Dr. Michael Brian Held, MBA, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 2,427
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 285
- Part D claims, 2024
- 84
- Publications
- 78
- MIPS score, 2024
- 93
- Practice address
- 5 High Ridge Park, Stamford, CT 06905
- Practice phone
- Call (203) 869-1145
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Orthopaedic & Neurosurgery Specialists
Stamford, Connecticut
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Dr. Michael Brian Held is an orthopedic surgeon in Stamford, Connecticut
Dr. Held practices at Orthopaedic & Neurosurgery Specialists in Stamford, Connecticut.
Dr. Held's NPI, 1306340229, was assigned on March 23, 2018. Dr. Held graduated from Tufts University School Of Medicine in 2018. Dr. Held holds Connecticut license 77032.
- NPI
- 1306340229NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 2961741301
- NPI enumeration date
- March 23, 2018
- NPI status
- Active
- Practice phone
- (203) 869-1145
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 34
- Medical school graduation
- 2018
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. Michael Brian Held practices at Orthopaedic & Neurosurgery Specialists in Stamford, Connecticut
Dr. Held's primary practice is Orthopaedic & Neurosurgery Specialists, at 5 High Ridge Park, Stamford, CT 06905 in Western Ct County. The practice phone is (203) 869-1145.
- Orthopaedic & Neurosurgery Specialists5 High Ridge Park, Stamford, CT 06905 · Western Ct CountyPhone(203) 869-1145
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. Michael Brian Held is affiliated with 13 sites of care and 7 medical groups
Dr. Held's primary practice is Orthopaedic & Neurosurgery Specialists in Stamford, Connecticut. Dr. Held is also affiliated with Stamford Hospital. The medical group on file is Rehabilitation Associates, Inc. Dmand AI also links Dr. Held to 3 more hospitals, 6 medical groups, 5 group practices and clinics and 3 home health agencies, each named with a free account.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Michael Brian Held's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Held practices, 12 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Orthopaedic & Neurosurgery Specialists | Available with a free account |
| +12 more sites and 6 medical groups | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Michael Brian Held is one of 300 orthopedic surgeons in Connecticut
Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Held's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Held's licenses on file in 4 states: Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.
Specialties and state licenses
- Orthopaedic surgery, ConnecticutPrimary
- New Jersey license
- New York license
- Pennsylvania license
Orthopedic surgeons near Dr. Held
Counts of orthopedic surgeons with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Michael Brian Held billed Medicare for 2,427 services in 2024
CMS data shows 2,427 Medicare services from Dr. Held across 14 procedure codes in 2024, for 285 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $72,904 for them.
Dr. Held's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Drugs given in the office
- 2023: 02024: 1,838
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 02024: 233
- Surgery
- 2023: 332024: 202512%
- Imaging
- 2023: 02024: 154
Where Dr. Held's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office2,30995%
- In a facility1185%
Dr. Held compared with the Connecticut median for orthopedic surgeons, 2024
- Dr. Held
- Connecticut median
- Medicare services
- 2,427vs 8642.8 times
- Medicare patients
- 285vs 20738% above
- Part D claims
- 75vs 12239% below
Medians across 297 orthopedic surgeons in Connecticut with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Held'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. Michael Brian Held treated 285 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 76
CMS counts 285 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Held in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 131 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high cholesterol. 6% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.09, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Held's median patient age at 72, with 61% women.
Dr. Held's Medicare patients by age, 2024
CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.
Dr. Held's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women17060%
- Men11540%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Held's Medicare patients, 2024
- Arthritis75%
- High cholesterol75%
- High blood pressure74%
- Ischemic heart disease31%
- Anxiety30%
- Mood disorders24%
- Diabetes23%
- Osteoporosis22%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Held's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 72
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women61%
- Men36%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Michael Brian Held wrote 84 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Held wrote 84 Medicare Part D claims for 52 patients. 99% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 75 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $188 in total drug cost. In 2021, CMS named 16 claims across 1 drug.
Dr. Held's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic83 claims99%
- Brand-name and other1 claims1%
Dr. Held'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, 2021 to 2024
- 2021
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2021: 162024: 75369%
Drugs named by CMS: 1 in 2024, 1 in 2021.
