Ipek Alpertunga, MD
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Physician in Hartford, Connecticut.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 8,078 in Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Physician, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File, 2024
What the federal data shows
Ipek Alpertunga, MD reported a CMS MIPS final score of 84.5/100 - above the 83.5 national average - and filed 699 Medicare Part D claims in 2024.
- 84.5/100
- MIPS score · +1 vs avg
- 699
- Part D claims, 2024
- 21%
- generic prescribing
- Likely
- board-certified (heuristic)
Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.
Federal trust snapshot
What official records show about Ipek Alpertunga, MD
Federal records show an active NPI with both Medicare prescribing volume and a measured CMS quality score — objective registry data, not patient reviews.
- Verified
NPI registry status
Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1386166452), first enumerated 07/11/2017.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 699 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.
Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF
- Reported
CMS quality reporting (MIPS)
Reported a CMS MIPS final score of 84.5/100 in the Quality Payment Program — a federal quality measure, not a patient review.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program
- Reported
Board certification signal
Heuristic suggests board-certified status based on ABMS-eligible specialty taxonomy plus active CMS participation signals — not a direct ABMS verification.
- Reported
Hospital affiliations
2 CMS Care Compare hospital affiliations on record — practice footprint from the Doctors and Clinicians file.
Source: CMS Care Compare
- Reported
Industry payment transparency
$302.16 in reported industry payments (10 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.
Source: CMS Open Payments
- Not in federal data
Individual sanction lookup
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Source: State medical board / FSMB
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CMS NPPES provider registry desk
NPI 1386166452 · Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Physician
NPI-10 · ENUM-RECENT · TAX-MID · MIPS-INLINE · RX-LIGHT · BOOK-THIN · PHOTO-FINISH
- NPI-10 1386166452
- ENUM-RECENT 2017
- TAX-MID 8K Endocrinology, Diabetes
- MIPS-INLINE 84.5/100
- RX-LIGHT 699
- BOOK-THIN 166 in Connecticut
- PHOTO-FINISH Neha Malhotra · ±0.0
MIPS final-score neighbourhood
Same-specialty nationwide peers by CMS final score, not geographic proximity
- Alpertunga · thi…
Alpertunga · this provider
84.5 MIPS pts
- Rahat Ahmed · hi…
Rahat Ahmed
84.5 MIPS pts
- Neha Malhotra · …
Neha Malhotra
84.5 MIPS pts
- Robert Aden · near
Robert Aden
84.5 MIPS pts
- Nidhi Agrawal · …
Nidhi Agrawal
84.5 MIPS pts
What this shows Nearest measured MIPS peers for this NUCC specialty (2023 performance year).
Ipek Alpertunga, MD's MIPS score vs every measured U.S. clinician
CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) final score, 2023, the federal quality measure. Clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded.
85 ≥ 42nd percentile 42% of 454,083 measured providers are in lower value bands
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more measured providers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
The percentile is a conservative whole-score-point band: it counts only measured clinicians in lower score bands. A CMS MIPS metric is not a recommendation or a clinical-quality rating by PlainDoctor. See methodology § corpus placement.
Source CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) · 2023
Where Ipek Alpertunga, MD sits
This provider among endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism physician peers
Across the 2,341 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism physician providers who report both Medicare Part D prescribing and a MIPS quality score, Ipek Alpertunga, MD writes more Part D claims than 21% of them and scores higher on MIPS quality than 46% - placing this provider in the lower-volume, lower-quality quadrant. Volume reflects patient-panel size and specialty, not quality; the two axes are independent.
Each dot is one endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism physician peer from a representative sample of 60; the gold marker is Ipek Alpertunga, MD. Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber data and the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, 2023.
Ipek Alpertunga, MD practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + MIPS quality reporting + 2 hospital affiliations - signals consistent with board-certified status. For verified board certification, see CertificationMatters.org (the official ABMS public lookup).
What does the federal data show about Ipek Alpertunga, MD?
Near national averagePrimary specialty
Medicare Part D claims
MIPS final score
Specialty distribution in Connecticut
How Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Physician compares to other specialties among Connecticut providers
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Physician ranks #72 among Connecticut's specialties (0.2% of in-state providers)
Each bar is a specialty's share of the Connecticut provider total, by primary NUCC taxonomy. The highlighted bar is Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Physician; the long tail of smaller specialties is omitted for legibility.
