Howard J. Ritz, PA-C
Physician Assistant · Glens Falls, NY
Howard J. Ritz, PA-C is a physician assistant with a practice address in Glens Falls, New York, and NPI 1669448239, issued on Feb 24, 2006. Check the license (New York 006799, as entered in NPPES) with the New York board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Howard J. Ritz
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- 006799 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 14 Hudson Ave, Glens Falls, NY 12801
- Phone
- (518) 926-1380
- Enumerated
- Feb 24, 2006
- Record last updated
- May 27, 2025
- Fax
- (518) 926-1385
- Medicaid ID
- 02499847 NY
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040716000903); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Nebraska College Of Medicine, 2003
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Howard J. Ritz in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich New York board licenses this profession
Search for license 006799Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
10% more Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
914 Medicare Part D claims for 268 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Fluticasone Propionate180 claims
- Azelastine Hcl161 claims
- Ipratropium Bromide115 claims
- Mometasone Furoate39 claims
- Prednisone36 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium30 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 93.9 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.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $460.30
21 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 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
- Glens Falls Hospital IncGlens Falls, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Howard J. Ritz among 15,555 physician assistant records in New York
Howard J. Ritz, PA-C is one of 15,555 physician assistant records with a practice address in New York. 74% 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 1% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 1% of these records are older, 87% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 52% of these records are
- Graduated2003 · median 2018 among the 8,158 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 48% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Howard J. Ritz, PA-C's NPI number?
Howard J. Ritz, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1669448239, issued on Feb 24, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Howard J. Ritz, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 14 Hudson Ave, Glens Falls, NY, 12801. Phone: (518) 926-1380. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Howard J. Ritz, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 006799, as entered by the provider. Search the New York board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Howard J. Ritz, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Howard J. Ritz, PA-C had 914 Medicare Part D claims for 268 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Howard J. Ritz, PA-C's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 93.9 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.