Michael Nakashian, MD
Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician · Brick, NJ
Michael Nakashian, MD is an orthopaedic hand surgery physician with a practice address in Brick, New Jersey, and NPI 1629239645, issued on Jun 23, 2008. Check the license (New Jersey 25MA09418000, as entered in NPPES) on the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Michael Nakashian
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician 207XS0106X
- License number
- 25MA09418000 NJ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 457 Jack Martin Blvd Ste 265, Brick, NJ 08724
- Phone
- (732) 840-7500
- Enumerated
- Jun 23, 2008
- Record last updated
- Jan 29, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20141021000315); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Rutgers R W Johnson Medical School (Cam/New Bruns/Pisc), 2008
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Michael Nakashian 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 25MA09418000Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
26% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average orthopaedic hand surgery physician in 2024
138 Medicare Part D claims for 93 beneficiaries, against an average of 186 among the 2,203 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 33 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Meloxicam72 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl18 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: $97.62
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Revance Therapeutics, Inc. The 1,819 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,529.86 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
- Orthonj LLCManasquan, NJ
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Michael Nakashian among 93 orthopaedic hand surgery physician records in New Jersey
Michael Nakashian, MD is one of 93 orthopaedic hand surgery physician records with a practice address in New Jersey. 92% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2008, is newer than 46% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 46% of these records are older, 46% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 92% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 88% of these records are
- Graduated2008 · median 2006 among the 82 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 48% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207XS0106X and a New Jersey practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician providers in New Jersey
There are 93 orthopaedic hand surgery physician records in New Jersey.
All 93 in New Jersey → Every provider in Brick → Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician nationwide →
The 8 orthopaedic hand surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Brian Katt, MDBrick, NJ 087241386625382
- Laura Malfitano, DOBrick, NJ 087241922094242
- Clint Ferenz, M.D.Manasquan, NJ 087361104805647
- Michael Pensak, M.D.Toms River, NJ 087551942437561
- Keith Crivello, MDHamilton, NJ 086911902063167
- Robert Boretz, MDBridgewater, NJ 088071992709760
- Deidre Bielicka, MDEast Brunswick, NJ 088161255635272
- Nicholas Phillips, DOEdison, NJ 088171568741098
Common questions
What is Michael Nakashian, MD's NPI number?
Michael Nakashian, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1629239645, issued on Jun 23, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Michael Nakashian, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 457 Jack Martin Blvd Ste 265, Brick, NJ, 08724. Phone: (732) 840-7500. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Michael Nakashian, MD's license?
NPPES lists New Jersey license number 25MA09418000, 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 Nakashian, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Michael Nakashian, MD had 138 Medicare Part D claims for 93 beneficiaries; the average among orthopaedic hand surgery physician prescribers was 186. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Michael Nakashian, 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.