NPI registry status
Active
2026 NPPES data Internal Medicine Physician NPI 1174529747 MD
Verify on CMS → Richard Alweis, MD
Internal Medicine Physician in Rochester, 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 174,792 in Internal Medicine 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
3K
Medicare Part D claims · 662 beneficiaries · Internal Medicine Physician avg: 3K
Generic prescribing
91%
generic claims · 8% brand-name · higher generic rates reduce patient out-of-pocket costs
MIPS score
95.2/100
▲ 12 pts above national avg 83.5 · Exceptional
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File, 2024
What the federal data shows
Richard Alweis, MD reported a CMS MIPS final score of 95.2/100 - above the 83.5 national average - and filed 3,379 Medicare Part D claims in 2024.
- 95.2/100
- MIPS score · +12 vs avg
- 3K
- Part D claims, 2024
- 91%
- generic prescribing
- Likely
- board-certified (heuristic)
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 Richard Alweis, 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 1174529747), first enumerated 06/28/2005.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 3,379 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 95.2/100 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
1 CMS Care Compare hospital affiliation on record — practice footprint from the Doctors and Clinicians file.
Source: CMS Care Compare
- State context
State board disciplinary context
New York statewide board action statistics are published annually — these figures describe aggregate state activity, not Richard Alweis, 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 1174529747 · Internal Medicine Physician
NPI-10 · ENUM-LEGACY · TAX-MEGA · MIPS-ELITE · RX-MID · BOOK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH
- NPI-10 1174529747
- ENUM-LEGACY 2005
- TAX-MEGA 175K Internal Medicine
- MIPS-ELITE 95.2/100
- RX-MID 3,379
- BOOK-MID 13,725 in New York
- PHOTO-FINISH Anam Ashfaque · ±0.0
MIPS final-score neighbourhood
Same-specialty nationwide peers by CMS final score, not geographic proximity
- Alweis · this pr…
Alweis · this provider
95.2 MIPS pts
- Shahab Dian · hi…
Shahab Dian
95.2 MIPS pts
- Anam Ashfaque · …
Anam Ashfaque
95.2 MIPS pts
- Abdullah Zoheb A…
Abdullah Zoheb Azhar
95.2 MIPS pts
- Danielle De Meri…
Danielle De Merieux
95.2 MIPS pts
What this shows Nearest measured MIPS peers for this NUCC specialty (2023 performance year).
Richard Alweis, 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.
95 ≥ 78th percentile 78% 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 Richard Alweis, MD sits
This provider among internal medicine physician peers
Across the 34,612 internal medicine physician providers who report both Medicare Part D prescribing and a MIPS quality score, Richard Alweis, MD writes more Part D claims than 74% of them and scores higher on MIPS quality than 78% - placing this provider in the high-volume, high-quality quadrant. Volume reflects patient-panel size and specialty, not quality; the two axes are independent.
Each dot is one internal medicine physician peer from a representative sample of 60; the gold marker is Richard Alweis, MD. Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber data and the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, 2023.
✓
Board certification likely (heuristic, not verified)
Richard Alweis, MD practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + MIPS quality reporting + 1 hospital affiliation - 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 Richard Alweis, MD?
High performer (top quartile)Primary specialty
Internal Medicine Physician
Medicare Part D claims
3,379 21% vs specialty avg
MIPS final score
95.2/100 11.7 pts vs avg
Specialty distribution in New York
How Internal Medicine Physician compares to other specialties among New York providers
Medicare quality performance, MIPS
Richard Alweis, MD's 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Internal Medicine Physician national average
- MIPS Final Score
- 95.2/100
- 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 | 1174529747 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Internal Medicine Physician |
| Credentials | MD |
| Gender | Male |
| NPI Issued | 06/28/2005 |
CMS Quality Score (MIPS)
Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.
95.1965
Final Score
Measured-score avg: 83.5
70.6225
Quality
100
Promoting Interoperability
Reporting: Alternative Payment Model
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where Richard Alweis, 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.
The Unity Hospital OF Rochester
Rochester, 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).
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 Richard Alweis, MD. To verify Richard Alweis, 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.
Brand vs generic prescribing mix · Generic-heavy
Richard Alweis, MD - brand share 8.0%
Internal Medicine Physician average
8% brand-name claims vs 91% generic, on 3,379 2024 Medicare Part D claims.
