Samuel Benjamin Brusca, M.D.
Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician · San Francisco, CA
Samuel Benjamin Brusca, M.D. is a critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician with a practice address in San Francisco, California, and NPI 1174942148, issued on Apr 7, 2014. Check the license (California A168461, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Samuel Benjamin Brusca
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician 207RC0200X
- License number
- A168461 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 505 Parnassus Ave # M1182, San Francisco, CA 94143
- Phone
- (415) 353-8870
- Enumerated
- Apr 7, 2014
- Record last updated
- Dec 4, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20220718003012); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- New York University School Of Medicine, 2014
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
8 nearest critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician records → All 723 in California → Look up another NPI →
Verify Samuel Benjamin Brusca in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A168461Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
81% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician in 2024
134 Medicare Part D claims for 23 beneficiaries, against an average of 696 among the 2,873 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 32% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Furosemide28 claims
- Spironolactone27 claims
- Tadalafil15 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium12 claims
- Uptravi12 claims
- Jardiance11 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): 74.5 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: $125.47
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. The 2,708 providers of this specialty with any payment received $2,958.68 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 3 group practices
- Regents OF The University OF CaliforniaSan Francisco, CA
- University Anesthesia Medical GroupSan Francisco, CA
- University OF California San FranciscoSan Francisco, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Samuel Benjamin Brusca among 723 critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician records in California
Samuel Benjamin Brusca, M.D. is one of 723 critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician records with a practice address in California. 87% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2014, is newer than 78% of them.
- NPI issued2014 · 78% of these records are older, 19% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 87% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 77% of these records are
- Graduated2014 · median 2005 among the 559 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 50% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RC0200X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician providers in California
There are 723 critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician records in California.
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The 8 critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Christopher Barnett, MD, MPHSan Francisco, CA 941431538127717
- Sudhamayi Bhadriraju, M.D.San Francisco, CA 941431104116243
- Mallar Bhattacharya, MDSan Francisco, CA 941431063558757
- Jonathan BudzikSan Francisco, CA 941431356632632
- Harold Collard, MDSan Francisco, CA 941431740245380
- Kenneth Fang, M.D.San Francisco, CA 941431760566020
- Yaron Gesthalter, MDSan Francisco, CA 941431013183599
- Stefano Iantorno, MD, PHDSan Francisco, CA 941431952860900
Common questions
What is Samuel Benjamin Brusca, M.D.'s NPI number?
Samuel Benjamin Brusca, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1174942148, issued on Apr 7, 2014. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Samuel Benjamin Brusca, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 505 Parnassus Ave # M1182, San Francisco, CA, 94143. Phone: (415) 353-8870. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Samuel Benjamin Brusca, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A168461, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Samuel Benjamin Brusca, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Samuel Benjamin Brusca, M.D. had 134 Medicare Part D claims for 23 beneficiaries; the average among critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician prescribers was 696. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Samuel Benjamin Brusca, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 74.5 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.