Tania Barreras-Cruz, MD
Psychiatry Physician · Poughkeepsie, NY
Tania Barreras-Cruz, MD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Poughkeepsie, New York, and NPI 1750532164, issued on Oct 3, 2008. Check the license (New York 280038, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Tania Barreras-Cruz
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- 280038 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 9 Livingston St, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
- Phone
- (845) 483-6654
- Enumerated
- Oct 3, 2008
- Record last updated
- Dec 3, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20151030000088); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Puerto Rico School Of Medicine, 2007
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 9 Livingston St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Tania Barreras-Cruz 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 280038Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.4 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average psychiatry physician in 2024
2,445 Medicare Part D claims for 171 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 3% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Clonazepam207 claims
- Quetiapine Fumarate122 claims
- Sertraline Hcl117 claims
- Alprazolam114 claims
- Mirtazapine112 claims
- Duloxetine Hcl107 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 94.2 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $22.81
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Alkermes, Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 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
- Nuvance Health Medical Practice PCPoughkeepsie, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Tania Barreras-Cruz among 6,589 psychiatry physician records in New York
Tania Barreras-Cruz, MD is one of 6,589 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in New York. 72% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2008, is newer than 56% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 56% of these records are older, 38% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 39% of these records are
- Graduated2007 · median 2002 among the 2,559 with a school on file
- Record last updated2015 · 65% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
44 psychiatry physician records list a practice address in Poughkeepsie
They are 44 of the 3,701 NPPES records with a practice address in Poughkeepsie, and 6,589 psychiatry physician records in New York.
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Common questions
What is Tania Barreras-Cruz, MD's NPI number?
Tania Barreras-Cruz, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1750532164, issued on Oct 3, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Tania Barreras-Cruz, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 9 Livingston St, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12601. Phone: (845) 483-6654. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Tania Barreras-Cruz, MD's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 280038, 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 Tania Barreras-Cruz, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Tania Barreras-Cruz, MD had 2,445 Medicare Part D claims for 171 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Tania Barreras-Cruz, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 94.2 of 100. 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.