NPI registry status
Active
2026 NPPES data Urology Physician NPI 1720124381 M.D.
Verify on CMS → John Califano, M.D.
Urology Physician in Bronx, New York.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 13,367 in Urology 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.
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We show these CMS records as-is - no composite score, no star rating, no editorial opinion layered on top.
Prescribing volume
3K
Medicare Part D claims · 916 beneficiaries · Urology Physician avg: 1K
Generic prescribing
89%
generic claims · 11% brand-name · higher generic rates reduce patient out-of-pocket costs
Industry payments
$206.87
6 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File, 2023
What the federal data shows
John Califano, M.D. filed 3,053 Medicare Part D claims in 2023 as a Urology Physician in Bronx, New York, prescribing 89% generic.
- 3K
- Part D claims, 2023
- 89%
- generic prescribing
- Likely
- board-certified (heuristic)
- ≥89th
- pct by Part D claim volume (lower-bound band)
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 John Califano, M.D.
Federal records show an active NPI with Medicare Part D prescribing activity — verifiable registry data, not a proprietary rating.
- Verified
NPI registry status
Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1720124381), first enumerated 01/30/2007.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 3,053 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.
Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF
- 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
$206.87 in reported industry payments (6 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.
Source: CMS Open Payments
- State context
State board disciplinary context
New York statewide board action statistics are published annually — these figures describe aggregate state activity, not John Califano, M.D.'s individual license status. Verify directly with the state medical board.
Source: NYSBPMC annual report 2023
- Not in federal data
Individual sanction lookup
PlainDoctor does not publish per-provider disciplinary determinations. Confirm current license and any individual actions through the state medical board or FSMB verification service.
Source: State medical board / FSMB
This trust snapshot summarizes only what appears in federal CMS/NPPES public records. It is not a composite score, star rating, patient review, or clinical recommendation. PlainDoctor never fabricates reviews or AggregateRating schema.
CMS NPPES provider registry desk
NPI 1720124381 · Urology Physician
NPI-10 · ENUM-MID · TAX-MID · RX-MID · BOOK-LIGHT · PHOTO-ENUM
- NPI-10 1720124381
- ENUM-MID 2007
- TAX-MID 13K Urology Physician
- RX-MID 3,053
- BOOK-LIGHT 1,015 in New York
- PHOTO-ENUM Aaron Berger · 2007
John Califano, M.D.'s Medicare Part D volume vs every U.S. prescriber
Total Medicare Part D claims, 2023, across all CMS prescribers nationally
3,053 ≥ 89th percentile 89% of 1,370,886 prescribers are in lower value bands
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more prescribers. 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 100-claim band: it counts only prescribers in lower claim-volume bands. Medicare Part D claim volume is activity context, not a quality measure or recommendation. See methodology § corpus placement.
Source CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File · 2023
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Board certification likely (heuristic, not verified)
John Califano, M.D. practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + 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 John Califano, M.D.?
Quality data not reportedPrimary specialty
Urology Physician
Medicare Part D claims
3,053 139% vs specialty avg
Specialty distribution in New York
How Urology Physician compares to other specialties among New York providers
Board certification
Not published by CMS
CMS does not publish a per-provider board-certification field in NPPES. PlainDoctor does not have a reliable per-specialty certification rate to show for Urology Physician. Verify directly:
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 | 1720124381 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Urology Physician |
| Credentials | M.D. |
| Gender | Male |
| NPI Issued | 01/30/2007 |
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where John Califano, M.D. 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.
Essen Medical Associates, PC
Bronx, NY
Shakespeare Operating LLC
Bronx, NY
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 John Califano, M.D.. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$207
Largest payer
Axonics, 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.
License & disciplinary context - New York NYSBPMC 2023 annual report
Aggregate state board data only, NOT a determination of any individual provider's status. The figures below describe statewide disciplinary activity across all ~100K New York medical licensees in 2023 - they are NOT specific to John Califano, M.D.. To verify John Califano, M.D.'s current license status, search the NYSBPMC public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.
312
Total board actions, New York 2023
Across 302 cases
3.12
Actions per 1,000 licensees
New York statewide rate
probation
Most common action type
89 cases
NYSBPMC publishes annual disciplinary statistics as part of public-record reporting under each state's Administrative Procedure Act. See the full breakdown by action type and year on the New York disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.
