Michael Tafoya, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · New York, NY
Michael Tafoya, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in New York, New York, and NPI 1013175959, issued on May 28, 2008. Check the license (New York 245160, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Michael Tafoya
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- 245160 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1150 3RD Ave, New York, NY 10065
- Phone
- (212) 933-0007
- Enumerated
- May 28, 2008
- Record last updated
- Jul 7, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20090917000218); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai, 2005
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Michael Tafoya in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
Search for license 245160Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
74% more Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
394 Medicare Part D claims for 291 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass40 claims
- Cephalexin29 claims
- Amoxicillin24 claims
- Prednisone20 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa19 claims
- Mupirocin19 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 76.5 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- City Medical OF Upper East Side PLLCNew York, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Michael Tafoya among 5,025 emergency medicine physician records in New York
Michael Tafoya, MD is one of 5,025 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in New York. 86% 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 35% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 35% of these records are older, 58% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 86% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated2005 · median 2013 among the 3,232 with a school on file
- Record last updated2015 · 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 207P00000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
1,075 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in New York
They are 1,075 of the 98,468 NPPES records with a practice address in New York, and 5,025 emergency medicine physician records in New York.
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Common questions
What is Michael Tafoya, MD's NPI number?
Michael Tafoya, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1013175959, issued on May 28, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Michael Tafoya, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1150 3RD Ave, New York, NY, 10065. Phone: (212) 933-0007. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Michael Tafoya, MD's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 245160, as entered by the provider. Search the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions at https://www.op.nysed.gov/services/verifications/online-verification-searches. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Michael Tafoya, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Michael Tafoya, MD had 394 Medicare Part D claims for 291 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Michael Tafoya, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 76.5 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.