Matthew Bessen, MD
Cardiovascular Disease Physician · Louisville, KY
Matthew Bessen, MD is a cardiovascular disease physician with a practice address in Louisville, Kentucky, and NPI 1780672402, issued on Oct 6, 2005. Check the license (Kentucky 30377, as entered in NPPES) on the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Matthew Bessen
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Cardiovascular Disease Physician 207RC0000X
- License numbers
- 30377 KY
01042487A IN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 225 Abraham Flexner Way, Louisville, KY 40202
- Phone
- (502) 585-4321
- Enumerated
- Oct 6, 2005
- Record last updated
- Mar 21, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (502) 566-6338
- Medicaid IDs
- 64303779 KY
200040800 IN - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040310001270); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Chicago College Of Medicine And Surgery, 1982
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Matthew Bessen in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersKentucky Board of Medical Licensure
Search for license 30377Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
5% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average cardiovascular disease physician in 2024
2,932 Medicare Part D claims for 346 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,078 among the 20,728 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium245 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate202 claims
- Potassium Chloride193 claims
- Eliquis190 claims
- Furosemide161 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate158 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: $796.62
32 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. The 16,686 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,819.56 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
- University OF Louisville Physicians IncLouisville, KY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Matthew Bessen among 284 cardiovascular disease physician records in Kentucky
Matthew Bessen, MD is one of 284 cardiovascular disease physician records with a practice address in Kentucky. 87% 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, 82% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 87% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 76% of these records are
- Graduated1982 · median 1998 among the 216 with a school on file
- Record last updated2018 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RC0000X and a Kentucky practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers in Kentucky
There are 284 cardiovascular disease physician records in Kentucky.
All 284 in Kentucky → Every provider in Louisville → Cardiovascular Disease Physician nationwide →
The 8 cardiovascular disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Michael Imburgia, MDLouisville, KY 402021649278938
- Koduvathara James, MDLouisville, KY 402021063400885
- John Kenny, MDLouisville, KY 402021891746483
- Amir Piracha, MDLouisville, KY 402021578555942
- Suresh Rekhraj, M.D.Louisville, KY 402021487652103
- Armand Rothschild, MDLouisville, KY 402021770534034
Common questions
What is Matthew Bessen, MD's NPI number?
Matthew Bessen, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1780672402, issued on Oct 6, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Matthew Bessen, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 225 Abraham Flexner Way, Louisville, KY, 40202. Phone: (502) 585-4321. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Matthew Bessen, MD's license?
NPPES lists Kentucky license number 30377, as entered by the provider. Search the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure at https://web1.ky.gov/GenSearch/LicenseSearch.aspx?AGY=5. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Matthew Bessen, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Matthew Bessen, MD had 2,932 Medicare Part D claims for 346 beneficiaries; the average among cardiovascular disease physician prescribers was 3,078. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Matthew Bessen, 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.