DR. DAVID SCHECHTER M.D., F.A.C.C., P.C. NPI 1790706117
Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Disease in Richmond Hill, NY

About DR. DAVID SCHECHTER M.D., F.A.C.C., P.C.

David Schechter is an internist established in Richmond Hill, New York and his medical specialization is Internal Medicine with a focus in cardiovascular disease with more than 39 years of experience. He graduated from University Of Rochester School Of Medicine And Dentistry in 1984. The NPI number of this provider is 1790706117 and was assigned on July 2006. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 207RC0000X with license number 170901 (NY). The provider is registered as an individual and his NPI record was last updated 8 years ago.

NPI
1790706117
Provider NameDR. DAVID SCHECHTER M.D., F.A.C.C., P.C.
Location Address8611 LEFFERTS BLVD SUITE 3A RICHMOND HILL, NY 11418
Location Phone(718) 961-5722
Mailing Address8611 LEFFERTS BLVD SUITE 3A RICHMOND HILL, NY 11418
GenderMale
NPI Entity TypeIndividual
Medical School NameUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY
Graduation Year1984
Is Sole Proprietor?No
Enumeration Date07-21-2006
Last Update Date12-11-2014

An internist like David Schechter is a physician who has completed an internal medicine residency and is board-certified or board-eligible in an internist specialty. Internists are trained to care for adults of all ages for many different medical conditions. An internist typically monitors chronic physical conditions, identifies acute diseases, provides family planning, provides counseling about wellness and disease prevention, etc.David Schechter is enrolled in PECOS and is eligible to order or refer health care services for Medicare patients. The provider is eligible to order or refer: Part B Clinical Laboratory and Imaging, Durable Medical Equipment (DME), a Home Health Agency (HHA) and Power Mobility Devices.

David Schechter is registered with Medicare and accepts claims assignment, this means the provider accepts Medicare's approved amount for the cost of rendered services as full payment. Participating providers may not charge Medicare beneficiaries more than Medicare's approved amount for their services. Medicare beneficiaries still have to pay a coinsurance or copayment amount for a visit or service. According to Medicare claims data he has hospital affiliations with New York-presbyterian/queens.

The provider participated in Medicare's Quality Payment Program under the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and has an overall final score of 60, based on four performance areas: quality, improvement activities, promoting interoperability, and cost. The purpose of this information is to help people with Medicare make informed decisions and incentivize doctors and clinicians to maximize performance.

The typical physician office visit costs for Medicare beneficiaries in this area are: $40.91 for a new patient copayment and $31.31 for an established patient copayment.



Primary Taxonomy

The primary taxonomy code defines the provider type, classification, and specialization. There could be only one primary taxonomy code per NPI record. For individual NPIs the license data is associated to the taxonomy code.

Taxonomy Code207RC0000X
ClassificationInternal Medicine
TypeAllopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
SpecializationCardiovascular Disease
License No.170901
License StateNY
Taxonomy DescriptionAn internist who specializes in diseases of the heart and blood vessels and manages complex cardiac conditions such as heart attacks and life-threatening, abnormal heartbeat rhythms.

Accepted Insurance

The NPI profile data indicates this provider might be enrolled and accepting health plans from the following insurance companies or healthcare programs:

  • Medicaid
  • Medicare

*Please verify directly with this provider to make sure your insurance plan is currently accepted.

Business Address

8611 LEFFERTS BLVD
SUITE 3A
RICHMOND HILL, NY
ZIP 11418
Phone: (718) 961-5722
Fax: (888) 366-0986

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Mailing Address

8611 LEFFERTS BLVD
SUITE 3A
RICHMOND HILL, NY
ZIP 11418
Phone: (718) 961-5722
Fax: (888) 366-0986


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PECOS Enrollment and Medicare Participation Status

What is PECOS?
PECOS is the Medicare Provider, Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System. PECOS is Medicare's enrollment and revalidation system and it is the primary source of information about verified Medicare professionals. A NPI number is necessary to register in PECOS. Providers must enroll in PECOS to avoid denied claims.

Registered in PECOS? Yes
PECOS PAC ID9638133077
PECOS Enrollment IDI20041116000694
Accepts Medicare Assignment? Yes "What does it mean "accepts medicare assignment"?
When a provider accepts Medicare assignment, the provider agrees to be paid directly by Medicare and to accept the payment amount approved by Medicare. Additionally, the provider agrees to not bill patients for more than the Medicare deductible and coinsurance amounts.
A provider who doesn't accept assignment may charge you up to 15% over the Medicare-approved amount. This is known as the limiting charge. You may have to pay this amount, or it may be covered by another insurer.
Eligible order / refer Part B Clinical Laboratory and ImagingYes
Eligible order / refer Durable Medical EquipmentYes
Eligible order / refer Home Health Agency (HHA)Yes
Eligible order / refer Power Mobility DevicesYes

Physician Office Visit Costs

The provider accepts as payment the Medicare approved amount. Medicare beneficiaries should not be billed for more than the Medicare deductible and coinsurance amounts. Medicare pricing is usually a reference point for private insurance covered patients. The prices below reflect the costs for new and established patients in the 11418 ZIP code area.

