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2026 NPPES data Foot Surgery Podiatrist NPI 1609873041 DPM
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Ralph Benzakein, DPM

Foot Surgery Podiatrist in Brooklyn, 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 1,524 in Foot Surgery Podiatrist, 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
35
Medicare Part D claims · 14 beneficiaries · Foot Surgery Podiatrist avg: 359
MIPS score
76.4/100
▼ 7 pts below national avg 83.5 · Above neutral
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What the federal data shows

Ralph Benzakein, DPM reported a CMS MIPS final score of 76.4/100 - below the 83.5 national average - and filed 35 Medicare Part D claims in 2024.

76.4/100
MIPS score · -7 vs avg
35
Part D claims, 2024
≥17th
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 Ralph Benzakein, DPM

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 1609873041), first enumerated 06/30/2005.

    Source: CMS NPPES

  • Reported

    Medicare Part D participation

    Filed 35 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 76.4/100 in the Quality Payment Program — a federal quality measure, not a patient review.

    Source: CMS Quality Payment Program

  • State context

    State board disciplinary context

    New York statewide board action statistics are published annually — these figures describe aggregate state activity, not Ralph Benzakein, DPM'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 1609873041 · Foot Surgery Podiatrist

NPI-10 · ENUM-LEGACY · TAX-NARROW · MIPS-BELOW · RX-TRACE · BOOK-THIN · PHOTO-FINISH

  • NPI-10 1609873041
  • ENUM-LEGACY 2005
  • TAX-NARROW 1,524
  • MIPS-BELOW 76.4/100
  • RX-TRACE 35
  • BOOK-THIN 341 in New York
  • PHOTO-FINISH Vern Christensen · ±0.4

MIPS final-score neighbourhood

Same-specialty nationwide peers by CMS final score, not geographic proximity

MIPS pts

What this shows Nearest measured MIPS peers for this NUCC specialty (2023 performance year).

Source CMS Quality Payment Program (MIPS) As of 2023

Ralph Benzakein, DPM'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.

76 ≥ 17th percentile 17% of 454,083 measured providers are in lower value bands

0–10: 8,684 measured providers (2%). Below this entry. 10–20: 3,008 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 20–30: 3,069 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 30–40: 2,746 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 40–50: 2,928 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 50–60: 5,882 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 60–70: 13,906 measured providers (3%). Below this entry. 70–80: 94,570 measured providers (21%). This entry sits in this band. 80–90: 129,887 measured providers (29%). Above this entry. 90+: 189,403 measured providers (42%). Above this entry. This provider 0 100 every measured MIPS clinician, bucketed by value

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 Ralph Benzakein, DPM sits

This provider among foot surgery podiatrist peers

Across the 341 foot surgery podiatrist providers who report both Medicare Part D prescribing and a MIPS quality score, Ralph Benzakein, DPM writes more Part D claims than 7% of them and scores higher on MIPS quality than 51% - placing this provider in the lower-volume, high-quality quadrant. Volume reflects patient-panel size and specialty, not quality; the two axes are independent.

Lower volume · High qualityHigh volume · High qualityLower volume · Lower qualityHigh volume · Lower quality0255075100024.949.974.899.8Part D claim volume, percentile in specialtyMIPS quality, percentilePoint, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 23 · MIPS quality, percentile: 0Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 15 · MIPS quality, percentile: 88Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 2 · MIPS quality, percentile: 0Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 13 · MIPS quality, percentile: 0Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 10 · MIPS quality, percentile: 0Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 48 · MIPS quality, percentile: 80Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 88 · MIPS quality, percentile: 92Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 63 · MIPS quality, percentile: 72Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 38 · MIPS quality, percentile: 95Point, Part D claim volume, 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0Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 68 · MIPS quality, percentile: 33Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 5 · MIPS quality, percentile: 78Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 53 · MIPS quality, percentile: 43Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 8 · MIPS quality, percentile: 32Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 60 · MIPS quality, percentile: 0Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 32 · MIPS quality, percentile: 45Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 27 · MIPS quality, percentile: 77Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 97 · MIPS quality, percentile: 25Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 55 · MIPS quality, percentile: 82Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 63 · MIPS quality, percentile: 38Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 52 · MIPS quality, percentile: 52Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 37 · MIPS quality, percentile: 35Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 95 · MIPS quality, percentile: 95Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 12 · MIPS quality, percentile: 28Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 75 · MIPS quality, percentile: 27Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 90 · MIPS quality, percentile: 0Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 28 · MIPS quality, percentile: 68Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 72 · MIPS quality, percentile: 95Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 45 · MIPS quality, percentile: 40Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 43 · MIPS quality, percentile: 60Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 33 · MIPS quality, percentile: 67Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 77 · MIPS quality, percentile: 30Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 98 · MIPS quality, percentile: 0Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 20 · MIPS quality, percentile: 0Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 67 · MIPS quality, percentile: 83Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 30 · MIPS quality, percentile: 85Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 50 · MIPS quality, percentile: 22Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 40 · MIPS quality, percentile: 47Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 18 · MIPS quality, percentile: 90Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 72 · MIPS quality, percentile: 0Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 22 · MIPS quality, percentile: 95Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 42 · MIPS quality, percentile: 57Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 100 · MIPS quality, percentile: 63Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 87 · MIPS quality, percentile: 65Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 92 · MIPS quality, percentile: 70Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 57 · MIPS quality, percentile: 93Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 47 · MIPS quality, percentile: 73Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 58 · MIPS quality, percentile: 42Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 25 · MIPS quality, percentile: 53Ralph Benzakein, DPM, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 7 · MIPS quality, percentile: 51
Part D claim volume vs MIPS quality, by specialty percentile

Each dot is one foot surgery podiatrist peer from a representative sample of 60; the gold marker is Ralph Benzakein, DPM. Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber data and the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, 2023.

