NPI registry status
Active
2026 NPPES data Urology Physician NPI 1720085566 MD
Verify on CMS → Steven Ariss, MD
Urology Physician in Toledo, Ohio.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 13,606 in Urology 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.
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We show these CMS records as-is - no composite score, no star rating, no editorial opinion layered on top.
Prescribing volume
6K
Medicare Part D claims · 1K beneficiaries · Urology Physician avg: 1K
Industry payments
$1.0K
36 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
What the federal data shows
Steven Ariss, MD filed 6,061 Medicare Part D claims in 2024 as a Urology Physician in Toledo, Ohio.
- 6K
- Part D claims, 2024
- Likely
- board-certified (heuristic)
- ≥95th
- pct by Part D claim volume (lower-bound band)
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 Steven Ariss, MD
Federal records show an active NPI with Medicare Part D prescribing activity — verifiable registry data, not a proprietary rating.
- Verified
NPI registry status
Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1720085566), first enumerated 07/07/2005.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 6,061 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.
Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF
- 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
- Reported
Industry payment transparency
$1.0K in reported industry payments (36 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.
Source: CMS Open Payments
- State context
State board disciplinary context
Ohio statewide board action statistics are published annually — these figures describe aggregate state activity, not Steven Ariss, MD's individual license status. Verify directly with the state medical board.
Source: OMB 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 1720085566 · Urology Physician
NPI-10 · ENUM-LEGACY · TAX-MID · RX-MID · BOOK-LIGHT · PHOTO-ENUM
- NPI-10 1720085566
- ENUM-LEGACY 2005
- TAX-MID 14K Urology Physician
- RX-MID 6,061
- BOOK-LIGHT 515 in Ohio
- PHOTO-ENUM Paul Alphonse · 2005
Steven Ariss, MD's Medicare Part D volume vs every U.S. prescriber
Total Medicare Part D claims, 2024, across all CMS prescribers nationally
6,061 ≥ 95th percentile 95% of 1,416,883 prescribers are in lower value bands
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more prescribers. 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 100-claim band: it counts only prescribers in lower claim-volume bands. Medicare Part D claim volume is activity context, not a quality measure or recommendation. See methodology § corpus placement.
Source CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File · 2024
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Board certification likely (heuristic, not verified)
Steven Ariss, MD practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + 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 Steven Ariss, MD?
Quality data not reportedPrimary specialty
Urology Physician
Medicare Part D claims
6,061 348% vs specialty avg
Specialty distribution in Ohio
How Urology Physician compares to other specialties among Ohio providers
Board certification
Not published by CMS
CMS does not publish a per-provider board-certification field in NPPES. PlainDoctor does not have a reliable per-specialty certification rate to show for Urology Physician. Verify directly:
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 | 1720085566 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Urology Physician |
| Credentials | MD |
| Gender | Male |
| NPI Issued | 07/07/2005 |
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where Steven Ariss, 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.
Toledo Clinic Incorporated
Toledo, OH
Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).
Industry payments received (2024) - CMS Open Payments transparency data
The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for Steven Ariss, MD. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$1.0K
Largest payer
Amgen Inc.
Most common payment type
Food and Beverage
Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias, they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.
License & disciplinary context - Ohio OMB 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 ~48K Ohio medical licensees in 2023 - they are NOT specific to Steven Ariss, MD. To verify Steven Ariss, MD's current license status, search the OMB public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.
158
Total board actions, Ohio 2023
Across 154 cases
3.29
Actions per 1,000 licensees
Ohio statewide rate
probation
Most common action type
56 cases
OMB 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 Ohio disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.
6,061
Total Claims
$486K
Total Drug Cost
1,213
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 10,396.667
- Total Day Supply
- 281,200
- Generic Drug Cost
- $162K
- Opioid Claims
- 87 (1.4% rate)
- Antibiotic Claims
- 1,282
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 74.9 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 1.63
- Gender Split
- 32% female / 68% male
- Age Distribution
- <65: 86, 65-74: 500, 75-84: 463, 85+: 164
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What Steven Ariss, MD prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024
- Tamsulosin Hcl
Tamsulosin Hcl
1,141 claims
- Alfuzosin Hcl Er
Alfuzosin Hcl Er
745 claims
- Cephalexin
Cephalexin
587 claims
- Trospium Chloride
Trospium Chloride
579 claims
- Finasteride 356
Finasteride
356 claims
- Dutasteride 350
Dutasteride
350 claims
- Ciprofloxacin Hcl 342
Ciprofloxacin Hcl
342 claims
- Solifenacin Succin… 193
Solifenacin Succinate
193 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 1,141 |
| Alfuzosin Hcl Er Alfuzosin Hcl | 745 |
| Cephalexin | 587 |
| Trospium Chloride | 579 |
| Finasteride | 356 |
| Dutasteride | 350 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 342 |
| Solifenacin Succinate | 193 |
| Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro Nitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst | 191 |
| Myrbetriq Mirabegron | 172 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
Urology Physician Overview
How Steven Ariss, MD fits within the Urology Physician landscape nationally.
13,606
Urology Physician Providers in US
54
States with Urology Physician
1,354
Avg Claims per Provider
Steven Ariss, MD's 6,061 claims are above the specialty average of 1,354.
Nationwide Urology Physician peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Ariss, both outside Ohio so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Same NPPES enumeration year (2005)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Urology Physician Providers in Ohio
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Ohio, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Ariss.
One of 515 Urology Physician providers enrolled in Ohio, 5 are shown here.
Dr. Ronney Abaza
M.D.
Worthington, OH
Dr. Ramy Abou Ghayda
M.D.
Ashland, OH
Dr. Robert Abouassaly
M.D.
Cleveland, OH
Dr. Ahmed Abouelenin
MD
Cleveland, OH
Dr. Ahmad Abouhossein
M.D.
Englewood, OH
Compare Urology Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Steven Ariss, MD's specialty? ▼
Steven Ariss, MD specializes in Urology Physician and practices in Toledo, Ohio. Credentials: MD.
How much does Steven Ariss, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Steven Ariss, MD wrote 6,061 Medicare Part D claims totaling $486K in drug costs for 1,213 beneficiaries.
Where is Steven Ariss, MD located? ▼
Steven Ariss, MD is located at 4235 SECOR RD, Toledo, OH, 43623. Phone: (419) 479-5900.
What is Steven Ariss, MD's NPI number? ▼
Steven Ariss, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1720085566, issued on 07/07/2005.
Does Steven Ariss, MD prescribe opioids? ▼
Yes, Steven Ariss, MD had 87 opioid claims in 2024 with an opioid prescribing rate of 1.4%.
How many Urology Physician providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 13,606 Urology Physician providers across 54 states in the US. The average Urology Physician provider writes 1,354 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Steven Ariss, MD prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, Steven Ariss, MD's most frequently prescribed drugs include Tamsulosin Hcl, Alfuzosin Hcl Er, Cephalexin. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Steven Ariss, MD accept Medicare? ▼
Steven Ariss, MD appears in CMS Medicare data with 6,061 Part D claims and 1,213 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Steven Ariss, MD's credentials? ▼
Steven Ariss, MD's NPI is 1720085566 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.
- 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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