Pooja Paunikar
Family Medicine Physician · Riverhead, NY
Pooja Paunikar is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Riverhead, New York, and NPI 1801150297, issued on Jun 29, 2012. Check the license (New York 280203, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Pooja Paunikar
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 280203 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 34 Commerce Ave Ste 1, Riverhead, NY 11901
- Phone
- (631) 727-1600
- Enumerated
- Jun 29, 2012
- Record last updated
- Jun 17, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20150930000016); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 34 Commerce Ave Ste 1
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Dennis Besong, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1639514532
Verify Pooja Paunikar 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 280203Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
40% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
2,119 Medicare Part D claims for 285 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims. 17 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate241 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium136 claims
- Lisinopril127 claims
- Metformin Hcl79 claims
- Hydrochlorothiazide69 claims
- Gabapentin63 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): 35.3 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).
Industry payments in 2024: $172.09
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- Fetter Health Care Network IncSummerville, SC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Pooja Paunikar among 6,417 family medicine physician records in New York
Pooja Paunikar is one of 6,417 family medicine physician records with a practice address in New York. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2012, is newer than 63% of them.
- NPI issued2012 · 63% of these records are older, 35% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 65% of these records are
- Graduated2012 · median 2007 among the 4,188 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
25 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Riverhead
They are 25 of the 982 NPPES records with a practice address in Riverhead, and 6,417 family medicine physician records in New York.
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Common questions
What is Pooja Paunikar's NPI number?
Pooja Paunikar's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1801150297, issued on Jun 29, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Pooja Paunikar located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 34 Commerce Ave Ste 1, Riverhead, NY, 11901. Phone: (631) 727-1600. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Pooja Paunikar's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 280203, 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 Pooja Paunikar prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Pooja Paunikar had 2,119 Medicare Part D claims for 285 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Pooja Paunikar's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 35.3 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.