Dr. Merrick David Elias, DO

  • Pembroke Pines, FL
  • Dermatologist
NPI1932314960PAC ID2365521283
Medicare services, 2024
1,244
Medicare patients, 2024
145
Part D claims, 2024
828
Publications
2
MIPS score, 2024
100
Practice address
2301 N University Dr, Pembroke Pines, FL 33024
Practice phone
Call (415) 802-1310
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Primary practice

Elias Dermatology

Pembroke Pines, Florida

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Dr. Merrick David Elias is a dermatologist in Pembroke Pines, Florida

Dr. Elias practices at Elias Dermatology in Pembroke Pines, Florida.

Dr. Elias' NPI, 1932314960, was assigned on May 12, 2007. Dr. Elias graduated from Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2001. Dr. Elias holds Florida license OS 8762.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
2365521283
NPI enumeration date
May 12, 2007
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(415) 802-1310
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
51
Medical school graduation
2001

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Merrick David Elias practices at Elias Dermatology in Pembroke Pines, Florida

Dr. Elias' primary practice is Elias Dermatology, at 2301 N University Dr, Pembroke Pines, FL 33024 in Broward County. The practice phone is (415) 802-1310.

  • Elias Dermatology
    2301 N University Dr, Pembroke Pines, FL 33024 · Broward CountyPhone(415) 802-1310

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

Dr. Merrick David Elias is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Elias' primary practice is Elias Dermatology in Pembroke Pines, Florida. The medical group on file is Elias Dermatology. Dmand AI also links Dr. Elias to 2 more group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, 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. Merrick David Elias' practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Elias DermatologyAvailable with a free account
+2 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Merrick David Elias is one of 1,200 dermatologists in Florida

Dermatology is Dr. Elias' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207N00000X. Dr. Elias is board certified in dermatology by the AOA Board of Dermatology. Dmand AI has Dr. Elias' licenses on file in 2 states: Florida and New York.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Dermatology, FloridaPrimaryLicense OS 8762 · taxonomy 207N00000X
  • New York licenseLicense 229435

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists acne, acute skin infection, benign or precancerous skin growths, contact dermatitis, corns and calluses, itchy rashes, minor injury to a limb and scalp rash among the conditions Dr. Elias treats.

Dermatologists near Dr. Elias

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1,200dermatologists in Florida
5dermatologists in Pembroke Pines

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

Dr. Merrick David Elias billed Medicare for 1,244 services in 2024

CMS data shows 1,244 Medicare services from Dr. Elias across 10 procedure codes in 2024, for 145 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $43,569 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 20241,244
Medicare patients145
Paid by Medicare$43,569
Procedure codes10

Dr. Elias' Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Surgery
2023: 9352024: 9301%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 2762024: 31414%

Dr. Elias compared with the Florida median for dermatologists, 2024

  • Dr. Elias
  • Florida median
Medicare services
1,244vs 2,86657% below
Medicare patients
145vs 57075% below
Part D claims
740vs 55035% above

Medians across 1,138 dermatologists in Florida with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Elias' 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. Merrick David Elias treated 145 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75

CMS counts 145 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Elias in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 58 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 73% have high blood pressure. Their average risk score is 1.39, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Elias' median patient age at 62, with 54% women.

Medicare patients, 2024145
Average age75
Average risk score1.39

Dr. Elias' Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Elias' Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women7753%
  • Men6847%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Elias' Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High cholesterol75%
  2. High blood pressure73%
  3. Arthritis46%
  4. Ischemic heart disease39%
  5. Chronic kidney disease32%
  6. Mood disorders28%
  7. Depression26%
  8. Diabetes24%

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

Dr. Elias' patients across all payers

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

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 62

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women54%
  • Men44%

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

Dr. Merrick David Elias wrote 828 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Elias wrote 828 Medicare Part D claims for 297 patients. 93% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 740 of them, across 15 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $215,817 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 725 claims across 13 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024828
Drugs named by CMS15
Total drug cost$215,817
Part D patients297

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

  • Generic768 claims93%
  • Brand-name60 claims7%

Dr. Elias' 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.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Elias' Part D claims, 2024

  • Antibiotics11%87 of 828 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 7252024: 7402%

Drugs named by CMS: 15 in 2024, 13 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. Merrick David Elias scored 100 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 100 out of 100 for Dr. Elias for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Elias accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 318 procedures of removal of skin lesions by Dr. Elias, more than 82% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Elias' MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 100of 100Final score
  • 100of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities

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

Where Dr. Elias ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Removal of skin lesions
82nd percentile318 procedures
Skin biopsy
75th percentile95 procedures
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision
67th percentile13 procedures

CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.

