not publish a per-provider board-certification field in NPPES. PlainDoctor does not have a reliable per-specialty certification rate to show for Family Medicine Physician. Verify directly:
How MIPS and board certification work
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.
Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).
Practice Address
Provider Details
| NPI | 1487673125 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Family Medicine Physician |
| Credentials | MD. |
| Gender | Male |
| NPI Issued | 07/19/2006 |
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where Gerald Edwards, MD. bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" - a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.
St Josephs Hospital Health Center
Syracuse, NY
St Josephs Medical PC
Syracuse, NY
Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).
Industry payments received (2024) - CMS Open Payments transparency data
The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for Gerald Edwards, MD.. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$17
Largest payer
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Most common payment type
Food and Beverage
Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias, they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.
License & disciplinary context - New York NYSBPMC 2023 annual report
Aggregate state board data only, NOT a determination of any individual provider's status. The figures below describe statewide disciplinary activity across all ~100K New York medical licensees in 2023 - they are NOT specific to Gerald Edwards, MD.. To verify Gerald Edwards, MD.'s current license status, search the NYSBPMC public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.
312
Total board actions, New York 2023
Across 302 cases
3.12
Actions per 1,000 licensees
New York statewide rate
probation
Most common action type
89 cases
NYSBPMC publishes annual disciplinary statistics as part of public-record reporting under each state's Administrative Procedure Act. See the full breakdown by action type and year on the New York disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.
Brand vs generic prescribing mix · Typical
Gerald Edwards, MD. - brand share 16.0%
Family Medicine Physician average
16% brand-name claims vs 83% generic, on 3,722 2024 Medicare Part D claims.
The federal Medicare Part D Generic Dispensing Rate national benchmark sits near 90% generic / 10% brand for primary-care prescribers, per CMS Office of the Actuary 2024 estimates. Higher brand share is common in specialty prescribing where generic equivalents are not available.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.
3,722
Total Claims
$512K
Total Drug Cost
319
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 8,442.833
- Total Day Supply
- 244,133
- Brand vs Generic
- 16% brand / 83% generic
- Brand Drug Cost
- $450K
- Generic Drug Cost
- $60K
- Opioid Claims
- 91 (2.4% rate)
- Antibiotic Claims
- 88
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 74.1 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 0.97
- Gender Split
- 47% female / 53% male
- Age Distribution
- <65: 25, 65-74: 142, 75-84: 115, 85+: 37
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What Gerald Edwards, MD. prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024
- Amlodipine Besylate
Amlodipine Besylate
207 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium
Atorvastatin Calcium
204 claims
- Lisinopril
Lisinopril
134 claims
- Hydrochlorothiazide
Hydrochlorothiazide
121 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium
Levothyroxine Sodium
120 claims
- Famotidine
Famotidine
97 claims
- Fluticasone Propio…
Fluticasone Propionate
96 claims
- Irbesartan
Irbesartan
86 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Amlodipine Besylate | 207 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 204 |
| Lisinopril | 134 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | 121 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 120 |
| Famotidine | 97 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 96 |
| Irbesartan | 86 |
| Albuterol Sulfate Hfa Albuterol Sulfate | 81 |
| Metformin Hcl Er Metformin Hcl | 81 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
Family Medicine Physician Overview
How Gerald Edwards, MD. fits within the Family Medicine Physician landscape nationally.
150,125
Family Medicine Physician Providers in US
56
States with Family Medicine Physician
3,519
Avg Claims per Provider
Gerald Edwards, MD.'s 3,722 claims are above the specialty average of 3,519.
Nationwide Family Medicine Physician peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Edwards, both outside New York so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Same NPPES enumeration year (2006)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Family Medicine Physician Providers in New York
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in New York, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Edwards.
One of 6,002 Family Medicine Physician providers enrolled in New York, 5 are shown here.
Dr. Stuart Aaronson
M.D.
New York, NY
Dr. Amarachi Abara
MD
Bronx, NY
Dr. Sharon Abara-Palaganas
MD
Brooklyn, NY
Dr. Mary Claire Abbot
MD
New York, NY
Heather Abdalla
FNP-C
Horseheads, NY
Compare Family Medicine Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Gerald Edwards, MD.'s specialty? ▼
Gerald Edwards, MD. specializes in Family Medicine Physician and practices in Cazenoviz, New York. Credentials: MD..
How much does Gerald Edwards, MD. prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Gerald Edwards, MD. wrote 3,722 Medicare Part D claims totaling $512K in drug costs for 319 beneficiaries.
Where is Gerald Edwards, MD. located? ▼
Gerald Edwards, MD. is located at 132 1/2 ALBANY STREET, Cazenoviz, NY, 13035. Phone: (315) 655-8171.
What is Gerald Edwards, MD.'s NPI number? ▼
Gerald Edwards, MD.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1487673125, issued on 07/19/2006.
Does Gerald Edwards, MD. prescribe more brand-name or generic drugs? ▼
Gerald Edwards, MD.'s prescribing is 16% brand-name and 83% generic drugs by claim count, with $450K in brand drug costs.
Does Gerald Edwards, MD. prescribe opioids? ▼
Yes, Gerald Edwards, MD. had 91 opioid claims in 2024 with an opioid prescribing rate of 2.4%.
How many Family Medicine Physician providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 150,125 Family Medicine Physician providers across 56 states in the US. The average Family Medicine Physician provider writes 3,519 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Gerald Edwards, MD. prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, Gerald Edwards, MD.'s most frequently prescribed drugs include Amlodipine Besylate, Atorvastatin Calcium, Lisinopril. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Gerald Edwards, MD. accept Medicare? ▼
Gerald Edwards, MD. appears in CMS Medicare data with 3,722 Part D claims and 319 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Gerald Edwards, MD.'s credentials? ▼
Gerald Edwards, MD.'s NPI is 1487673125 with credentials MD.. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.
Data Sources
View source datasets and methodology notes
- Provider Directory
- CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
- Specialty Classification
- NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
- Prescribing Data
- CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2024). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
- Limitations
- Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.
See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.
Data as of August 2026 (NPPES) / 2024 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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