Dr. Craig Michael Forleiter, MD

Dr. Forleiter practices at David a Lickstein MD in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

Dr. Forleiter's NPI, 1700178936, was assigned on May 5, 2011. Dr. Forleiter graduated from George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in 2011. Dr. Forleiter holds Florida license ME131680.

Dr. Forleiter's primary practice is David a Lickstein MD, at 5540 Pga Blvd, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418 in Palm Beach County. The practice phone is (561) 847-0970.

Dr. Forleiter's primary practice is David a Lickstein MD in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Dr. Forleiter is also affiliated with Jupiter Medical Center. The medical group on file is Jupiter Medical Center Physician Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Forleiter to 2 more group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Forleiter practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Plastic and reconstructive surgery is Dr. Forleiter's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 2086S0122X. Dr. Forleiter is board certified in plastic surgery by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. Dmand AI has Dr. Forleiter's licenses on file in 2 states: Florida and New York.

Dmand AI lists breast reconstruction, cancerous skin growth removal and removal of damaged skin or skin graft among the conditions Dr. Forleiter treats.

CMS data shows 609 Medicare services from Dr. Forleiter across 14 procedure codes in 2024, for 303 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $96,241 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 303 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Forleiter in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 128 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 68% have high blood pressure. Their average risk score is 1.15, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Forleiter's median patient age at 63, with 69% women.

In 2024, Dr. Forleiter wrote 224 Medicare Part D claims for 104 patients. 89% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 173 of them, across 5 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $11,179 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 129 claims across 4 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 100 out of 100 for Dr. Forleiter for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Forleiter accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 235 procedures of melanoma (skin cancer) excision by Dr. Forleiter, more than 98% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Removal of tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 8 papers to Dr. Forleiter, published from 2013 to 2021. 2020 was the busiest year, with 2. The most frequent topics are Algorithms. Dr. Forleiter's most frequent co-authors are Faiz Y. Bhora, MD, Lisandro Miguel Montorfano, MD and Martin I. Newman, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 152 general payments to Dr. Forleiter from 22 drug and device companies from 2018 to 2025. Honoraria make up the largest share, 63% of the total. Bimini Technologies LLC paid the most, $13,000.

Dmand AI lists 3 awards for Dr. Forleiter, most recently Chief Fellow in 2020.

Dr. Forleiter graduated from George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in 2011.

Dr. Forleiter is in network with 11 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.