Richard Funaro, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Brooklyn, NY
Richard Funaro, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Brooklyn, New York, and NPI 1831269810, issued on Nov 8, 2006. Check the license (New York 181531, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard Funaro
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 181531 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1250 57TH St, Brooklyn, NY 11219
- Phone
- (718) 283-8773
- Enumerated
- Nov 8, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (718) 283-8796
- Medicaid ID
- 01194921 NY
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070509000433); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Richard Funaro 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 181531Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
6% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
2,998 Medicare Part D claims for 250 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims. 20 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Metoprolol Succinate184 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium166 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate125 claims
- Losartan Potassium114 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium82 claims
- Metformin Hcl80 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: $1,160.39
35 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Boston Scientific Corporation. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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 2 group practices
- Maimonides Cardiology FppBrooklyn, NY
- Maimonides Medical Center Maimonides Primary Care FppBrooklyn, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Richard Funaro among 12,067 internal medicine physician records in New York
Richard Funaro, MD is one of 12,067 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in New York. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 8% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 8% of these records are older, 53% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated1986 · median 2002 among the 7,221 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
1,497 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Brooklyn
They are 1,497 of the 64,057 NPPES records with a practice address in Brooklyn, and 12,067 internal medicine physician records in New York.
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Common questions
What is Richard Funaro, MD's NPI number?
Richard Funaro, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1831269810, issued on Nov 8, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard Funaro, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1250 57TH St, Brooklyn, NY, 11219. Phone: (718) 283-8773. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard Funaro, MD's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 181531, 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 Richard Funaro, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard Funaro, MD had 2,998 Medicare Part D claims for 250 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.