Dr. Clifford Stermer, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 47,777
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 401
- Part D claims, 2024
- 1,755
- MIPS score, 2024
- 89
- Hospital affiliations
- 2
- Practice address
- 2255 W Glades Rd, Boca Raton, FL 33431
- Practice phone
- Call (561) 747-1987
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
American Arthritis & Rheumatology Associates
Boca Raton, Florida
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Dr. Clifford Stermer is a rheumatologist in Boca Raton, Florida
Dr. Stermer practices at American Arthritis & Rheumatology Associates in Boca Raton, Florida.
Dr. Stermer's NPI, 1730529918, was assigned on July 2, 2013. Dr. Stermer graduated from St. George's University School of Medicine in 2012. Dr. Stermer holds Florida license ME153669.
- NPI
- 1730529918NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 4880964345
- NPI enumeration date
- July 2, 2013
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (561) 747-1987
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 40
- Medical school graduation
- 2012
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Clifford Stermer practices at American Arthritis & Rheumatology Associates in Boca Raton, Florida
Dr. Stermer's primary practice is American Arthritis & Rheumatology Associates, at 2255 W Glades Rd, Boca Raton, FL 33431 in Palm Beach County. The practice phone is (561) 747-1987.
- American Arthritis & Rheumatology Associates2255 W Glades Rd, Boca Raton, FL 33431 · Palm Beach CountyPhone(561) 747-1987
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. Clifford Stermer is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 2 medical groups
Dr. Stermer's primary practice is American Arthritis & Rheumatology Associates in Boca Raton, Florida. Dr. Stermer is also affiliated with Cleveland Clinic Martin North Hospital. The medical group on file is AARA (The American Arthritis and Rheumatology Associates). Dmand AI also links Dr. Stermer to 1 more hospital, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Clifford Stermer's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Stermer practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| American Arthritis & Rheumatology Associates | Available with a free account |
| +4 more sites and 1 medical group | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Clifford Stermer is one of 465 rheumatologists in Florida
Rheumatology is Dr. Stermer's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RR0500X. Dr. Stermer is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Stermer's licenses on file in 3 states: Florida, New Mexico and New Jersey.
Specialties and state licenses
- Rheumatology, FloridaPrimary
- New Mexico license
- New Jersey license
Clinical focus
Dmand AI lists arteritis, arthritis, fluid in a joint, gout, joint pain, lupus, muscle disease and muscle pain, fibromyalgia, and limb pain among the conditions Dr. Stermer treats.
Rheumatologists near Dr. Stermer
Counts of rheumatologists 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. Clifford Stermer billed Medicare for 47,777 services in 2024
CMS data shows 47,777 Medicare services from Dr. Stermer across 13 procedure codes in 2024, for 401 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $606,893 for them. Every service was in an office.
Dr. Stermer's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Drugs given in the office
- 2023: 1,7622024: 45,9052505%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 7672024: 93622%
- Other services
- 2023: 02024: 501
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 1212024: 435260%
- Surgery
- 2023: 182024: 0100%
Dr. Stermer compared with the Florida median for rheumatologists, 2024
- Dr. Stermer
- Florida median
- Medicare services
- 47,777vs 3,46713.8 times
- Medicare patients
- 401vs 31926% above
- Part D claims
- 1,564vs 1,4567% above
Medians across 447 rheumatologists in Florida with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Stermer'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. Clifford Stermer treated 401 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74
CMS counts 401 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Stermer in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 199 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 1.13, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Stermer's median patient age at 58, with 77% women.
Dr. Stermer's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Stermer's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women29874%
- Men10326%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Stermer's Medicare patients, 2024
- Arthritis75%
- High cholesterol75%
- High blood pressure66%
- Osteoporosis46%
- Ischemic heart disease32%
- Anxiety31%
- Mood disorders25%
- Depression23%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Stermer's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 58
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women77%
- Men22%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Clifford Stermer wrote 1,755 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Stermer wrote 1,755 Medicare Part D claims for 462 patients. 84% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,564 of them, across 25 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,253,063 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 2,768 claims across 44 drugs.
Dr. Stermer's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic1,479 claims84%
- Brand-name and other276 claims16%
Dr. Stermer'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: 2,7682024: 1,56443%
Drugs named by CMS: 25 in 2024, 44 in 2023.
