NPI registry status
Active
2026 NPPES data Epilepsy Physician NPI 1801242557 MD
Verify on CMS → Michael Tau, MD
Epilepsy Physician in Elmsford, New York.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 391 in Epilepsy 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
668
Medicare Part D claims · 94 beneficiaries · Epilepsy Physician avg: 949
MIPS score
100/100
▲ 17 pts above national avg 83.5 · Exceptional
Industry payments
$171.16
2 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
What the federal data shows
Michael Tau, MD reported a CMS MIPS final score of 100/100 - above the 83.5 national average - and filed 668 Medicare Part D claims in 2024.
- 100/100
- MIPS score · +17 vs avg
- 668
- Part D claims, 2024
- Likely
- board-certified (heuristic)
- ≥92nd
- pct among measured MIPS (lower-bound band)
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 Tau, 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 1801242557), first enumerated 05/12/2016.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 668 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
2 CMS Care Compare hospital affiliations on record — practice footprint from the Doctors and Clinicians file.
Source: CMS Care Compare
- Reported
Industry payment transparency
$171.16 in reported industry payments (2 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
New York statewide board action statistics are published annually — these figures describe aggregate state activity, not Michael Tau, MD's individual license status. Verify directly with the state medical board.
Source: NYSBPMC annual report 2023
- Not in federal data
Individual sanction lookup
PlainDoctor does not publish per-provider disciplinary determinations. Confirm current license and any individual actions through the state medical board or FSMB verification service.
Source: State medical board / FSMB
This trust snapshot summarizes only what appears in federal CMS/NPPES public records. It is not a composite score, star rating, patient review, or clinical recommendation. PlainDoctor never fabricates reviews or AggregateRating schema.
CMS NPPES provider registry desk
NPI 1801242557 · Epilepsy Physician
NPI-10 · ENUM-MID · TAX-TRACE · MIPS-ELITE · RX-LIGHT · BOOK-THIN · PHOTO-FINISH
- NPI-10 1801242557
- ENUM-MID 2016
- TAX-TRACE 391
- MIPS-ELITE 100/100
- RX-LIGHT 668
- BOOK-THIN 34 in New York
- PHOTO-FINISH Charles Asbury · ±0.0
MIPS final-score neighbourhood
Same-specialty nationwide peers by CMS final score, not geographic proximity
- Tau · this provi…
Tau · this provider
100 MIPS pts
- David Burdette ·…
David Burdette
100 MIPS pts
- Charles Asbury ·…
Charles Asbury
100 MIPS pts
- Gregory Barnes ·…
Gregory Barnes
100 MIPS pts
- Meriem Bensalem-…
Meriem Bensalem-Owen
100 MIPS pts
What this shows Nearest measured MIPS peers for this NUCC specialty (2023 performance year).
Michael Tau, 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.
The percentile is a conservative whole-score-point band: it counts only measured clinicians in lower score bands. A CMS MIPS metric is not a recommendation or a clinical-quality rating by PlainDoctor. See methodology § corpus placement.
Source CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) · 2023
Where Michael Tau, MD sits
This provider among epilepsy physician peers
Across the 122 epilepsy physician providers who report both Medicare Part D prescribing and a MIPS quality score, Michael Tau, MD writes more Part D claims than 35% of them and scores higher on MIPS quality than 84% - placing this provider in the lower-volume, high-quality quadrant. Volume reflects patient-panel size and specialty, not quality; the two axes are independent.
Each dot is one epilepsy physician peer from a representative sample of 60; the gold marker is Michael Tau, MD. Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber data and the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, 2023.
✓
Board certification likely (heuristic, not verified)
Michael Tau, MD practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + MIPS quality reporting + 2 hospital affiliations - 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 Tau, MD?
High performer (top quartile)Primary specialty
Epilepsy Physician
Medicare Part D claims
668 30% vs specialty avg
MIPS final score
100/100 16.5 pts vs avg
Specialty distribution in New York
How Epilepsy Physician compares to other specialties among New York providers
Medicare quality performance, MIPS
Michael Tau, MD's 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Epilepsy 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 | 1801242557 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Epilepsy Physician |
| Credentials | MD |
| Gender | Male |
| NPI Issued | 05/12/2016 |
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
Promoting Interoperability
Reporting: Group practice
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where Michael Tau, 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.
