NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Thomas Howell Burke, MD

Emergency Medicine Physician · Worcester, MA

Thomas Howell Burke, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Worcester, Massachusetts, and NPI 1962030270, issued on Mar 31, 2020. Check the license (Massachusetts 1013397, as entered in NPPES) on the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1962030270
Name
Thomas Howell Burke
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License number
1013397 MA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
55 Lake Ave N, Worcester, MA 01655
Phone
(508) 421-1400
Enumerated
Mar 31, 2020
Record last updated
Aug 4, 2026
Fax
(508) 421-1490
Medicaid ID
110197920A MA
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20230420002437); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Tufts University School Of Medicine, 2020
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 55 Lake Ave N

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Nawal Aamir, MDInternal Medicine Physician1588248926
  2. Amarys Abadie, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1992936843
  3. Paula Abate, NPNurse Practitioner1336265909
  4. Aly AbayazeedDiagnostic Radiology Physician1821221946
  5. Zainab AbbasDermatology Physician1609028000
  6. Mary-Alice Abbott, MDClinical Genetics (M.D.) Physician1982799417

Verify Thomas Howell Burke in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMassachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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75% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024

56 Medicare Part D claims for 39 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Thomas Burke56
  2. Specialty average226

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): 97 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.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score78.1
  2. Costnot scored (reweighted)
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%100.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Lawrence General HospitalLawrence, MA

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Thomas Howell Burke among 1,829 emergency medicine physician records in Massachusetts

Thomas Howell Burke, MD is one of 1,829 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Massachusetts. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2020, is newer than 87% of them.

  • NPI issued2020 · 87% of these records are older, 8% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
  • Graduated2020 · median 2011 among the 1,200 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2026 · 57% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Massachusetts practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

216 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Worcester

They are 216 of the 13,166 NPPES records with a practice address in Worcester, and 1,829 emergency medicine physician records in Massachusetts.

The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Steven Bird, MDWorcester, MA 016551174514863
  2. Tara Brigham, MDWorcester, MA 016551457342172
  3. Michael Butler, MDWorcester, MA 016551558352922
  4. Chad Darling, MDWorcester, MA 016551174514798
  5. Eric Dickson, MDWorcester, MA 016551851385611
  6. Gayle Galletta, MDWorcester, MA 016551831172055
  7. Romolo Gaspari, MDWorcester, MA 016551023091261
  8. Julianne Huber, MDWorcester, MA 016551295723310

Common questions

What is Thomas Howell Burke, MD's NPI number?

Thomas Howell Burke, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1962030270, issued on Mar 31, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Thomas Howell Burke, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 55 Lake Ave N, Worcester, MA, 01655. Phone: (508) 421-1400. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Thomas Howell Burke, MD's license?

NPPES lists Massachusetts license number 1013397, as entered by the provider. Search the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine at https://findmydoctor.mass.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Thomas Howell Burke, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Thomas Howell Burke, MD had 56 Medicare Part D claims for 39 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Thomas Howell Burke, MD's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 97 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.