Dr. Bruce H. Bern, MD

  • San Mateo, CA
  • Ophthalmologist
NPI1700954278
Medicare services, 2024
1,587
Medicare patients, 2024
496
Part D claims, 2024
615
Publications
1
MIPS score, 2024
85
Practice address
50 S San Mateo Dr, San Mateo, CA 94401
Practice phone
Call (650) 348-5882
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Primary practice

San Mateo Endoscopy Center

San Mateo, California

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Dr. Bruce H. Bern is an ophthalmologist in San Mateo, California

Dr. Bern practices at San Mateo Endoscopy Center in San Mateo, California.

Dr. Bern's NPI, 1700954278, was assigned on December 1, 2006. Dr. Bern graduated from Lewis Katz School of Medicine in 1981. Dr. Bern holds California license G49320.

NPI and contact details
NPI enumeration date
December 1, 2006
NPI status
Active
Practice phone
(650) 348-5882
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
71
Medical school graduation
1981

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. Bruce H. Bern practices at San Mateo Endoscopy Center in San Mateo, California

Dr. Bern's primary practice is San Mateo Endoscopy Center, at 50 S San Mateo Dr, San Mateo, CA 94401 in San Mateo County. The practice phone is (650) 348-5882.

  • San Mateo Endoscopy Center
    50 S San Mateo Dr, San Mateo, CA 94401 · San Mateo CountyPhone(650) 348-5882

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. Bruce H. Bern is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Bern's primary practice is San Mateo Endoscopy Center in San Mateo, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Bern to 2 group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups, each named with a free account.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Bruce H. Bern's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Bern practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
San Mateo Endoscopy CenterAvailable with a free account
+2 more sites and 2 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Bruce H. Bern is one of 2,621 ophthalmologists in California

Ophthalmology is Dr. Bern's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207W00000X. Dr. Bern is board certified in ophthalmology by the American Board of Ophthalmology. Dmand AI has Dr. Bern's licenses on file in 2 states: California and Pennsylvania.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Ophthalmology, CaliforniaPrimaryLicense G49320 · 1982 to 2026 · taxonomy 207W00000X
  • Pennsylvania license1981 to 1982

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists age-related macular degeneration, cataract, conjunctivitis, dry eye, eye infection or inflammation, eyelid inflammation, glaucoma and glaucoma surgery among the conditions Dr. Bern treats.

Ophthalmologists near Dr. Bern

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Dr. Bruce H. Bern billed Medicare for 1,587 services in 2024

CMS data shows 1,587 Medicare services from Dr. Bern across 10 procedure codes in 2024, for 496 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $105,729 for them.

Medicare services, 20241,587
Medicare patients496
Paid by Medicare$105,729
Procedure codes10

Dr. Bern's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Tests and treatments
2023: 1,6432024: 1,45112%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1822024: 12432%
Surgery
2023: 152024: 1220%

Where Dr. Bern's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office1,57599%
  • In a facility121%

Dr. Bern compared with the California median for ophthalmologists, 2024

  • Dr. Bern
  • California median
Medicare services
1,587vs 1,07947% above
Medicare patients
496vs 42118% above
Part D claims
525vs 61815% below

Medians across 2,568 ophthalmologists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Bern's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Bruce H. Bern treated 496 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 78

CMS counts 496 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bern in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 221 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 67% have high blood pressure. Their average risk score is 0.94, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Bern's median patient age at 77, with 55% women.

Medicare patients, 2024496
Average age78
Average risk score0.94

Dr. Bern's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Bern's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women26654%
  • Men23046%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Bern's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High cholesterol75%
  2. High blood pressure67%
  3. Arthritis34%
  4. Diabetes25%
  5. Osteoporosis22%
  6. Chronic kidney disease20%
  7. Ischemic heart disease20%
  8. Cancer19%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Bern's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 77

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women55%
  • Men42%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Bruce H. Bern wrote 615 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Bern wrote 615 Medicare Part D claims for 129 patients. 28% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 525 of them, across 6 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $29,050 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 695 claims across 9 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024615
Drugs named by CMS6
Total drug cost$29,050
Part D patients129

Dr. Bern's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic174 claims28%
  • Brand-name441 claims72%

Dr. Bern's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 6952024: 52524%

Drugs named by CMS: 6 in 2024, 9 in 2023.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Bruce H. Bern scored 85 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 85 out of 100 for Dr. Bern for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group.