Montefiore Medical Center
★★★☆☆ 3/5
Bronx, NY
Acute Care Hospitals
CMS CCN: 330059
New York University
New York, NY
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 Tau, MD. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$171
Largest payer
SK Life Science, Inc.
Most common payment type
Food and Beverage
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 - New York NYSBPMC 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 ~100K New York medical licensees in 2023 - they are NOT specific to Michael Tau, MD. To verify Michael Tau, MD's current license status, search the NYSBPMC public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.
312
Total board actions, New York 2023
Across 302 cases
3.12
Actions per 1,000 licensees
New York statewide rate
probation
Most common action type
89 cases
NYSBPMC 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 New York disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.
668
Total Claims
$67K
Total Drug Cost
94
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 731.733
- Total Day Supply
- 21,308
- Generic Drug Cost
- $12K
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 61.8 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 1.49
- Gender Split
- 62% female / 38% male
- Age Distribution
- <65: 40, 65-74: 29, 75-84: N/A, 85+: N/A
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What Michael Tau, MD prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024
- Lacosamide
Lacosamide
60 claims
- Risperidone
Risperidone
57 claims
- Fluoxetine Hcl
Fluoxetine Hcl
50 claims
- Donepezil Hcl
Donepezil Hcl
38 claims
- Lamotrigine
Lamotrigine
34 claims
- Escitalopram Oxalate
Escitalopram Oxalate
33 claims
- Quetiapine Fumarate
Quetiapine Fumarate
30 claims
- Gabapentin
Gabapentin
29 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Lacosamide | 60 |
| Risperidone | 57 |
| Fluoxetine Hcl | 50 |
| Donepezil Hcl | 38 |
| Lamotrigine | 34 |
| Escitalopram Oxalate | 33 |
| Quetiapine Fumarate | 30 |
| Gabapentin | 29 |
| Sertraline Hcl | 26 |
| Xcopri Cenobamate | 23 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
Epilepsy Physician Overview
How Michael Tau, MD fits within the Epilepsy Physician landscape nationally.
391
Epilepsy Physician Providers in US
44
States with Epilepsy Physician
949
Avg Claims per Provider
Michael Tau, MD's 668 claims are below the specialty average of 949.
Nationwide Epilepsy Physician peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Tau, both outside New York 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 (2016)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Epilepsy Physician Providers in New York
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in New York, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Tau.
One of 34 Epilepsy Physician providers enrolled in New York, 5 are shown here.
Dr. Ahmel Arshad
DO
Bay Shore, NY
Dr. Karen Ballaban-Gil
MD
Bronx, NY
Dr. Derek Bauer
MD
Rochester, NY
Dr. Marjorie Bunch
M.D.
Albany, NY
Dr. Jeffrey Chen
MD
New York, NY
Compare Epilepsy Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Michael Tau, MD's specialty? ▼
Michael Tau, MD specializes in Epilepsy Physician and practices in Elmsford, New York. Credentials: MD.
How much does Michael Tau, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Michael Tau, MD wrote 668 Medicare Part D claims totaling $67K in drug costs for 94 beneficiaries.
What is Michael Tau, MD's Medicare quality score? ▼
Michael Tau, MD has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 100/100. 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 Tau, MD located? ▼
Michael Tau, MD is located at 555 TAXTER RD STE 2, Elmsford, NY, 10523. Phone: (914) 457-4130.
What is Michael Tau, MD's NPI number? ▼
Michael Tau, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1801242557, issued on 05/12/2016.
How many Epilepsy Physician providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 391 Epilepsy Physician providers across 44 states in the US. The average Epilepsy Physician provider writes 949 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Michael Tau, MD prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, Michael Tau, MD's most frequently prescribed drugs include Lacosamide, Risperidone, Fluoxetine Hcl. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Michael Tau, MD accept Medicare? ▼
Michael Tau, MD appears in CMS Medicare data with 668 Part D claims and 94 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Michael Tau, MD's credentials? ▼
Michael Tau, MD's NPI is 1801242557 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).
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