The federal Medicare Part D Generic Dispensing Rate national benchmark sits near 90% generic / 10% brand for primary-care prescribers, per CMS Office of the Actuary 2024 estimates. Higher brand share is common in specialty prescribing where generic equivalents are not available.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.
3,379
Total Claims
$219K
Total Drug Cost
662
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 7,456.5
- Total Day Supply
- 219,759
- Brand vs Generic
- 8% brand / 91% generic
- Brand Drug Cost
- $156K
- Generic Drug Cost
- $62K
- Opioid Claims
- 201 (5.9% rate)
- Antibiotic Claims
- 17
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 72.0 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 1.41
- Gender Split
- 52% female / 48% male
- Age Distribution
- <65: 113, 65-74: 279, 75-84: 212, 85+: 58
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What Richard Alweis, MD prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024
- Atorvastatin Calcium
Atorvastatin Calcium
353 claims
- Lisinopril
Lisinopril
147 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate
Amlodipine Besylate
145 claims
- Metformin Hcl 118
Metformin Hcl
118 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium 88
Levothyroxine Sodium
88 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium 80
Pantoprazole Sodium
80 claims
- Losartan Potassium 79
Losartan Potassium
79 claims
- Gabapentin 78
Gabapentin
78 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 353 |
| Lisinopril | 147 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 145 |
| Metformin Hcl | 118 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 88 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 80 |
| Losartan Potassium | 79 |
| Gabapentin | 78 |
| Omeprazole | 75 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 72 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
Internal Medicine Physician Overview
How Richard Alweis, MD fits within the Internal Medicine Physician landscape nationally.
174,792
Internal Medicine Physician Providers in US
56
States with Internal Medicine Physician
2,785
Avg Claims per Provider
Richard Alweis, MD's 3,379 claims are above the specialty average of 2,785.
Nationwide Internal Medicine Physician peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Alweis, both outside New York so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Similar MIPS final score
Nearest same-specialty clinicians by CMS MIPS final score (95.2 here).
Same NPPES enumeration year (2005)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Internal Medicine Physician Providers in New York
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in New York, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Alweis.
One of 13,725 Internal Medicine Physician providers enrolled in New York, 5 are shown here.
Dr. Deborah Aanonsen
D.O.
Staten Island, NY
Dr. Nivedita Aanur
M.D.
New York, NY
Dr. Jay Aaron
MD
Great Neck, NY
Dr. Justin Aaron
MD
New York, NY
Ahmad Abadi
Poughkeepsie, NY
Compare Internal Medicine Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Richard Alweis, MD's specialty? ▼
Richard Alweis, MD specializes in Internal Medicine Physician and practices in Rochester, New York. Credentials: MD.
How much does Richard Alweis, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Richard Alweis, MD wrote 3,379 Medicare Part D claims totaling $219K in drug costs for 662 beneficiaries.
What is Richard Alweis, MD's Medicare quality score? ▼
Richard Alweis, MD has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 95.2/100 (Quality: 70.6). 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 Richard Alweis, MD located? ▼
Richard Alweis, MD is located at 1561 LONG POND ROAD, Rochester, NY, 14626. Phone: (585) 368-4800.
What is Richard Alweis, MD's NPI number? ▼
Richard Alweis, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1174529747, issued on 06/28/2005.
Does Richard Alweis, MD prescribe more brand-name or generic drugs? ▼
Richard Alweis, MD's prescribing is 8% brand-name and 91% generic drugs by claim count, with $156K in brand drug costs.
Does Richard Alweis, MD prescribe opioids? ▼
Yes, Richard Alweis, MD had 201 opioid claims in 2024 with an opioid prescribing rate of 5.9%.
How many Internal Medicine Physician providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 174,792 Internal Medicine Physician providers across 56 states in the US. The average Internal Medicine Physician provider writes 2,785 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Richard Alweis, MD prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, Richard Alweis, MD's most frequently prescribed drugs include Atorvastatin Calcium, Lisinopril, Amlodipine Besylate. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Richard Alweis, MD accept Medicare? ▼
Richard Alweis, MD appears in CMS Medicare data with 3,379 Part D claims and 662 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Richard Alweis, MD's credentials? ▼
Richard Alweis, MD's NPI is 1174529747 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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