Jorge Baez, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · Plainview, NY
Jorge Baez, MD is an orthopaedic surgery physician with a practice address in Plainview, New York, and NPI 1578668315, issued on Sep 14, 2006. Check the license (New York 2017781, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Jorge Baez
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Orthopaedic Surgery Physician 207X00000X
- License number
- 2017781 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 651 Old Country Road, Plainview, NY 11803
- Phone
- (516) 681-8822
- Enumerated
- Sep 14, 2006
- Record last updated
- Nov 20, 2009 (not updated in 17 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (516) 681-3332
- Medicaid ID
- 02268880 NY
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040727000802); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- New York University School Of Medicine, 1994
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 651 Old Country Road
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Chiara Quaresimo, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTSurgical Physician Assistant1386879161
- Alan Wolf, MDPsychiatry Physician1265531081
- David Zitner, MDOrthopaedic Surgery Physician1225148901
Verify Jorge Baez 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 2017781Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average orthopaedic surgery physician in 2024
1,413 Medicare Part D claims for 558 beneficiaries, against an average of 346 among the 16,516 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were under 1% of claims. 156 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Meloxicam670 claims
- Celecoxib364 claims
- Tramadol Hcl102 claims
- Methylprednisolone101 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen40 claims
- Amoxicillin34 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: $598.15
23 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Stryker Corporation. The 15,003 providers of this specialty with any payment received $23,022.89 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
- The Central Orthopedic Group L L PMassapequa, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Jorge Baez among 1,339 orthopaedic surgery physician records in New York
Jorge Baez, MD is one of 1,339 orthopaedic surgery physician records with a practice address in New York. 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 2006, is newer than 10% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 10% of these records are older, 44% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 61% of these records are
- Graduated1994 · median 2002 among the 819 with a school on file
- Record last updated2009 · 67% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207X00000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician providers in New York
There are 1,339 orthopaedic surgery physician records in New York.
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The 8 orthopaedic surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Stanley Feingold, M.D.Plainview, NY 118031679843023
- Nicholas FranePlainview, NY 118031265889174
- Shazaan Hushmendy, M.D.Plainview, NY 118031902241151
- Mitchell Keschner, MDPlainview, NY 118031093815920
- Stelios Koutsoumbelis, M.D.Plainview, NY 118031316258015
- Crispin Ong, MDPlainview, NY 118031801062138
- Daniel Seidman, MDPlainview, NY 118031952696304
Common questions
What is Jorge Baez, MD's NPI number?
Jorge Baez, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1578668315, issued on Sep 14, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Jorge Baez, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 651 Old Country Road, Plainview, NY, 11803. Phone: (516) 681-8822. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Jorge Baez, MD's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 2017781, 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 Jorge Baez, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Jorge Baez, MD had 1,413 Medicare Part D claims for 558 beneficiaries; the average among orthopaedic surgery physician prescribers was 346. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Jorge Baez, 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.