Yonah Hamlet, M.D.
Ophthalmology Physician · Far Rockaway, NY
Yonah Hamlet, M.D. is an ophthalmology physician with a practice address in Far Rockaway, New York, and NPI 1174551519, issued on Jun 28, 2006. Check the license (New York 134709, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Yonah Hamlet
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Ophthalmology Physician 207W00000X
- License number
- 134709 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 220 Beach 20TH St, Far Rockaway, NY 11691
- Phone
- (718) 327-3200
- Enumerated
- Jun 28, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (718) 327-3505
- Medicaid ID
- 00689249 NY
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060405000092); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- New York University School Of Medicine, 1977
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Yonah Hamlet 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 134709Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
66% more Medicare Part D claims than the average ophthalmology physician in 2024
2,513 Medicare Part D claims for 451 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,518 among the 16,459 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 40% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost774 claims
- Dorzolamide-Timolol353 claims
- Lumigan338 claims
- Rocklatan230 claims
- Travoprost156 claims
- Combigan150 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: $449.14
10 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Ahava Medical And Rehabilitation Center, LLCBrooklyn, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Yonah Hamlet among 1,822 ophthalmology physician records in New York
Yonah Hamlet, M.D. is one of 1,822 ophthalmology 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 2006, is newer than 16% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 16% of these records are older, 34% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated1977 · median 1995 among the 1,215 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 71% 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 New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Ophthalmology Physician providers in New York
There are 1,822 ophthalmology physician records in New York.
All 1,822 in New York → Every provider in Far Rockaway → Ophthalmology Physician nationwide →
The 8 ophthalmology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Alexander Demidenko, D.O.Far Rockaway, NY 116911356542591
- Natalia Elkin, MDFar Rockaway, NY 116911306932991
- Victoria RohringFar Rockaway, NY 116911659776458
- Mark Gelwan, M.DBelle Harbor, NY 116941881792307
- Jeffrey Zwerling, MDRockaway Park, NY 116941215990908
- Jonathan Zwerling, M.D.Rockaway Park, NY 116941447203625
- Brian Zwerling, M.D.Rockaway Park, NY 116941790728996
- Daniel Jones, MDAmityville, NY 117011447810841
Common questions
What is Yonah Hamlet, M.D.'s NPI number?
Yonah Hamlet, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1174551519, issued on Jun 28, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Yonah Hamlet, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 220 Beach 20TH St, Far Rockaway, NY, 11691. Phone: (718) 327-3200. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Yonah Hamlet, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists New York license number 134709, 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 Yonah Hamlet, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Yonah Hamlet, M.D. had 2,513 Medicare Part D claims for 451 beneficiaries; the average among ophthalmology physician prescribers was 1,518. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Yonah Hamlet, M.D.'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.