Hugh E. Berckmueller, MD
Ophthalmology Physician · Newport News, VA
Hugh E. Berckmueller, MD is an ophthalmology physician with a practice address in Newport News, Virginia, and NPI 1093701682, issued on Sep 20, 2005. Check the license (Virginia 0101056628, as entered in NPPES) on the Virginia Department of Health Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Hugh E. Berckmueller
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Ophthalmology Physician 207W00000X
- License number
- 0101056628 VA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 704 Thimble Shoals Blvd, Newport News, VA 23606
- Phone
- (757) 595-8404
- Enumerated
- Sep 20, 2005
- Record last updated
- Sep 16, 2010 (not updated in 16 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (757) 595-8353
- Medicaid ID
- 00630876 VA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110128000599); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Cincinnati College Of Medicine, 1996
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Hugh E. Berckmueller in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersVirginia Department of Health Professions
Search for license 0101056628Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
36% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average ophthalmology physician in 2024
967 Medicare Part D claims for 245 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,518 among the 16,459 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 41% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost308 claims
- Lumigan69 claims
- Dorzolamide-Timolol57 claims
- Travoprost54 claims
- Simbrinza53 claims
- Timolol Maleate52 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $333.42
14 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. The 13,221 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,535.02 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
- James River Eye Physicians PCNewport News, VA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Hugh E. Berckmueller among 592 ophthalmology physician records in Virginia
Hugh E. Berckmueller, MD is one of 592 ophthalmology physician records with a practice address in Virginia. 76% 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, 82% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated1996 · median 2000 among the 381 with a school on file
- Record last updated2010 · 65% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207W00000X and a Virginia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Ophthalmology Physician providers in Virginia
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Common questions
What is Hugh E. Berckmueller, MD's NPI number?
Hugh E. Berckmueller, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1093701682, issued on Sep 20, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Hugh E. Berckmueller, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 704 Thimble Shoals Blvd, Newport News, VA, 23606. Phone: (757) 595-8404. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Hugh E. Berckmueller, MD's license?
NPPES lists Virginia license number 0101056628, as entered by the provider. Search the Virginia Department of Health Professions at https://dhp.virginiainteractive.org/lookup/index. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Hugh E. Berckmueller, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Hugh E. Berckmueller, MD had 967 Medicare Part D claims for 245 beneficiaries; the average among ophthalmology physician prescribers was 1,518. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Hugh E. Berckmueller, MD's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.