Benjamin Thomas Whigham, M.D.

Primary specialty

Ophthalmology PhysicianTaxonomy code 207W00000X

License

287412 Issued in NY

Practice address

635 W 165TH St
New York, NY 10032

Phone

(212) 305-9535

Fax

(212) 305-5523

NPI assigned

Jun 12, 2013

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 2

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in NY

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 1

Specialty

Ophthalmology

Education

Duke University School of Medicine, 2013

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Sight Medical Doctors PLLCGroup PAC ID 5991935173, 115 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

91.5 of 100Reported as group

Quality

90

Improvement activities

40

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles (6 of 10)

Locations (25 of 29)

Networks

• Healthfirst Medicare Network H1722
• Healthfirst Medicare Network H5989
• Healthfirst Medicare Network H3359
• Healthfirst Medicare Network H9678

Interoperability endpoints

• FHIR API: https://epicproxy-pub.et1089.epichosted.com/FHIRProxy/api/FHIR/R4/
• FHIR API: https://epicproxy-pub.et1089.epichosted.com/FHIRProxy/api/FHIR/DSTU2/

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.

• Sight Medical Doctors PLLC

  • Ophthalmology Physician
  • Hauppauge, NY
  • NPI 1487077483
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York

  • Surgery Physician
  • New York, NY
  • NPI 1508266347

  Ophthalmology

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Fort Lee, NJ
  • NPI 1982993184

  NY, Ophthalmology

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Sight Medical Doctors PLLC

  • Durable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies
  • Johnson City, NY
  • NPI 1730040700
  NPD
• Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • New York, NY
  • NPI 1699289488
  NPD
• North Shore Medical & Surgical Eye Care PC

  • Ophthalmology Physician
  • Smithtown, NY
  • NPI 1063427847
  NPD (past)

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

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• Glen Whelpley, RN
• Where Hearts Speak NP in Psychiatry, PLLC
• Darcus White Whetstone, FNP
• Virginia Rose Whetstone, FNP
• Christopher Robert Whetten, MD
• Kara Landsman Whipple
• Ellen Dora Whirley, LCSW
• Agnes H. Whitaker, M.D.
• Beatrice Rose Whitaker, M.D.
• Colin Whitaker, MA, LPC

• Ophthalmology Physician in New York, NY
• Providers in New York, NY by specialty
• Ophthalmology Physician in New York

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jul 12, 2018; 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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