Howard Eugene Rifkin, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Cedarhurst, NY
Howard Eugene Rifkin, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Cedarhurst, New York, and NPI 1649263336, issued on Aug 26, 2005. Check the license (New York 086129, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Howard Eugene Rifkin
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 086129 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 657 Central Ave, Cedarhurst, NY 11516
- Phone
- (516) 791-1900
- Enumerated
- Aug 26, 2005
- Record last updated
- Dec 6, 2010 (not updated in 16 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (516) 374-4749
- Medicaid ID
- 00132843 NY
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Howard Eugene Rifkin 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 086129Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
99% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
47 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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.
Howard Eugene Rifkin among 12,067 internal medicine physician records in New York
Howard Eugene Rifkin, MD is one of 12,067 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in New York. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 92% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 60% of these records are
- Record last updated2010 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Internal Medicine Physician providers in New York
There are 12,067 internal medicine physician records in New York.
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The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Marc Ostreicher, M.D.Cedarhurst, NY 115161831420967
- Howard Rosenfeld, MDCedarhurst, NY 115161639140486
- Boris Serebryansky, MDCedarhurst, NY 115161275586182
- James Di Maio, M.D.Carle Place, NY 115141457379570
- Leon Hodes, M.D.East Rockaway, NY 115181043392616
- Alex Lee, M.D., PH.DEast Rockaway, NY 115181831128214
- Muhammad Zakaria, MDEast Rockaway, NY 115181447269824
- Muhammad Ali, MDFreeport, NY 115201346221264
Common questions
What is Howard Eugene Rifkin, MD's NPI number?
Howard Eugene Rifkin, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1649263336, issued on Aug 26, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Howard Eugene Rifkin, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 657 Central Ave, Cedarhurst, NY, 11516. Phone: (516) 791-1900. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Howard Eugene Rifkin, MD's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 086129, 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 Howard Eugene Rifkin, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Howard Eugene Rifkin, MD had 47 Medicare Part D claims; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
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.