Ratnakumar S. Newton, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Buffalo, NY
Ratnakumar S. Newton, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Buffalo, New York, and NPI 1215929658, issued on Aug 22, 2005. Check the license (New York 211553, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ratnakumar S. Newton
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License numbers
- 211553 NY
13074 NH
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 50 Lakefront Blvd, Buffalo, NY 14202
- Phone
- (176) 849-8750
- Enumerated
- Aug 22, 2005
- Record last updated
- Feb 18, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (716) 849-8756
- Medicaid ID
- 0200920 NY
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20200901000821); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Morehouse School Of Medicine, 1995
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 50 Lakefront Blvd
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Judith Bell, ANPAdult Health Nurse Practitioner1699107011
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- Lorinda CoghlanFamily Nurse Practitioner1962550202
- Stephen Evans, MDFamily Medicine Physician1730172776
Verify Ratnakumar S. Newton 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 211553Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
64% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
5,795 Medicare Part D claims for 204 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. 183 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Quetiapine Fumarate186 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium185 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium162 claims
- Furosemide138 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate136 claims
- Trazodone Hcl136 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $460.86
28 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Lilly USA, 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
- Oneida Indian Health ServicesOneida, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ratnakumar S. Newton among 6,417 family medicine physician records in New York
Ratnakumar S. Newton, MD 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 91% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 65% of these records are
- Graduated1995 · median 2007 among the 4,188 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 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).
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Common questions
What is Ratnakumar S. Newton, MD's NPI number?
Ratnakumar S. Newton, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1215929658, issued on Aug 22, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ratnakumar S. Newton, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 50 Lakefront Blvd, Buffalo, NY, 14202. Phone: (176) 849-8750. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ratnakumar S. Newton, MD's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 211553, 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 Ratnakumar S. Newton, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ratnakumar S. Newton, MD had 5,795 Medicare Part D claims for 204 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
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.