Shira Alter, MD
Specialist · Brooklyn, NY
Shira Alter, MD is a specialist with a practice address in Brooklyn, New York, and NPI 1639177637, issued on Jul 13, 2005. Check the license (New York 233367-1, as entered in NPPES) with the New York board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Shira Alter
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Specialist 174400000X
- License number
- 233367-1 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5925 15TH Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11219
- Phone
- (718) 972-2700
- Enumerated
- Jul 13, 2005
- Record last updated
- Mar 6, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (718) 972-2701
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050314000972); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 5925 15TH Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Rebekah Korine, C.N.M.Advanced Practice Midwife1619995990
- Lindsay Kraus, CNMAdvanced Practice Midwife1780817965
Verify Shira Alter in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich New York board licenses this profession
Search for license 233367-1Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
94% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average specialist in 2024
84 Medicare Part D claims for 40 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,380 among the 8,233 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Estradiol16 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): 93.2 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: $99.44
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. The 5,844 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,760.79 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
- Boro Park Obstetrics And Gynecology P.C.Brooklyn, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Shira Alter among 22,636 specialist records in New York
Shira Alter, MD is one of 22,636 specialist records with a practice address in New York. 6% 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, 99% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 6% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 4% of these records are
- Graduated2000 · median 1990 among the 943 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 73% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 174400000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
5,700 specialist records list a practice address in Brooklyn
They are 5,700 of the 64,057 NPPES records with a practice address in Brooklyn, and 22,636 specialist records in New York.
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Common questions
What is Shira Alter, MD's NPI number?
Shira Alter, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1639177637, issued on Jul 13, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Shira Alter, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5925 15TH Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11219. Phone: (718) 972-2700. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Shira Alter, MD's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 233367-1, as entered by the provider. Search the New York board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Shira Alter, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Shira Alter, MD had 84 Medicare Part D claims for 40 beneficiaries; the average among specialist prescribers was 1,380. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Shira Alter, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 93.2 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.