Michael Barness, M.D.
Psychiatry Physician · Short Hills, NJ
Michael Barness, M.D. is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Short Hills, New Jersey, and NPI 1730478991, issued on Mar 28, 2011. Check the license (New Jersey 25MA06985000, as entered in NPPES) on the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Michael Barness
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- 25MA06985000 NJ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1200 Morris Tpke Ste 3005, Short Hills, NJ 07078
- Phone
- (732) 395-8873
- Enumerated
- Mar 28, 2011
- Record last updated
- Oct 13, 2023
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Michael Barness in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNew Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 25MA06985000Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
52% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
480 Medicare Part D claims for 28 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 9% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Sertraline Hcl88 claims
- Trazodone Hcl48 claims
- Bupropion Hcl26 claims
- Clonazepam23 claims
- Venlafaxine Hcl Er22 claims
- Bupropion Xl18 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: $1,472.31
86 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 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.
Michael Barness among 1,520 psychiatry physician records in New Jersey
Michael Barness, M.D. is one of 1,520 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in New Jersey. 73% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2011, is newer than 71% of them.
- NPI issued2011 · 71% of these records are older, 27% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 73% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 46% of these records are
- Record last updated2023 · 62% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a New Jersey practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
8 psychiatry physician records list a practice address in Short Hills
They are 8 of the 221 NPPES records with a practice address in Short Hills, and 1,520 psychiatry physician records in New Jersey.
All 1,520 in New Jersey → Every provider in Short Hills → Psychiatry Physician nationwide →
The 8 psychiatry physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Pankaj Bhandari, M.D.Short Hills, NJ 070781508920836
- Russett Feldman, M.D.Short Hills, NJ 070781801942107
- Samet Galiboglu, MDShort Hills, NJ 070781659990216
- Rita Newman, MDShort Hills, NJ 070781790905933
- Kofoworola Ojo, M.D.Short Hills, NJ 070781942658075
- Jennifer Shaw, M.D.Short Hills, NJ 070781407005291
- James Steinberg, DO, MPHShort Hills, NJ 070781578140612
- Donald Reeves, M.D.South Orang, NJ 070791821200403
Common questions
What is Michael Barness, M.D.'s NPI number?
Michael Barness, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1730478991, issued on Mar 28, 2011. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Michael Barness, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1200 Morris Tpke Ste 3005, Short Hills, NJ, 07078. Phone: (732) 395-8873. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Michael Barness, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists New Jersey license number 25MA06985000, as entered by the provider. Search the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners at https://newjersey.mylicense.com/verification/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Michael Barness, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Michael Barness, M.D. had 480 Medicare Part D claims for 28 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.