Thomas Hargest, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Buffalo, NY
Thomas Hargest, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Buffalo, New York, and NPI 1093373185, issued on Jun 3, 2019. Check the license (New York 322767, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Thomas Hargest
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 322767 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 100 High St, Buffalo, NY 14203
- Phone
- (716) 829-6124
- Enumerated
- Jun 3, 2019
- Record last updated
- Oct 24, 2023
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230718002669); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Thomas Hargest 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 322767Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
90% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
329 Medicare Part D claims for 137 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 42 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone Hcl28 claims
- Cefdinir17 claims
- Prednisone17 claims
- Ertapenem14 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen11 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): 91.3 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: $412.65
6 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- Apogee Medical Group, New York, PCBuffalo, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Thomas Hargest among 12,067 internal medicine physician records in New York
Thomas Hargest, MD is one of 12,067 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in New York. 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 2019, is newer than 85% of them.
- NPI issued2019 · 85% of these records are older, 13% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated2019 · median 2002 among the 7,221 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
293 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Buffalo
They are 293 of the 13,287 NPPES records with a practice address in Buffalo, and 12,067 internal medicine physician records in New York.
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Common questions
What is Thomas Hargest, MD's NPI number?
Thomas Hargest, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1093373185, issued on Jun 3, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Thomas Hargest, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 100 High St, Buffalo, NY, 14203. Phone: (716) 829-6124. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Thomas Hargest, MD's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 322767, 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 Thomas Hargest, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Thomas Hargest, MD had 329 Medicare Part D claims for 137 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Thomas Hargest, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 91.3 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.