Removal or shaving of skin growth: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); 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. Merrick David Elias has 2 publications on record

Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Elias in 2024. 2024 was the busiest year, with 2. Dr. Elias has published most often in Cureus.

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. Merrick David Elias received $34,744 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 669 general payments to Dr. Elias from 41 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 46% of the total. Galderma Laboratories, L.P. paid the most, $8,890.

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

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

$34.7Kin total
  • Food and beverage$16,10346%
  • Consulting fees$8,50024%
  • Speaker and faculty fees$7,78922%
  • Honoraria$1,1503%
  • Other$1,2023%

Companies that paid Dr. Elias 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. Merrick David Elias has 1 award and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Elias.

Awards and honors for Dr. Elias

  1. Undated
    • AAD Fellow

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Merrick David Elias graduated from Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine

Dr. Elias graduated from Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2001. Dr. Elias is a member of AAD, AOA and FOMA.

  1. Medical schoolDr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine
  2. Board certified in dermatologyAOA Board of Dermatology
  3. Board certified in 2002 - 2026FL State License
  4. Board certified in 2003 - 2009NY State License

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Merrick David Elias accepts plans from 11 insurance carriers

Dr. Elias is in network with 11 carriers, including Aetna, Humana and United Healthcare. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 8. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Humana
  • United Healthcare
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • Elevance
  • HCSC
  • Regence Health Plans
  • +3 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Dr. Elias accepts, by number of carriers

  1. Medicare8
  2. PPO7
  3. HMO4
  4. POS3
  5. EPO2

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Merrick David Elias'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 percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)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-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. Merrick David Elias' NPI number?

Dr. Merrick David Elias' NPI number is 1932314960. It was assigned on May 12, 2007, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Merrick David Elias?

Dr. Merrick David Elias is a dermatologist in Pembroke Pines, Florida. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Dermatology Physician (taxonomy code 207N00000X).

Where does Dr. Merrick David Elias practice?

Dr. Elias practices at 2301 N University Dr, Pembroke Pines, FL 33024. Dr. Elias' primary practice is Elias Dermatology in Pembroke Pines, Florida. Dmand AI also links Dr. Elias to 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Merrick David Elias' office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Elias is (415) 802-1310.

What is Dr. Merrick David Elias' medical license number?

Dr. Elias holds Florida license OS 8762, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Merrick David Elias been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Elias in Florida and New York.

What medical group is Dr. Merrick David Elias part of?

Dr. Elias is linked to Elias Dermatology. Dmand AI links Dr. Elias to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Merrick David Elias accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Elias billed Medicare for 1,244 services in 2024, and Dr. Elias accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Merrick David Elias' MIPS score?

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

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Merrick David Elias see?

CMS counts 145 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Elias in 2024, with an average age of 75.

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Is Dr. Merrick David Elias board certified?

Yes. Dr. Elias is board certified in dermatology by the AOA Board of Dermatology.

What services does Dr. Merrick David Elias bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Elias' most billed Medicare services were surgery: skin and soft tissue (17003), office visit, established patient (99213) and surgery: skin and soft tissue (17000).

Where did Dr. Merrick David Elias go to medical school?

Dr. Elias graduated from Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2001.

What drugs does Dr. Merrick David Elias prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Elias' most prescribed drugs by claims were Ketoconazole, Betamethasone Dipropionate and Triamcinolone Acetonide.

Has Dr. Merrick David Elias received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $34,744 in general payments to Dr. Elias from 41 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Galderma Laboratories, L.P.

How long has Dr. Merrick David Elias been practicing?

Dr. Elias graduated from medical school in 2001, 25 years ago.

Does Dr. Merrick David Elias do research?

Dmand AI links 2 publications to Dr. Elias.

What insurance does Dr. Merrick David Elias accept?

Dr. Elias is in network with 11 carriers, including Aetna, Humana and United Healthcare. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 8. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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