NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Harold Alberto Fernandez, M.D.

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician · Stony Brook, NY

Harold Alberto Fernandez, M.D. is a thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in Stony Brook, New York, and NPI 1720196546, issued on Aug 29, 2006. Check the license (New York 197070, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1720196546
Name
Harold Alberto Fernandez
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician 208G00000X
License number
197070 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
100 Nicolls RD, Stony Brook, NY 11794
Phone
(631) 444-1820
Enumerated
Aug 29, 2006
Record last updated
Oct 12, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(631) 444-8963
Medicaid ID
02176396 NY
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20110308000175); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Harvard Medical School, 1993
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
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 100 Nicolls RD

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

  1. Susan Abramovich, PA-CSurgical Physician Assistant1275219800
  2. Anna Adam, MDInternal Medicine Physician1306266705
  3. Mansoor AhmedNephrology Physician1366154742
  4. Mary Ann Almonte, NP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1104392455
  5. Thomas Banks, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTSurgical Physician Assistant1609412741
  6. Ratna Basak, MDPediatrics Physician1790100626

Verify Harold Alberto Fernandez in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
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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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The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 91.3 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score74.9
  2. Costnot scored (reweighted)
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%91.7
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $206.56

3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Atricure, Inc. The 4,047 providers of this specialty with any payment received $7,828.84 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Harold Fernandez$206.56
  2. Specialty average$7,828.84

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. North Shore-Lij Medical PCBay Shore, NY

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

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician providers in New York

There are 446 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in New York.

Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in New York

  1. Albert Abbott, MDPlattsburgh, NY1881666311
  2. Sunil Abrol, MDBrooklyn, NY1639134513
  3. David Adams, M.D.New York, NY1477506657
  4. Prasad Adusumilli, M.D.New York, NY1689877037
  5. Arun Agrawal, M.D.Hempstead, NY1467455048
  6. Alon Aharon, MDPoughkeepsie, NY1780617746
  7. Mohamed Ahmed, MD, MSCNew York, NY1235800178
  8. Ghayth Al Awwa, MDJohnson City, NY1710403365
  9. Janerio Aldridge, M.D.Buffalo, NY1316903586
  10. Richard Alexander, MDSyracuse, NY1578563805

Common questions

What is Harold Alberto Fernandez, M.D.'s NPI number?

Harold Alberto Fernandez, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1720196546, issued on Aug 29, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Harold Alberto Fernandez, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 100 Nicolls RD, Stony Brook, NY, 11794. Phone: (631) 444-1820. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Harold Alberto Fernandez, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists New York license number 197070, 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.

What is Harold Alberto Fernandez, M.D.'s MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 91.3 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

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.