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. Michael Brian Held scored 93 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 93 out of 100 for Dr. Held for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. CMS counts 29 procedures of hip replacement by Dr. Held, more than 75% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
Dr. Held's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 93of 100Final score
- 86.7of 100Quality
- 99of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
- 89of 100Cost
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Where Dr. Held ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Knee replacement
- 64th percentile30 procedures
- Hip replacement
- 75th percentile29 procedures
CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.
Sources: Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)
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Dr. Michael Brian Held has 78 publications on record
Dmand AI links 78 papers to Dr. Held, published from 2016 to 2025. 2021 was the busiest year, with 18. The most frequent topics are South Africa, Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee and Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip. Dr. Held has published most often in Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol. Dr. Held's most frequent co-authors are Jeffrey Geller, MD, Roshan P. Shah, MD and Alexander Neuwirth, MD.
Dr. Held's papers by year, 2016 to 2025
Topics Dr. Held writes about most
- South Africa
- Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee
- Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip
- Wounds, Gunshot
- Knee Joint
- Orthopedics
- Knee Dislocation
- Fractures, Bone
Dr. Held's most frequent co-authors
- Jeffrey Geller, MD13 shared papers
- Roshan P. Shah, MD10 shared papers
- Alexander Neuwirth, MD9 shared papers
Recent publications by Dr. Held
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Michael Brian Held received $17,259 in industry payments from 2023 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 69 general payments to Dr. Held from 10 drug and device companies from 2023 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 31% of the total. Smith & Nephew, Inc. paid the most, $9,918.
General payments to Dr. Held by program year, 2023 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Held by kind, 2023 to 2025
- Food and beverage$5,38431%
- Travel and lodging$5,29631%
- Education$3,45420%
- Grants$3,12518%
Companies that paid Dr. Held the most, 2023 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Michael Brian Held graduated from Tufts University School Of Medicine
Dr. Held graduated from Tufts University School Of Medicine in 2018.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Michael Brian Held's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare 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 percentiles | Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Michael Brian Held's NPI number?
Dr. Michael Brian Held's NPI number is 1306340229. It was assigned on March 23, 2018, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Michael Brian Held?
Dr. Michael Brian Held is an orthopedic surgeon in Stamford, Connecticut. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207X00000X).
Where does Dr. Michael Brian Held practice?
Dr. Held practices at 5 High Ridge Park, Stamford, CT 06905. Dr. Held's primary practice is Orthopaedic & Neurosurgery Specialists in Stamford, Connecticut. Dmand AI also links Dr. Held to 3 hospitals, 6 medical groups, 5 group practices and clinics and 3 home health agencies.
What is Dr. Michael Brian Held's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Held is (203) 869-1145.
What is Dr. Michael Brian Held's medical license number?
Dr. Held holds Connecticut license 77032, one of the licenses on file in 4 states.
Which states has Dr. Michael Brian Held been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Held in Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.
Which hospitals is Dr. Michael Brian Held affiliated with?
Dr. Held is affiliated with Stamford Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Held to 3 more hospitals.
What medical group is Dr. Michael Brian Held part of?
Dr. Held is linked to Rehabilitation Associates, Inc. Dmand AI links Dr. Held to 6 more medical groups.
Does Dr. Michael Brian Held accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Held billed Medicare for 2,427 services in 2024.
What is Dr. Michael Brian Held's MIPS score?
Dr. Held's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 93 out of 100, reported as part of a group.
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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Michael Brian Held see?
CMS counts 285 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Held in 2024, with an average age of 76.
What services does Dr. Michael Brian Held bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Held's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J1010), office visit, established patient (99213) and surgery: bones and joints (20610).
Where did Dr. Michael Brian Held go to medical school?
Dr. Held graduated from Tufts University School Of Medicine in 2018.
What drugs does Dr. Michael Brian Held prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Held's most prescribed drugs by claims were Meloxicam.
Has Dr. Michael Brian Held received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $17,259 in general payments to Dr. Held from 10 companies from 2023 to 2025. The largest total came from Smith & Nephew, Inc.
How long has Dr. Michael Brian Held been practicing?
Dr. Held graduated from medical school in 2018, 8 years ago.
Does Dr. Michael Brian Held do research?
Dmand AI links 78 publications to Dr. Held, published from 2016 to 2025.
Who does Dr. Michael Brian Held publish with?
Dr. Held's most frequent co-authors are Jeffrey Geller, MD (13 shared papers), Roshan P. Shah, MD (10 shared papers) and Alexander Neuwirth, MD (9 shared papers).
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