NPI registry status
Active
2026 NPPES data Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician NPI 1821178484 MD
Verify on CMS → Michael Saulino, MD
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 15,618 in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.
Federal data, no proprietary rating.
We show these CMS records as-is - no composite score, no star rating, no editorial opinion layered on top.
Prescribing volume
2K
Medicare Part D claims · 107 beneficiaries · Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician avg: 793
Generic prescribing
91%
generic claims · 9% brand-name · higher generic rates reduce patient out-of-pocket costs
MIPS score
100/100
▲ 17 pts above national avg 83.5 · Exceptional
Industry payments
$95.6K
85 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File, 2024
What the federal data shows
Michael Saulino, MD reported a CMS MIPS final score of 100/100 - above the 83.5 national average - and filed 1,513 Medicare Part D claims in 2024.
- 100/100
- MIPS score · +17 vs avg
- 2K
- Part D claims, 2024
- 91%
- generic prescribing
- Likely
- board-certified (heuristic)
Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.
Federal trust snapshot
What official records show about Michael Saulino, MD
Federal records show an active NPI with both Medicare prescribing volume and a measured CMS quality score — objective registry data, not patient reviews.
- Verified
NPI registry status
Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1821178484), first enumerated 10/17/2006.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 1,513 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.
Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF
- Reported
CMS quality reporting (MIPS)
Reported a CMS MIPS final score of 100/100 in the Quality Payment Program — a federal quality measure, not a patient review.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program
- Reported
Board certification signal
Heuristic suggests board-certified status based on ABMS-eligible specialty taxonomy plus active CMS participation signals — not a direct ABMS verification.
- Reported
Hospital affiliations
1 CMS Care Compare hospital affiliation on record — practice footprint from the Doctors and Clinicians file.
Source: CMS Care Compare
- Reported
Industry payment transparency
$95.6K in reported industry payments (85 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.
Source: CMS Open Payments
- State context
State board disciplinary context
Pennsylvania statewide board action statistics are published annually — these figures describe aggregate state activity, not Michael Saulino, MD's individual license status. Verify directly with the state medical board.
Source: PA-BOM annual report 2023
- Not in federal data
Individual sanction lookup
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Source: State medical board / FSMB
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CMS NPPES provider registry desk
NPI 1821178484 · Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician
NPI-10 · ENUM-LEGACY · TAX-MID · MIPS-ELITE · RX-MID · BOOK-LIGHT · PHOTO-FINISH
- NPI-10 1821178484
- ENUM-LEGACY 2006
- TAX-MID 16K Physical Medicine
- MIPS-ELITE 100/100
- RX-MID 1,513
- BOOK-LIGHT 829 in Pennsylvania
- PHOTO-FINISH Mohammed Adeel · ±0.0
MIPS final-score neighbourhood
Same-specialty nationwide peers by CMS final score, not geographic proximity
- Saulino · this p…
Saulino · this provider
100 MIPS pts
- Jeet Bhaidasna ·…
Jeet Bhaidasna
100 MIPS pts
- Mohammed Adeel ·…
Mohammed Adeel
100 MIPS pts
- Michael Ahuja · …
Michael Ahuja
100 MIPS pts
- Eric Aitken · near
Eric Aitken
100 MIPS pts
What this shows Nearest measured MIPS peers for this NUCC specialty (2023 performance year).
Michael Saulino, MD's MIPS score vs every measured U.S. clinician
CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) final score, 2023, the federal quality measure. Clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded.
100 ≥ 92nd percentile 92% of 454,083 measured providers are in lower value bands
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more measured providers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
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Source CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) · 2023
Where Michael Saulino, MD sits
This provider among physical medicine & rehabilitation physician peers
Across the 2,483 physical medicine & rehabilitation physician providers who report both Medicare Part D prescribing and a MIPS quality score, Michael Saulino, MD writes more Part D claims than 85% of them and scores higher on MIPS quality than 91% - placing this provider in the high-volume, high-quality quadrant. Volume reflects patient-panel size and specialty, not quality; the two axes are independent.
Each dot is one physical medicine & rehabilitation physician peer from a representative sample of 60; the gold marker is Michael Saulino, MD. Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber data and the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, 2023.
✓
Board certification likely (heuristic, not verified)
Michael Saulino, MD practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + MIPS quality reporting + 1 hospital affiliation - signals consistent with board-certified status. For verified board certification, see CertificationMatters.org (the official ABMS public lookup).
What does the federal data show about Michael Saulino, MD?
High performer (top quartile)Primary specialty
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician
Medicare Part D claims
1,513 91% vs specialty avg
MIPS final score
100/100 16.5 pts vs avg
Specialty distribution in Pennsylvania
How Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician compares to other specialties among Pennsylvania providers
Medicare quality performance, MIPS
Michael Saulino, MD's 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician national average
- MIPS Final Score
- 100/100
- vs 83.5 national avg · 2023 performance year
How MIPS and board certification work
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.
Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).
Practice Address
Provider Details
| NPI | 1821178484 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician |
| Credentials | MD |
| Gender | Male |
| NPI Issued | 10/17/2006 |
CMS Quality Score (MIPS)
Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.
100
Final Score
Measured-score avg: 83.5
100
Quality
100
Promoting Interoperability
Reporting: Group practice
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where Michael Saulino, MD bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" - a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.
Cooper Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation Associates PC
Camden, NJ
Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).
Industry payments received (2024) - CMS Open Payments transparency data
The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for Michael Saulino, MD. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$95.6K
Largest payer
Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc
Most common payment type
Travel and Lodging
Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias, they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.