Brand vs generic prescribing mix · Typical
John Califano, M.D. - brand share 11.0%
Urology Physician average
11% brand-name claims vs 89% generic, on 3,053 2023 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 2023.
3,053
Total Claims
$445K
Total Drug Cost
916
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 5,699
- Total Day Supply
- 143,055
- Brand vs Generic
- 11% brand / 89% generic
- Brand Drug Cost
- $339K
- Generic Drug Cost
- $107K
- Opioid Claims
- 235 (7.7% rate)
- Antibiotic Claims
- 1,076
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 73.8 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 1.29
- Gender Split
- 28% female / 72% male
- Age Distribution
- <65: 89, 65-74: 390, 75-84: 330, 85+: 107
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2023. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What John Califano, M.D. prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2023
- Tamsulosin Hcl
Tamsulosin Hcl
687 claims
- Sulfamethoxazole-T…
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim
498 claims
- Nitrofurantoin Mon… 261
Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro
261 claims
- Solifenacin Succin… 225
Solifenacin Succinate
225 claims
- Myrbetriq 186
Myrbetriq
186 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl 184
Oxycodone Hcl
184 claims
- Cephalexin 120
Cephalexin
120 claims
- Ciprofloxacin Hcl 113
Ciprofloxacin Hcl
113 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 687 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 498 |
| Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro Nitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst | 261 |
| Solifenacin Succinate | 225 |
| Myrbetriq Mirabegron | 186 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 184 |
| Cephalexin | 120 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 113 |
| Finasteride | 111 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride Er Oxybutynin Chloride | 109 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
Urology Physician Overview
How John Califano, M.D. fits within the Urology Physician landscape nationally.
13,367
Urology Physician Providers in US
54
States with Urology Physician
1,280
Avg Claims per Provider
John Califano, M.D.'s 3,053 claims are above the specialty average of 1,280.
Nationwide Urology Physician peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Califano, both outside New York so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Same NPPES enumeration year (2007)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Urology Physician Providers in New York
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in New York, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Califano.
One of 1,015 Urology Physician providers enrolled in New York, 5 are shown here.
Dr. Paul Aaronson
MD
Forest Hills, NY
Dr. Samuel Abourbih
MD,CM
Middletown, NY
Dr. Henry Abrams
M.D.
Dix Hills, NY
Dr. Nagui Adeeb
M.D.
Medina, NY
Dr. Howard Adler
M.D.
East Setauket, NY
Compare Urology Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is John Califano, M.D.'s specialty? ▼
John Califano, M.D. specializes in Urology Physician and practices in Bronx, New York. Credentials: M.D..
How much does John Califano, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2023, John Califano, M.D. wrote 3,053 Medicare Part D claims totaling $445K in drug costs for 916 beneficiaries.
Where is John Califano, M.D. located? ▼
John Califano, M.D. is located at 2015 GRAND CONCOURSE, Bronx, NY, 10453. Phone: (718) 583-7736.
What is John Califano, M.D.'s NPI number? ▼
John Califano, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1720124381, issued on 01/30/2007.
Does John Califano, M.D. prescribe more brand-name or generic drugs? ▼
John Califano, M.D.'s prescribing is 11% brand-name and 89% generic drugs by claim count, with $339K in brand drug costs.
Does John Califano, M.D. prescribe opioids? ▼
Yes, John Califano, M.D. had 235 opioid claims in 2023 with an opioid prescribing rate of 7.7%.
How many Urology Physician providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 13,367 Urology Physician providers across 54 states in the US. The average Urology Physician provider writes 1,280 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does John Califano, M.D. prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2023 Medicare Part D data, John Califano, M.D.'s most frequently prescribed drugs include Tamsulosin Hcl, Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim, Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does John Califano, M.D. accept Medicare? ▼
John Califano, M.D. appears in CMS Medicare data with 3,053 Part D claims and 916 Medicare beneficiaries in 2023. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify John Califano, M.D.'s credentials? ▼
John Califano, M.D.'s NPI is 1720124381 with credentials M.D.. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.
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 (2023). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
- 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 April 2026 (NPPES) / 2023 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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