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. Clifford Stermer scored 89 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 89 out of 100 for Dr. Stermer for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Stermer accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Stermer as offering telehealth.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
Dr. Stermer's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 89of 100Final score
- 82.3of 100Quality
- 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
- 77of 100Cost
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026
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Dr. Clifford Stermer received $196,725 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 1,014 general payments to Dr. Stermer from 34 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 76% of the total. Eli Lilly and Company paid the most, $73,789. It also lists 3 research payments totaling $33,930 from 2024 to 2025, naming 1 clinical trial.
General payments to Dr. Stermer by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Stermer by kind, 2016 to 2025
- Speaker and faculty fees$149,78776%
- Food and beverage$21,70911%
- Consulting fees$14,8908%
- Travel and lodging$9,4665%
- Other$8730%
Companies that paid Dr. Stermer the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Clifford Stermer graduated from St. George's University School of Medicine
Dr. Stermer graduated from St. George's University School of Medicine in 2012.
- Medical school
- Board certified in internal medicine
- Board certified in rheumatology
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Clifford Stermer accepts plans from 16 insurance carriers
Dr. Stermer is in network with 16 carriers, including Elevance, Aetna and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
- Elevance
- Aetna
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
- United Healthcare
- Cigna
- HCSC
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
- Regence Health Plans
- +8 more carriersWith a free account
Plan types Dr. Stermer accepts, by number of carriers
- PPO11
- Medicare9
- HMO8
- EPO4
- POS4
- Medicaid1
Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data
Sources for Dr. Clifford Stermer'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 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 | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Insurance carriers and plan types | Dmand AI Insurance Network Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Clifford Stermer's NPI number?
Dr. Clifford Stermer's NPI number is 1730529918. It was assigned on July 2, 2013, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Clifford Stermer?
Dr. Clifford Stermer is a rheumatologist in Boca Raton, Florida. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Rheumatology Physician (taxonomy code 207RR0500X).
Where does Dr. Clifford Stermer practice?
Dr. Stermer practices at 2255 W Glades Rd, Boca Raton, FL 33431. Dr. Stermer's primary practice is American Arthritis & Rheumatology Associates in Boca Raton, Florida. Dmand AI also links Dr. Stermer to 1 hospital, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group.
What is Dr. Clifford Stermer's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Stermer is (561) 747-1987.
What is Dr. Clifford Stermer's medical license number?
Dr. Stermer holds Florida license ME153669, one of the licenses on file in 3 states.
Which states has Dr. Clifford Stermer been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Stermer in Florida (2021 to 2026), New Mexico (2016 to 2025) and New Jersey (2015 to 2019).
Which hospitals is Dr. Clifford Stermer affiliated with?
Dr. Stermer is affiliated with Cleveland Clinic Martin North Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Stermer to 1 more hospital.
What medical group is Dr. Clifford Stermer part of?
Dr. Stermer is linked to AARA (The American Arthritis and Rheumatology Associates). Dmand AI links Dr. Stermer to 1 more medical group.
Does Dr. Clifford Stermer accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Stermer billed Medicare for 47,777 services in 2024, and Dr. Stermer accepts Medicare assignment.
Does Dr. Clifford Stermer offer telehealth?
Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Stermer as offering telehealth services.
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What is Dr. Clifford Stermer's MIPS score?
Dr. Stermer's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 89 out of 100, reported as part of a group.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Clifford Stermer see?
CMS counts 401 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Stermer in 2024, with an average age of 74.
Is Dr. Clifford Stermer board certified?
Yes. Dr. Stermer is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
What services does Dr. Clifford Stermer bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Stermer's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J0717), injected or infused drug (J0129) and injected or infused drug (J0897).
Where did Dr. Clifford Stermer go to medical school?
Dr. Stermer graduated from St. George's University School of Medicine in 2012.
What drugs does Dr. Clifford Stermer prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Stermer's most prescribed drugs by claims were Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate, Prednisone and Methotrexate.
Has Dr. Clifford Stermer received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $196,725 in general payments to Dr. Stermer from 34 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Eli Lilly and Company.
How long has Dr. Clifford Stermer been practicing?
Dr. Stermer graduated from medical school in 2012, 14 years ago.
What insurance does Dr. Clifford Stermer accept?
Dr. Stermer is in network with 16 carriers, including Elevance, Aetna and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
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