What does the federal data show about Ralph Benzakein, DPM?

Below national average

NPI registry status

Active

Issued 06/30/2005

NPI 1609873041

Primary specialty

Foot Surgery Podiatrist

Niche

1,524 US NPIs in this specialty

Medicare Part D claims

35 90% vs specialty avg

2024 prescription claims

Specialty avg: 359

MIPS final score

76.4/100 7.1 pts vs avg

Above neutral band

vs 83.5 national avg

Specialty distribution in New York

How Foot Surgery Podiatrist compares to other specialties among New York providers

New York providers
Student in an Organized Heal…8%Registered Nurse5.2%Clinical Social Worker4.9%Social Worker4.5%Speech-Language Pathologist4.5%Licensed Practical Nurse4.3%Foot Surgery Podiatrist0.1%
Largest specialties in New York (% of in-state providers)

Medicare quality performance, MIPS

Ralph Benzakein, DPM's 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Foot Surgery Podiatrist national average

Below national average
MIPS Final Score
76.4/100
vs 83.5 national avg · 2023 performance year
0%100%National avg84%76.4%
MIPS final score (Foot Surgery Podiatrist) - 76.4/100 vs national avg 83.5
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

2241 OCEAN AVE
Brooklyn, NY 11229
(718) 998-1375

Provider Details

NPI 1609873041
Specialty Foot Surgery Podiatrist
Credentials DPM
Gender Male
NPI Issued 06/30/2005

CMS Quality Score (MIPS)

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.

76.3591
Final Score
Measured-score avg: 83.5
32.7182
Quality

Reporting: Individual

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 Ralph Benzakein, DPM. To verify Ralph Benzakein, DPM'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.

35
Total Claims
$714
Total Drug Cost
14
Medicare Beneficiaries

Prescribing Breakdown

30-Day Fills
39
Total Day Supply
799
Brand Drug Cost
$0
Generic Drug Cost
$714

Patient Demographics

Average Patient Age
79.1 years
Avg HCC Risk Score
1.61
Age Distribution
<65: 0, 65-74: N/A, 75-84: N/A, 85+: N/A
More Foot Surgery Podiatrist in NY → All providers in New York → Compare specialties →

Foot Surgery Podiatrist Overview

How Ralph Benzakein, DPM fits within the Foot Surgery Podiatrist landscape nationally.

1,524
Foot Surgery Podiatrist Providers in US
53
States with Foot Surgery Podiatrist
359
Avg Claims per Provider

Ralph Benzakein, DPM's 35 claims are below the specialty average of 359.

Nationwide Foot Surgery Podiatrist peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year

Two federal-record peer sets for Benzakein, both outside New York so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.

Similar MIPS final score

Nearest same-specialty clinicians by CMS MIPS final score (76.4 here).

Vern Christensen 76.8 MS Calvin Baize 76.8 AR Mary Olszewski 75.8 IL Shannon Engel 76.9 MO

Same NPPES enumeration year (2005)

Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.

Robert Hume Altoona, WI Jennifer Wang Austin, TX Philip Maynard Hastings, NE George Nassoor Phillipsburg, NJ

Nearby Foot Surgery Podiatrist Providers in New York

Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in New York, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Benzakein.

One of 341 Foot Surgery Podiatrist providers enrolled in New York, 5 are shown here.

Dr. Rafael Abreu
D.P.M.
Forest Hills, NY
Dr. Jeffrey Adler
D.P.M.
New York, NY
Dr. Gregory Adornetto
D.P.M.
Hamburg, NY
Dr. Karen Aglietti
DPM
Ridgewood, NY
Dr. Mazda Alaie
D.P.M
Bronx, NY

Compare Foot Surgery Podiatrist nationally: see state-by-state distribution →

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Ralph Benzakein, DPM's specialty? ▼
Ralph Benzakein, DPM specializes in Foot Surgery Podiatrist and practices in Brooklyn, New York. Credentials: DPM.
How much does Ralph Benzakein, DPM prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Ralph Benzakein, DPM wrote 35 Medicare Part D claims totaling $714 in drug costs for 14 beneficiaries.
What is Ralph Benzakein, DPM's Medicare quality score? ▼
Ralph Benzakein, DPM has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 76.4/100 (Quality: 32.7). 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 Ralph Benzakein, DPM located? ▼
Ralph Benzakein, DPM is located at 2241 OCEAN AVE, Brooklyn, NY, 11229. Phone: (718) 998-1375.
What is Ralph Benzakein, DPM's NPI number? ▼
Ralph Benzakein, DPM's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1609873041, issued on 06/30/2005.
How many Foot Surgery Podiatrist providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 1,524 Foot Surgery Podiatrist providers across 53 states in the US. The average Foot Surgery Podiatrist provider writes 359 Medicare Part D claims per year.
Does Ralph Benzakein, DPM accept Medicare? ▼
Ralph Benzakein, DPM appears in CMS Medicare data with 35 Part D claims and 14 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Ralph Benzakein, DPM's credentials? ▼
Ralph Benzakein, DPM's NPI is 1609873041 with credentials DPM. 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

Compiled from official public sources by the editorial process.

Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.