Lewis W. Britton, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician · Albany, NY
Lewis W. Britton, MD is a thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in Albany, New York, and NPI 1013901537, issued on Sep 12, 2005. Check the license (New York 139347, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Lewis W. Britton
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician 208G00000X
- License number
- 139347 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 7 Southwoods Blvd, Albany, NY 12211
- Phone
- (518) 292-6000
- Enumerated
- Sep 12, 2005
- Record last updated
- Feb 14, 2008 (not updated in 18 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (518) 641-6766
- Medicaid IDs
- 3049931 MA
00991837 NY
1002026 VT - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20091228000361); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 7 Southwoods Blvd
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Jennifer Adjara, NPNurse Practitioner1659645158
- Rizwan Alimohammad, MDCardiovascular Disease Physician1750546008
- Hasan Atalay, MDCardiovascular Disease Physician1508850033
- Gerald Beck, DDS,MSOral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Dentist)1780764308
- Michael Bernstein, MDCardiovascular Disease Physician1356345326
- Kathryn Candeloro, RDRegistered Dietitian1396469573
Verify Lewis W. Britton 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 139347Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 76.7 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $15.11
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. The 4,047 providers of this specialty with any payment received $7,828.84 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
- Albany Medical CollegeAlbany, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Lewis W. Britton among 446 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in New York
Lewis W. Britton, MD is one of 446 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with a practice address in New York. 75% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 84% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated1978 · median 1999 among the 294 with a school on file
- Record last updated2008 · 63% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208G00000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician providers in New York
There are 446 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in New York.
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Common questions
What is Lewis W. Britton, MD's NPI number?
Lewis W. Britton, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1013901537, issued on Sep 12, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Lewis W. Britton, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7 Southwoods Blvd, Albany, NY, 12211. Phone: (518) 292-6000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Lewis W. Britton, MD's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 139347, 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.
What is Lewis W. Britton, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 76.7 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.