License & disciplinary context - Pennsylvania PA-BOM 2023 annual report
Aggregate state board data only, NOT a determination of any individual provider's status. The figures below describe statewide disciplinary activity across all ~45K Pennsylvania medical licensees in 2023 - they are NOT specific to Michael Saulino, MD. To verify Michael Saulino, MD's current license status, search the PA-BOM public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.
133
Total board actions, Pennsylvania 2023
Across 129 cases
2.96
Actions per 1,000 licensees
Pennsylvania statewide rate
probation
Most common action type
48 cases
PA-BOM publishes annual disciplinary statistics as part of public-record reporting under each state's Administrative Procedure Act. See the full breakdown by action type and year on the Pennsylvania disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.
Brand vs generic prescribing mix · Generic-heavy
Michael Saulino, MD - brand share 9.0%
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician average
9% brand-name claims vs 91% generic, on 1,513 2024 Medicare Part D claims.
The federal Medicare Part D Generic Dispensing Rate national benchmark sits near 90% generic / 10% brand for primary-care prescribers, per CMS Office of the Actuary 2024 estimates. Higher brand share is common in specialty prescribing where generic equivalents are not available.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.
1,513
Total Claims
$181K
Total Drug Cost
107
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 1,785
- Total Day Supply
- 51,194
- Brand vs Generic
- 9% brand / 91% generic
- Brand Drug Cost
- $133K
- Generic Drug Cost
- $48K
- Opioid Claims
- 667 (44.1% rate)
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 61.3 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 2.01
- Gender Split
- 51% female / 49% male
- Age Distribution
- <65: 55, 65-74: 40, 75-84: 12, 85+: 0
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What Michael Saulino, MD prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024
- Oxycodone Hcl
Oxycodone Hcl
268 claims
- Gabapentin
Gabapentin
118 claims
- Oxycontin 83
Oxycontin
83 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetamin… 75
Oxycodone-Acetaminophen
75 claims
- Morphine Sulfate Er 70
Morphine Sulfate Er
70 claims
- Tizanidine Hcl 67
Tizanidine Hcl
67 claims
- Diazepam 64
Diazepam
64 claims
- Alprazolam 55
Alprazolam
55 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 268 |
| Gabapentin | 118 |
| Oxycontin Oxycodone Hcl | 83 |
| Oxycodone-Acetaminophen Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 75 |
| Morphine Sulfate Er Morphine Sulfate | 70 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 67 |
| Diazepam | 64 |
| Alprazolam | 55 |
| Pregabalin | 54 |
| Baclofen | 44 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
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Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician Overview
How Michael Saulino, MD fits within the Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician landscape nationally.
15,618
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician Providers in US
54
States with Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician
793
Avg Claims per Provider
Michael Saulino, MD's 1,513 claims are above the specialty average of 793.
Nationwide Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Saulino, both outside Pennsylvania so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Similar MIPS final score
Nearest same-specialty clinicians by CMS MIPS final score (100 here).
Same NPPES enumeration year (2006)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician Providers in Pennsylvania
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Pennsylvania, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Saulino.
One of 829 Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician providers enrolled in Pennsylvania, 5 are shown here.
Dr. Nader Abdelmassieh
MD
Monongahela, PA
Dr. Christina Abraham
M.D.
Warminster, PA
Dr. Mathew Abraham
MD
Blue Bell, PA
Dr. Benjamin Abramoff
M.D.
Philadelphia, PA
Dr. Peggy Abrams
M.D.
Philadelphia, PA
Compare Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Michael Saulino, MD's specialty? ▼
Michael Saulino, MD specializes in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician and practices in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. Credentials: MD.
How much does Michael Saulino, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Michael Saulino, MD wrote 1,513 Medicare Part D claims totaling $181K in drug costs for 107 beneficiaries.
What is Michael Saulino, MD's Medicare quality score? ▼
Michael Saulino, MD has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 100/100 (Quality: 100). The average MIPS Final Score across the 454,083 clinicians with at least one published category score is 83.5; clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded from that average. Source: CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 2023.
Where is Michael Saulino, MD located? ▼
Michael Saulino, MD is located at 60 TOWNSHIP LINE RD, Elkins Park, PA, 19027. Phone: (215) 663-6677.
What is Michael Saulino, MD's NPI number? ▼
Michael Saulino, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1821178484, issued on 10/17/2006.
Does Michael Saulino, MD prescribe more brand-name or generic drugs? ▼
Michael Saulino, MD's prescribing is 9% brand-name and 91% generic drugs by claim count, with $133K in brand drug costs.
Does Michael Saulino, MD prescribe opioids? ▼
Yes, Michael Saulino, MD had 667 opioid claims in 2024 with an opioid prescribing rate of 44.1%.
How many Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 15,618 Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician providers across 54 states in the US. The average Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician provider writes 793 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Michael Saulino, MD prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, Michael Saulino, MD's most frequently prescribed drugs include Oxycodone Hcl, Gabapentin, Oxycontin. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Michael Saulino, MD accept Medicare? ▼
Michael Saulino, MD appears in CMS Medicare data with 1,513 Part D claims and 107 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Michael Saulino, MD's credentials? ▼
Michael Saulino, MD's NPI is 1821178484 with credentials MD. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.
Data Sources
View source datasets and methodology notes
- Provider Directory
- CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
- Specialty Classification
- NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
- Prescribing Data
- CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2024). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
- Quality Performance
- CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) - 2023 performance year.
- Limitations
- Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.
See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.
Data as of August 2026 (NPPES) / 2024 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Disclaimer: Data from CMS NPPES and Medicare Part D. PlainDoctor does not rate or rank providers. Provider information is self-reported and may not be current. Always verify information directly with the provider. About · Methodology
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