Richard Nathan Puzzitiello, MD

Primary specialty

Orthopaedic Surgery PhysicianTaxonomy code 207X00000X

License

ME174076 Issued in FL

Practice address

8000 Sr 64 E
Bradenton, FL 34212-7703

Phone

(941) 792-1404

Fax

(941) 761-0712

NPI assigned

Jun 6, 2019

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

Yes

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Other identifiers 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in UT, FL2 enrollments

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 2

Specialty

Orthopedic Surgery

Education

University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 2019

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Coastal Orthopedics and Sports Medicine of Southwest Florida PAGroup PAC ID 3274504386, 62 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• HCA Florida Healthcare at Home Home health agency, Bradenton, FL, CCN 107656
• Amedisys Home Health Home health agency, Winter Haven, FL, CCN 107007
• HCA Florida Blake Hospital Hospital, Bradenton, FL, CCN 100213
• Lakewood Ranch Medical Center Hospital, Bradenton, FL, CCN 100299
• Manatee Memorial Hospital Hospital, Bradenton, FL, CCN 100035

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

89.77 of 100Reported as group

Quality

91.47

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

74.42

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

Practice roles

Locations

Networks

• Freedom Health HMO Network
• Optimum HealthCare HMO Network

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships and National Provider Directory roles.

• Coastal Orthopedics & Sports Medicine of Southwest Florida PA

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Bradenton, FL
  • NPI 1285740720
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• University of Utah Adult Services

  • General Practice Physician
  • Salt Lake City, UT
  • NPI 1114321981
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• University of Utah Adult Services

  • Pulmonary Disease Physician
  • Salt Lake City, UT
  • NPI 1093119893
  NPD
• University of Utah Adult Services

  • Diagnostic Radiology Physician
  • Salt Lake City, UT
  • NPI 1598169419
  NPD

Hospitals and other facilities this clinician is affiliated with according to Medicare Care Compare.

• Amedisys Florida, LLC

  • Home Health Agency
  • Winter Haven, FL
  • NPI 1982662276
  Care Compare affiliation
• HCA Health Services of Florida, Inc.

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Bradenton, FL
  • NPI 1114964244
  Care Compare affiliation
• Hestia Healthcare at Home, LLC

  • Home Health Agency
  • Bradenton, FL
  • NPI 1194874776
  Care Compare affiliation
• Lakewood Ranch Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Bradenton, FL
  • NPI 1730179714
  Care Compare affiliation
• Manatee Memorial Hospital L P

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Bradenton, FL
  • NPI 1760472799
  Care Compare affiliation

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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• Orthopaedic Surgery Physician in Bradenton, FL
• Providers in Bradenton, FL by specialty
• Orthopaedic Surgery Physician in Florida

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Sep 23, 2025; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

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