Kathleen Firas Barakat, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Bronx, NY
Kathleen Firas Barakat, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Bronx, New York, and NPI 1184208068, issued on May 7, 2021. Check the license (New York 331795, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kathleen Firas Barakat
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 331795 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1578 Williamsbridge RD, Bronx, NY 10461
- Phone
- (718) 239-2492
- Enumerated
- May 7, 2021
- Record last updated
- Jul 11, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20241231002944); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Kathleen Firas Barakat 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 331795Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
97% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
104 Medicare Part D claims for 30 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 20% of 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $24.33
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Philips North America LLC. 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
- Nuvance Health Medical Practice PCSalt Point, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Kathleen Firas Barakat among 12,067 internal medicine physician records in New York
Kathleen Firas Barakat, MD 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 2021, is newer than 91% of them.
- NPI issued2021 · 91% of these records are older, 6% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated2020 · median 2002 among the 7,221 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 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).
960 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Bronx
They are 960 of the 32,017 NPPES records with a practice address in Bronx, and 12,067 internal medicine physician records in New York.
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Common questions
What is Kathleen Firas Barakat, MD's NPI number?
Kathleen Firas Barakat, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1184208068, issued on May 7, 2021. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kathleen Firas Barakat, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1578 Williamsbridge RD, Bronx, NY, 10461. Phone: (718) 239-2492. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kathleen Firas Barakat, MD's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 331795, 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 Kathleen Firas Barakat, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kathleen Firas Barakat, MD had 104 Medicare Part D claims for 30 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.