Dr. Stuart W. Zarich, MD

Dr. Zarich practices at Bridgeport Hospital in Bridgeport, Connecticut, part of Yale New Haven Health System.

Dr. Zarich's NPI, 1689633596, was assigned on March 20, 2006. Dr. Zarich graduated from SUNY Upstate Medical University in 1981. Dr. Zarich holds Connecticut license 035245.

Dr. Zarich's primary practice is Bridgeport Hospital, at 267 Grant Street, Bridgeport, CT 06610 in Fairfield County. The practice phone is (203) 384-3000.

Dr. Zarich's primary practice is Bridgeport Hospital in Bridgeport, Connecticut, part of Yale New Haven Health System. The medical group on file is Yale Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Zarich to 3 more group practices and clinics and 3 medical groups, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Zarich practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Cardiovascular disease is Dr. Zarich's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RC0000X. Dr. Zarich is licensed in Connecticut.

CMS data shows 245 Medicare services from Dr. Zarich across 8 procedure codes in 2024, for 171 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $10,583 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 171 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Zarich in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 65 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 30% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.91, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Zarich's median patient age at 73, with 45% women.

In 2024, Dr. Zarich wrote 1,151 Medicare Part D claims for 122 patients. 83% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 892 of them, across 27 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $185,459 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 724 claims across 23 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 100 out of 100 for Dr. Zarich for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Zarich accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 36 papers to Dr. Zarich, published from 2010 to 2025. 2023 was the busiest year, with 6. The most frequent topics are Echocardiography, Aortic Valve Stenosis and COVID-19. Dr. Zarich has published most often in Oxf Med Case Reports. Dr. Zarich's most frequent co-authors are Kristin Michelle Stawiarski, MD, Abhinav Aggarwal, MD and Gilead I. Lancaster, MD.

Dmand AI links Dr. Zarich to 3 clinical trials. Conditions studied include Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Diabetes Mellitus and Heart Failure. Open Payments lists research payments to Dr. Zarich that name 1 trial.

CMS Open Payments shows 265 general payments to Dr. Zarich from 27 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 71% of the total. Novo Nordisk Inc paid the most, $36,267. It also lists 1 research payment totaling $1,232 in 2020, naming 1 clinical trial.

Dr. Zarich graduated from SUNY Upstate Medical University in 1981.