Sidney Herman Kriger, MD
Ophthalmology Physician · Memphis, TN
Sidney Herman Kriger, MD is an ophthalmology physician with a practice address in Memphis, Tennessee, and NPI 1174628879, issued on Sep 14, 2006. Check the license (Tennessee 0000015746, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Sidney Herman Kriger
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Ophthalmology Physician 207W00000X
- License number
- 0000015746 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 6401 Poplar Ave Ste 340, Memphis, TN 38119
- Phone
- (901) 683-5500
- Enumerated
- Sep 14, 2006
- Record last updated
- Nov 16, 2024
- Fax
- (901) 683-2900
- Medicaid ID
- 3720118 TN
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080317000652); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Sidney Herman Kriger in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 0000015746Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
65% more Medicare Part D claims than the average ophthalmology physician in 2024
2,508 Medicare Part D claims for 521 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,518 among the 16,459 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 36% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost656 claims
- Brimonidine Tartrate330 claims
- Dorzolamide-Timolol279 claims
- Prednisolone Acetate202 claims
- Timolol Maleate191 claims
- Ofloxacin140 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $95.87
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. The 13,221 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,535.02 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.
Sidney Herman Kriger among 366 ophthalmology physician records in Tennessee
Sidney Herman Kriger, MD is one of 366 ophthalmology physician records with a practice address in Tennessee. 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 21% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 21% of these records are older, 37% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated1983 · median 2002 among the 247 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207W00000X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Ophthalmology Physician providers in Tennessee
There are 366 ophthalmology physician records in Tennessee.
All 366 in Tennessee → Every provider in Memphis → Ophthalmology Physician nationwide →
The 8 ophthalmology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Michele Battles, MDMemphis, TN 381191083719785
- Kristen Duncan, MDMemphis, TN 381191235140120
- John Freeman, MDMemphis, TN 381191538168455
- James Freeman, MDMemphis, TN 381191902805823
- Thomas Gettelfinger, MDMemphis, TN 381191467451385
- Lawrence Gordon, M.D.Memphis, TN 381191982609665
- Faramarz Hidaji, MDMemphis, TN 381191518956119
- Tawan Khamapirad, M.D.Memphis, TN 381191689679441
Common questions
What is Sidney Herman Kriger, MD's NPI number?
Sidney Herman Kriger, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1174628879, issued on Sep 14, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Sidney Herman Kriger, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6401 Poplar Ave Ste 340, Memphis, TN, 38119. Phone: (901) 683-5500. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Sidney Herman Kriger, MD's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 0000015746, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.tn.gov/health/licensure/me.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Sidney Herman Kriger, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Sidney Herman Kriger, MD had 2,508 Medicare Part D claims for 521 beneficiaries; the average among ophthalmology physician prescribers was 1,518. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Sidney Herman Kriger, MD's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.