Howard Irwin Schiff, MD
Urology Physician · New York, NY
Howard Irwin Schiff, MD is a urology physician with a practice address in New York, New York, and NPI 1972535714, issued on Jul 6, 2006. Check the license (New York 127556, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Howard Irwin Schiff
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Urology Physician 208800000X
- License number
- 127556 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1120 Park Ave, New York, NY 10128
- Phone
- (212) 996-6660
- Enumerated
- Jul 6, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 14, 2010 (not updated in 16 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (212) 996-2506
- Medicaid ID
- 00479947 NY
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20111212000714); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- West Virginia University School Of Medicine, 1975
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Howard Irwin Schiff 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 127556Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
27% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average urology physician in 2024
972 Medicare Part D claims for 231 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,340 among the 10,782 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Alfuzosin Hcl Er196 claims
- Tamsulosin Hcl151 claims
- Dutasteride124 claims
- Finasteride115 claims
- Myrbetriq99 claims
- Gemtesa44 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): 0 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: $1,027.12
30 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Biotech, Inc. The 9,340 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,800.04 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.
Howard Irwin Schiff among 1,091 urology physician records in New York
Howard Irwin Schiff, MD is one of 1,091 urology physician records with a practice address in New York. 80% 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 13% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 13% of these records are older, 47% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated1975 · median 2000 among the 735 with a school on file
- Record last updated2010 · 66% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208800000X 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 Irwin Schiff, MD's NPI number?
Howard Irwin Schiff, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1972535714, issued on Jul 6, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Howard Irwin Schiff, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1120 Park Ave, New York, NY, 10128. Phone: (212) 996-6660. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Howard Irwin Schiff, MD's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 127556, 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 Irwin Schiff, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Howard Irwin Schiff, MD had 972 Medicare Part D claims for 231 beneficiaries; the average among urology physician prescribers was 1,340. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Howard Irwin Schiff, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 0 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.