Dr. Bern's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 85of 100Final score
  • 81.5of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 67of 100Cost

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Source: Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026

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Dr. Bruce H. Bern has 1 publication on record

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Bern in 2023. Dr. Bern's most frequent co-authors are Emmett T. Cunningham, MD, MPH, PhD and Caleb Chin Tao Ng.

Papers1

Dr. Bern's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Bern

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Dr. Bruce H. Bern received $1,819 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 80 general payments to Dr. Bern from 17 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 92% of the total. Shire North American Group Inc paid the most, $281.

General payments to Dr. Bern by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Bern by kind, 2016 to 2025

$1.8Kin total
  • Food and beverage$1,66892%
  • Education$1518%

Companies that paid Dr. Bern the most, 2016 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Bruce H. Bern has 2 awards and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 2 awards for Dr. Bern, most recently Regional Top Doctor in 2014.

Awards and honors for Dr. Bern

  1. 2014
    • Regional Top Doctor
  2. Undated
    • Compassionate Doctors

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Bruce H. Bern graduated from Lewis Katz School of Medicine

Dr. Bern graduated from Lewis Katz School of Medicine in 1981.

  1. Medical schoolLewis Katz School of Medicine
  2. Board certified in ophthalmologyAmerican Board of Ophthalmology

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Bruce H. Bern accepts plans from 8 insurance carriers

Dr. Bern is in network with 8 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 5. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • United Healthcare
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • Aspirus Health Plan
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City
  • CMS Medicare
  • Elevance
  • HCSC

Plan types Dr. Bern accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO5
  2. POS4
  3. HMO3
  4. Medicare3
  5. EPO2

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Bruce H. Bern's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesClinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Awards and committee rolesDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Bruce H. Bern's NPI number?

Dr. Bruce H. Bern's NPI number is 1700954278. It was assigned on December 1, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Bruce H. Bern?

Dr. Bruce H. Bern is an ophthalmologist in San Mateo, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Ophthalmology Physician (taxonomy code 207W00000X).

Where does Dr. Bruce H. Bern practice?

Dr. Bern practices at 50 S San Mateo Dr, San Mateo, CA 94401. Dr. Bern's primary practice is San Mateo Endoscopy Center in San Mateo, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Bern to 2 group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups.

What is Dr. Bruce H. Bern's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Bern is (650) 348-5882.

What is Dr. Bruce H. Bern's medical license number?

Dr. Bern holds California license G49320, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Bruce H. Bern been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Bern in California (1982 to 2026) and Pennsylvania (1981 to 1982).

Does Dr. Bruce H. Bern accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Bern billed Medicare for 1,587 services in 2024.

What is Dr. Bruce H. Bern's MIPS score?

Dr. Bern's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 85 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Bruce H. Bern see?

CMS counts 496 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bern in 2024, with an average age of 78.

Is Dr. Bruce H. Bern board certified?

Yes. Dr. Bern is board certified in ophthalmology by the American Board of Ophthalmology.

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What services does Dr. Bruce H. Bern bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Bern's most billed Medicare services were eye exam or test (92014), eye exam or test (92250) and eye exam or test (92083).

Where did Dr. Bruce H. Bern go to medical school?

Dr. Bern graduated from Lewis Katz School of Medicine in 1981.

What drugs does Dr. Bruce H. Bern prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Bern's most prescribed drugs by claims were Latanoprost, Timolol Maleate and Lumigan.

Has Dr. Bruce H. Bern received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $1,819 in general payments to Dr. Bern from 17 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Shire North American Group Inc.

How long has Dr. Bruce H. Bern been practicing?

Dr. Bern graduated from medical school in 1981, 45 years ago.

Does Dr. Bruce H. Bern do research?

Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Bern.

Who does Dr. Bruce H. Bern publish with?

Dr. Bern's most frequent co-authors are Emmett T. Cunningham, MD, MPH, PhD (1 shared paper) and Caleb Chin Tao Ng (1 shared paper).

What insurance does Dr. Bruce H. Bern accept?

Dr. Bern is in network with 8 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 5. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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