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Bartenderbonnie
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 49177

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SAVE!

Are you searching for a new primary doctor?
Are you searching for a new pain management doctor?
Are you searching for a new neurologist?
Are you searching for any new specialist?

YOU MUST RESEARCH ANY AND ALL NEW PROVIDERS.

As there is currently long waiting times to become a new patient in any medical providers practice, you cannot afford to waste precious time, only to find out your choice wasn’t a right fit for your medical needs.

Here are a few tools that will help you make an educated decision!

Medicare Part D Prescriber Look Up Tool
https://data.cms.gov/tools/medicare-part-d-prescriber-look-up-tool

This look-up tool is a searchable database that allows you to look up a Medicare Part D prescriber by National Provider Identifier (NPI), or by name and location for 2021.

You can search by using full Doctor’s name and State location.
I find using their NPI number works 100% of the time. To find their NPI number, use this ⬇️

Health Care 6
https://www.healthcare6.com/search/?svc=physician&state=NY&city=Lewiston&count=0&keywords=&button=

Search doctor’s past and present research publications ⬇️

Find A Top Doc
https://www.findatopdoc.com/

Search for patient reviews ⬇️

Heathgrades.com
Vitals.com

(Unfortunately many LLMD’s don’t participate in Medicare or insurances so a prescribing history might be hard to find.)

Please feel free to add to this list 💚

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kgg
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 5867

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Hmm. Thanks for posting this. But I put in my PCP. And he did not come up with a search on the first two links.

When it comes to specialist I ask around. And do a healthgrades search.

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Bartenderbonnie
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Member # 49177

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NPI Look-up
https://npiprofile.com/npi-lookup/
(Click on Name Search)

Or you can do regular google searches of your doctor on internet.
Heathgrades or Vitals websites don’t list the NPI numbers but other websites do. NPI numbers inserted in the Medicare link work 100% of the time for prescribing history.

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Rumigirl
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Member # 15091

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Thank you, Bartenderbonnie, this is very helpful!! Who knew? I've never heard of such a look-up. It also gives you some idea of how much treatment a particular doctor is doing, that is the volume of patients in Lyme or whatever, plus what they are willing to rx.

I found some surprises, ie, a few LLMDs are willing to rx low-level opioids, which usually they aren't, as it's dangerous for them to do so in terms of The Powers That Be coming down on them.

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