New Patients Office Visits Costs *
Most Utilized Procedure Code for new patients office visits: 99204
Minimum New Patient Pricing Maximum New Patient Pricing Typical New Patient Pricing
$71.8 $216 $163.65
Minimum New Patient Copayment Maximum New Patient Copayment Typical New Patient Copayment
$17.95 $54 $40.91
Established Patients Office Visits Costs *
Most Utilized Procedure Code for established patients office visits: 99214
Minimum Established Patient Pricing Maximum Established Patient Pricing Typical Established Patient Pricing
$22.16 $174.92 $125.27
Minimum Established Patient Copayment Maximum Established Patient Copayment Typical Established Patient Copayment
$5.54 $43.73 $31.31

* The physician office visit costs information is obtained by Medicare's statistical analysis of similar providers in the same geographical area. The pricing information above IS NOT the amount charged by this provider.

Overall MIPS Quality Performance

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) is a way providers could use to participate in Medicare's Quality Payment Program (QPP). The MIPS program affects clinician reimbursement for Part B covered professional services and also rewards them for improving the quality of patient care and outcomes.

MIPS Measure Score Weight Score
Quality 40% N/A
The Quality category assesses providers performance on clinical practices and patient outcomes under the traditional MIPS program. The quality measures help identify the quality of healthcare processes, outcomes, and patient experiences. The Quality measure category compromises 40% providers final MPIS scores.

There are six collection types for MIPS quality measures: Electronic Clinical Quality Measures (eCQMs), MIPS Clinical Quality Measures (CQMs), Qualified Clinical Data Registry (QCDR) Measures, Medicare Part B claims measures, CMS Web Interface measures and The Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) for MIPS Survey.
Promoting Interoperability (PI) 25% N/A
The Interoperability category measures the providers ability to use technology to exchange and make use of healthcare information in a way that is less burdensome and improves outcomes. The Interoperability measure category compromises 25% providers final MPIS scores.

The MIPS Interoperability measure focuses on the use of certified electronic health record technology (CEHRT) to improve patient access health information, the exchange of information between clinicians and pharmacies and the systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of healthcare data.
Improvement Activities 15% N/A
The Improvement Activities performance category evaluates the providers participation in clinical activities that support the improvement of clinical practice, care delivery, and outcomes. Providers have the option to choose 2 to 4 activities from an inventory of over 100 improvement activities. Providers typically choose the activities that best fit their needs.

The Improvement measures aim to better patient engagement, patient safety and other areas of patient care. The Improvement Activities category compromises 15% of providers final MPIS scores.
Cost 20% N/A
The Cost performance category asses the amount and types of services provided and how clinicians coordinate care and seek improvement of health outcomes by ensuring patients receive the appropriate services.

Although providers don't determine the price of healthcare services they are important in delivering high-quality care at a reasonable cost. The Cost measures category compromises 20% of providers final MPIS scores.
MIPS Final Score - 60
The MIPS program evaluates providers across multiple categories with a specific weight for each category resulting a in a MIPS final score that ranges from 0 to 100 points. The MIPS Final Score determines whether providers receive a negative, neutral or positive MIPS payment adjustment.

Clinician Utilization

The following Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes were publicly reported as the top services rendered by this provider under the Medicare program for the year 2017. The reported codes are based on the top 5 codes for each available Medicare specialty, excluding evaluation and management codes.

  • 68Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report (HCPCS:93000)
  • 46Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function (HCPCS:93306)
  • 30Ultrasound scanning of blood flow (outside the brain) on both sides of head and neck (HCPCS:93880)
  • 20Ultrasound study of arteries of both arms and legs (HCPCS:93922)
  • 19Ultrasound scan of veins of both arms or legs including assessment of compression and functional maneuvers (HCPCS:93970)

Hospital Affiliations

Medicare hospital affiliation is identified through self-reporting data, inpatient, outpatient, physician and ancillary service claims linked by the Medicare claims NPI number and place of service code. Additionally, to further determine provider hospital affiliation the clinician must have provided services to at least three patients on three different dates in the last 12 months. David Schechter is affiliated with the following medical facilities:

Hospital Name Address Phone Hospital Type CMS Certification Number (CCN) Overall Rating
NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN/QUEENS56-45 MAIN STREET
FLUSHING, NY 11355
(718) 670-2000Acute Care Hospitals330055

Additional Identifiers


Additional identifier(s) currently or formerly used as an identifier for the provider. The codes may include UPIN, NSC, OSCAR, DEA, Medicaid State or PIN identification numbers.

