James Besante, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · New York, NY
James Besante, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in New York, New York, and NPI 1588048375, issued on Jul 13, 2015. Check the license (New York 294305, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- James Besante
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License numbers
- 294305 NY
263635 MA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1000 10TH Ave, New York, NY 10019
- Phone
- (212) 523-6845
- Enumerated
- Jul 13, 2015
- Record last updated
- Feb 23, 2026
- Fax
- (212) 523-6494
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20260422003215); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of New Mexico School Of Medicine, 2015
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify James Besante 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 294305Check 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
46 Medicare Part D claims for 20 beneficiaries, 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $127.08
1 payment: consulting fee; the largest payer was Becton, Dickinson and Company. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- Santa FE Recovery Center IncSanta Fe, NM
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
James Besante among 12,067 internal medicine physician records in New York
James Besante, M.D. 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 2015, is newer than 75% of them.
- NPI issued2015 · 75% of these records are older, 23% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated2015 · median 2002 among the 7,221 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 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).
2,434 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in New York
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Common questions
What is James Besante, M.D.'s NPI number?
James Besante, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1588048375, issued on Jul 13, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is James Besante, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1000 10TH Ave, New York, NY, 10019. Phone: (212) 523-6845. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify James Besante, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists New York license number 294305, 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 James Besante, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, James Besante, M.D. had 46 Medicare Part D claims for 20 beneficiaries; 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.