Michael Handler, MD
Neurological Surgery Physician · Aurora, CO
Michael Handler, MD is a neurological surgery physician with a practice address in Aurora, Colorado, and NPI 1477646826, issued on Sep 30, 2006. Check the license (Colorado 33159, as entered in NPPES) on the Colorado Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Michael Handler
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Neurological Surgery Physician 207T00000X
- License number
- 33159 CO
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 13123 E 16TH Ave, Aurora, CO 80045
- Phone
- (720) 777-1234
- Enumerated
- Sep 30, 2006
- Record last updated
- Apr 6, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 01331594 CO
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080306000094); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Pittsburgh School Of Medicine, 1979
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Michael Handler in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersColorado Medical Board
Search for license 33159Check 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 97.6 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $99.73
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Brainlab, Inc. The 5,377 providers of this specialty with any payment received $14,925.58 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 Physicians IncorporatedAurora, CO
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Michael Handler among 175 neurological surgery physician records in Colorado
Michael Handler, MD is one of 175 neurological surgery physician records with a practice address in Colorado. 74% 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 6% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 6% of these records are older, 57% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1979 · median 2006 among the 110 with a school on file
- Record last updated2012 · 53% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207T00000X and a Colorado practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Neurological Surgery Physician providers in Colorado
There are 175 neurological surgery physician records in Colorado.
All 175 in Colorado → Every provider in Aurora → Neurological Surgery Physician nationwide →
The 8 neurological surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Robert Breeze, MDAurora, CO 800451598868390
- Kerry Brega, MDAurora, CO 800451407959208
- John Coon, MDAurora, CO 800451558369264
- Wayne Gluf, MDAurora, CO 800451518930775
- Yasuaki Harasaki, MDAurora, CO 800451538206883
- James Kelly, MDAurora, CO 800451033212832
- Peter Lennarson, MDAurora, CO 800451013966001
- Kevin Lillehei, MDAurora, CO 800451225131022
Common questions
What is Michael Handler, MD's NPI number?
Michael Handler, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1477646826, issued on Sep 30, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Michael Handler, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 13123 E 16TH Ave, Aurora, CO, 80045. Phone: (720) 777-1234. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Michael Handler, MD's license?
NPPES lists Colorado license number 33159, as entered by the provider. Search the Colorado Medical Board at https://dpo.colorado.gov/Medical. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
What is Michael Handler, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 97.6 of 100. 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.