Identifier Type / Code Identifier State
H08549MEDICARE UPIN (02)NY
02313862MEDICAID (05)NY

NPI Validation Check Digit Calculation


The following table explains the step by step NPI number validation process using the ISO standard Luhn algorithm.

Start with the original NPI number, the last digit is the check digit and is not used in the calculation.
1790706117
Step 1: Double the value of the alternate digits, beginning with the rightmost digit.
271801401212
Step 2: Add all the doubled and unaffected individual digits from step 1 plus the constant number 24.
2 + 7 + 1 + 8 + 0 + 1 + 4 + 0 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 24 = 53
Step 3: Subtract the total obtained in step 2 from the next higher number ending in zero, the result is the check digit.
60 - 53 = 77

The NPI number 1790706117 is valid because the calculated check digit 7 using the Luhn validation algorithm matches the last digit of the original NPI number.

Other Providers at the Same Location


The following 4 providers are registered at the same or nearby location.

NPI Name / Type Taxonomy Address
1013309640NEW YORK CAMBRIDGE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES PLLC
Organization
Legal Medicine8611 LEFFERTS BLVD # 3 B & C
RICHMOND HILL, NY 11418
(347) 392-4991
1417312711PREVENTIVE CARDIAC CARE CORP
Organization
Specialist8611 LEFFERTS BLVD STE. 3A
RICHMOND HILL, NY 11418
(718) 316-6800
1609314210PRECISION PAIN CARE AND REHABILITATION P.C.
Organization
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation8611 LEFFERTS BLVD SUITE 3B
RICHMOND HILL, NY 11418
(718) 581-5599
1891393484LEFFERTS DRUGS INC
Organization
Pharmacy (Community/Retail Pharmacy)8611 LEFFERTS BLVD STORE #5
RICHMOND HILL, NY 11418
(929) 354-0097

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Dr. David Schechter M.D., F.A.C.C., P.C. NPI number?

The NPI number assigned to this healthcare provider is 1790706117, registered as an "individual" on July 21, 2006

Where is Dr. David Schechter M.D., F.A.C.C., P.C. located?

The provider is located at 8611 Lefferts Blvd Suite 3a Richmond Hill, Ny 11418 and the phone number is (718) 961-5722

Which is Dr. David Schechter M.D., F.A.C.C., P.C. specialty?

The provider's speciality is Internal Medicine with a focus in Cardiovascular Disease

How many years of experience does Dr. David Schechter M.D., F.A.C.C., P.C. have?

The provider has more than 39 years of experience. He graduated from University Of Rochester School Of Medicine And Dentistry in 1984.

What insurance does Dr. David Schechter M.D., F.A.C.C., P.C. accept?

The provider might be accepting Medicaid and Medicare. Please consult your insurance carrier or call the provider to make sure your health plan is currently accepted.

Is Dr. David Schechter M.D., F.A.C.C., P.C. registered in PECOS?

Yes, as of May 11, 2023 the provider is registered in PECOS and is eligible to order health care services or supplies for Medicare patients. If you are a Medicare beneficiary the provider is eligible to order or refer: Part B Clinical Laboratory and Imaging, Durable Medical Equipment (DME), a Home Health Agency (HHA) and Power Mobility Devices.

How much is a visit to Dr. David Schechter M.D., F.A.C.C., P.C.?

Medicare beneficiaries should expect a typical cost of $163.65 with an average copayment of $40.91 for new patient appointments. Established patients should expect a typical charge of $125.27 and an average copayment of 31.31. Please review your insurance plan or contact the provider directly to determine your specific costs.

What are some of the services provided by Dr. David Schechter M.D., F.A.C.C., P.C.?

The most common procedures or services performed by this practitioner are: Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report, Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function, Ultrasound scanning of blood flow (outside the brain) on both sides of head and neck, Ultrasound study of arteries of both arms and legs and Ultrasound scan of veins of both arms or legs including assessment of compression and functional maneuvers.

Is Dr. David Schechter M.D., F.A.C.C., P.C. affiliated to any hospitals?

The practitioner is affiliated to the following hospitals: NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN/QUEENS. Hospital affiliations are identified through self-reporting data and service claims based on the place of service.

How do I update my NPI information?

The NPI record of Dr. David Schechter M.D., F.A.C.C., P.C. was last updated on July 21, 2006. To officially update your NPI information contact the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) at 1-800-465-3203 (NPI Toll-Free) or by email at [email protected]
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