Medicare quality performance, MIPS
Ipek Alpertunga, MD's 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Physician national average
- MIPS Final Score
- 84.5/100
- vs 83.5 national avg · 2023 performance year
Quality benchmarks
- National MIPS avg 2023 measured reporting year
- Quality dim CMS Quality category
- Cost dim CMS Cost category
- Specialty volume Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Physician US NPIs
84.5/100 MIPS final score - 1.0 pts above the 83.5 national average
Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities composite score for the 2023 performance year. Specialty: Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Physician. Quality dim: 79.3. Cost dim: 59.6.
How MIPS and board certification work
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.
Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).
Practice Address
Provider Details
| NPI | 1386166452 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Physician |
| Credentials | MD |
| Gender | Female |
| NPI Issued | 07/11/2017 |
Verify this provider's license
PlainDoctor pulls this profile from the CMS NPPES public registry. Confirm Ipek Alpertunga, MD's current license status, disciplinary history, and board certifications with the Connecticut Department of Public Health in Connecticut before relying on this page for a clinical or care decision.
How we sourced this profile
Profile fields combine the CMS NPPES monthly snapshot (provider directory, taxonomy, and address) with calendar-year 2023 Medicare Part D and MIPS public-use files when records are present. NPI 1386166452 is the unique 10-digit identifier CMS uses to link Alpertunga across every Medicare, Medicaid, and HIPAA-covered transaction. Read full methodology →
CMS Quality Score (MIPS)
Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.
Reporting: Group practice
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where Ipek Alpertunga, MD bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" - a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.
Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).
Industry payments received (2024) - CMS Open Payments transparency data
The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for Ipek Alpertunga, MD. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$302
Largest payer
Amgen Inc.
Most common payment type
Food and Beverage
Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias, they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.
Brand vs generic prescribing mix · Brand-heavy
61% brand-name claims vs 21% generic, on 699 2024 Medicare Part D claims.
The federal Medicare Part D Generic Dispensing Rate national benchmark sits near 90% generic / 10% brand for primary-care prescribers, per CMS Office of the Actuary 2024 estimates. Higher brand share is common in specialty prescribing where generic equivalents are not available.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 1,384.4
- Total Day Supply
- 40,676
- Brand vs Generic
- 61% brand / 21% generic
- Brand Drug Cost
- $361K
- Generic Drug Cost
- $2K
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 67.4 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 2.49
- Gender Split
- 60% female / 40% male
- Age Distribution
- <65: 35, 65-74: 63, 75-84: N/A, 85+: N/A
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What Ipek Alpertunga, MD prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024
- Mounjaro
Mounjaro
106 claims
- Omnipod 5 Dexg7g6 …
Omnipod 5 Dexg7g6 Pods (Gen 5)
44 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium 37
Levothyroxine Sodium
37 claims
- Nano 2nd Gen Pen N… 35
Nano 2nd Gen Pen Needle
35 claims
- Ozempic 35
Ozempic
35 claims
- Lantus Solostar 31
Lantus Solostar
31 claims
- Metformin Hcl 25
Metformin Hcl
25 claims
- Trulicity 25
Trulicity
25 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Mounjaro Tirzepatide | 106 |
| Omnipod 5 Dexg7g6 Pods (Gen 5) Insulin Pump Cart,auto,bt,g6/7 | 44 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 37 |
| Nano 2nd Gen Pen Needle Pen Needle, Diabetic | 35 |
| Ozempic Semaglutide | 35 |
| Lantus Solostar Insulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 31 |
| Metformin Hcl | 25 |
| Trulicity Dulaglutide | 25 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200 Insulin Degludec | 24 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100 Insulin Degludec | 22 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Physician Overview
How Ipek Alpertunga, MD fits within the Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Physician landscape nationally.
Ipek Alpertunga, MD's 699 claims are below the specialty average of 2,739.
Nationwide Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Physician peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Alpertunga, both outside Connecticut so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Similar MIPS final score
Nearest same-specialty clinicians by CMS MIPS final score (84.5 here).
Same NPPES enumeration year (2017)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Physician Providers in Connecticut
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Connecticut, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Alpertunga.
One of 166 Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Physician providers enrolled in Connecticut, 5 are shown here.
Compare Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
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Data Sources
View source datasets and methodology notes
- Provider Directory
- CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
- Specialty Classification
- NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
- Prescribing Data
- CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2024). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
- Quality Performance
- CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) - 2023 performance year.
- Limitations
- Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.
See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.
Data as of August 2026 (NPPES) / 2024 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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