Afua Forson, M.D. M.H.S

Primary specialty

Hospitalist PhysicianTaxonomy code 208M00000X

License

220486 Issued in NY

Practice address

45 Reade PL
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

Phone

(845) 454-8500

NPI assigned

Jul 2, 2006

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 3

Addresses

Other identifiers 1

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

HospitalistAlso: Internal Medicine

Education

Perelman School of Med at the University of Pennsylvania, 1998

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Nuvance Health Medical Practice PCGroup PAC ID 1658468442, 578 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Vassar Brothers Medical Center Hospital, Poughkeepsie, NY, CCN 330023
• Northern Dutchess Hospital Hospital, Rhinebeck, NY, CCN 330049
• Sharon Hospital Hospital, Sharon, CT, CCN 070004

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

81.38 of 100Reported as group

Quality

63.01

Promoting interoperability

98

Improvement activities

40

Cost

72.3

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: aforson@direct.health-quest.org

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.

• Nuvance Health Medical Practice PC

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Poughkeepsie, NY
  • NPI 1437358033
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Vassar Brothers Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Poughkeepsie, NY
  • NPI 1740233899
  NPD (past)

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

• Northern Dutchess Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Rhinebeck, NY
  • NPI 1124072715
  Care Compare affiliation
• Vassar Brothers Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Poughkeepsie, NY
  • NPI 1740233899
  Care Compare affiliation
• Vassar Brothers Medical Center

  • Clinical Medical Laboratory
  • Poughkeepsie, NY
  • NPI 1780052514

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• Vassar Health Connecticut, Inc.

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Sharon, CT
  • NPI 1235131442
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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    "number": "1740219658",
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            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
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            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "1351 ROUTE 55 STE 200",
            "city": "LAGRANGEVILLE",
            "state": "NY",
            "postal_code": "125405128"
        },
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            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
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            "address_1": "45 READE PL",
            "city": "POUGHKEEPSIE",
            "state": "NY",
            "postal_code": "12601",
            "telephone_number": "845-454-8500"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [],
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        "first_name": "AFUA",
        "credential": "M.D. M.H.S",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "F",
        "enumeration_date": "2006-07-02",
        "last_updated": "2022-05-06",
        "certification_date": "2022-05-06",
        "status": "A"
    },
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}

• Joshua John Foote, RN
• Karoline Ford
• Sonia Carolyn/Annette Forde, LPN
• Collrane Rachael Forestano, PA
• Johanna M Forlivio, PA
• Brenda Forte-Miller
• Joseph Michael Forzano
• Michael Joseph Forzano, R.PH.
• Richard Jason Fost, PH.D.
• Brianna Foster

• Hospitalist Physician in Poughkeepsie, NY
• Providers in Poughkeepsie, NY by specialty
• Hospitalist Physician in New York

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on May 6, 2022; 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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