James Benjamin Israel, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Suffern, NY
James Benjamin Israel, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Suffern, New York, and NPI 1497726491, issued on Jan 28, 2006. Check the license (New York 108902, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- James Benjamin Israel
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 108902 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 222 Route 59, Suffern, NY 10901
- Phone
- (845) 368-0338
- Enumerated
- Jan 28, 2006
- Record last updated
- Nov 19, 2009 (not updated in 17 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (845) 368-0376
- Medicaid ID
- 00447136 NY
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100422000887); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- State University Of New York Downstate Medical Center, 1970
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify James Benjamin Israel 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 108902Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.6 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
8,114 Medicare Part D claims for 872 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims. 23 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate614 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium546 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium525 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium367 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate260 claims
- Metformin Hcl259 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $694.17
37 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Pfizer Inc. 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
- Kahr Health LLCAirmont, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
James Benjamin Israel among 12,067 internal medicine physician records in New York
James Benjamin Israel, 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 2006, is newer than 8% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 8% of these records are older, 53% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated1970 · median 2002 among the 7,221 with a school on file
- Record last updated2009 · 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).
13 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Suffern
They are 13 of the 1,104 NPPES records with a practice address in Suffern, and 12,067 internal medicine physician records in New York.
All 12,067 in New York → Every provider in Suffern → Internal Medicine Physician nationwide →
The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Tobin George, MDSuffern, NY 109011306465992
- Marina Glibicky, MDSuffern, NY 109011245559731
- Mohammad Hafeez, M. D.Suffern, NY 109011639101595
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- Jacob Ouseph, M.DSuffern, NY 109011922274893
Common questions
What is James Benjamin Israel, M.D.'s NPI number?
James Benjamin Israel, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1497726491, issued on Jan 28, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is James Benjamin Israel, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 222 Route 59, Suffern, NY, 10901. Phone: (845) 368-0338. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify James Benjamin Israel, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists New York license number 108902, 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 Benjamin Israel, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, James Benjamin Israel, M.D. had 8,114 Medicare Part D claims for 872 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is James Benjamin Israel, M.D.'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.