NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Horst Filtzer, M.D.

Internal Medicine Physician · Bullhead City, AZ

Horst Filtzer, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Bullhead City, Arizona, and NPI 1417018862, issued on Dec 12, 2006. Check the license (Arizona 35139, as entered in NPPES) on the Arizona Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1417018862
Name
Horst Filtzer
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License number
35139 AZ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1555 Ramar RD, Bullhead City, AZ 86442
Phone
(928) 299-3087
Enumerated
Dec 12, 2006
Record last updated
Sep 18, 2025
Fax
(480) 919-1166
Medicaid IDs
2004879 MA
192396 AZ
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20070430000625); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Harvard Medical School, 1965
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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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersArizona Medical Board
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  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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43% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024

1,824 Medicare Part D claims for 194 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 33 claims were for opioids.

  1. Horst Filtzer1,824
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Levothyroxine Sodium97 claims
  2. Atorvastatin Calcium92 claims
  3. Trazodone Hcl71 claims
  4. Amlodipine Besylate65 claims
  5. Metoprolol Tartrate47 claims
  6. Losartan Potassium45 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.

The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 80.5 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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 score93.1
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%62.6
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%75.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

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

Industry payments in 2024: $92.73

3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Amgen Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Horst Filtzer$92.73
  2. Specialty average$1,303.06

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. Link Medical IncBullhead City, AZ

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

14 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Bullhead City

They are 14 of the 403 NPPES records with a practice address in Bullhead City, and 2,853 internal medicine physician records in Arizona.

Other internal medicine physician records in Arizona

  1. Daniel Aaronson, MDTucson, AZ1134865355
  2. Constantia Abarikwu, MDPhoenix, AZ1497832620
  3. Jaber Abawi, MDPayson, AZ1629038542
  4. Demsas Abay, MDPeoria, AZ1720312390
  5. Firas Abbas, M.D. M.P.H.Mesa, AZ1336481407
  6. Hassan Abbas, D.O.Mesa, AZ1477294775
  7. Jalal Abbas, M.D.Sun City West, AZ1205895034
  8. Tayeb Abbas, MDSun City West, AZ1093406795
  9. Hamed Abbaszadegan, MDPhoenix, AZ1407083579
  10. Kristopher Abbate, MDTucson, AZ1184112401

Common questions

What is Horst Filtzer, M.D.'s NPI number?

Horst Filtzer, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1417018862, issued on Dec 12, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Horst Filtzer, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1555 Ramar RD, Bullhead City, AZ, 86442. Phone: (928) 299-3087. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Horst Filtzer, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Arizona license number 35139, as entered by the provider. Search the Arizona Medical Board at https://www.azmd.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Horst Filtzer, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Horst Filtzer, M.D. had 1,824 Medicare Part D claims for 194 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Horst Filtzer, M.D.'s MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 80.5 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.