NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Nicholas Billow

Emergency Medicine Physician · New York, NY

Nicholas Billow is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in New York, New York, and NPI 1679102388, issued on Apr 4, 2020. Check the license (New York 125, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1679102388
Name
Nicholas Billow
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License number
125 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
550 1St Ave, New York, NY 10016
Phone
(212) 263-5506
Enumerated
Apr 4, 2020
Record last updated
May 11, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20230823001074); accepts Medicare assignment
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 550 1St Ave

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Clarisse AbanillaPhysician Assistant1598445579
  2. Ehab Abaza, MDInternal Medicine Physician1114507555
  3. Valentino Abballe, M.D.Diagnostic Radiology Physician1710305081
  4. Diana Abbas, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1568105633
  5. Germeen AbdelmessihAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1134840028
  6. Kathryn Abe-Ridgway, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1629865324

Verify Nicholas Billow in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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17% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024

188 Medicare Part D claims for 153 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 6% of claims.

  1. Nicholas Billow188
  2. Specialty average226

Most prescribed

  1. Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass20 claims
  2. Cyclobenzaprine Hcl20 claims
  3. Prednisone19 claims
  4. Naproxen14 claims
  5. Ondansetron Hcl13 claims
  6. Cefpodoxime Proxetil11 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 95.2 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.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score70.6
  2. Costnot scored (reweighted)
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%100.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Bills Medicare through 2 group practices

  1. Newark Wayne Community HospitalNewark, NY
  2. The Unity Hospital OF RochesterRochester, NY

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Nicholas Billow among 5,025 emergency medicine physician records in New York

Nicholas Billow 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 2020, is newer than 83% of them.

  • NPI issued2020 · 83% of these records are older, 12% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 86% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
  • Graduated2020 · median 2013 among the 3,232 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2020 · 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.

The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Robert Femia, MDNew York, NY 100161225094220
  2. Jennifer Garner, MDNew York, NY 100161043238629
  3. Lewis Goldfrank, MDNew York, NY 100161891889150
  4. Vicki Goldhill, MDNew York, NY 100161558304618
  5. Rajneesh Gulati, M.D.New York, NY 100161326082025
  6. Steven Issley, MDNew York, NY 100161215925029
  7. Brian Klokeid, MDNew York, NY 100161609818111
  8. Alex Manini, MDNew York, NY 100161659361962

Common questions

What is Nicholas Billow's NPI number?

Nicholas Billow's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1679102388, issued on Apr 4, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Nicholas Billow located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 550 1St Ave, New York, NY, 10016. Phone: (212) 263-5506. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Nicholas Billow's license?

NPPES lists New York license number 125, 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 Nicholas Billow prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Nicholas Billow had 188 Medicare Part D claims for 153 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Nicholas Billow's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 95.2 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.