Dr. Clifford J. Berger, MD

Dr. Berger practices at Boston Medical Center - Brighton in Brighton, Massachusetts, part of Boston Medical Center Health System.

Dr. Berger's NPI, 1972569861, was assigned on April 21, 2006. Dr. Berger graduated from New York University School of Medicine in 1988. Dr. Berger's Massachusetts license number on file is 72345.

Dr. Berger's primary practice is Boston Medical Center - Brighton, at 736 Cambridge Street, Nevins Building, Brighton, MA 02135 in Suffolk County. The practice phone is (617) 789-3000.

Dr. Berger's primary practice is Boston Medical Center - Brighton in Brighton, Massachusetts, part of Boston Medical Center Health System. Dr. Berger is also affiliated with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. The medical group on file is Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (HMFP). Dmand AI also links Dr. Berger to 4 more hospitals, 2 group practices and clinics, 1 hospital outpatient department and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Berger practices, 9 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Interventional cardiology is Dr. Berger's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RI0011X. Dr. Berger is board certified in cardiovascular disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Berger has a license on file in Massachusetts.

Dmand AI lists aneurysm, atrial fibrillation and flutter, cardiomyopathy, chronic hypertension, coronary artery disease, heart failure, heart valve disorders and intermittent racing heartbeat (PSVT) among the conditions Dr. Berger treats.

CMS data shows 1,490 Medicare services from Dr. Berger across 20 procedure codes in 2024, for 886 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $90,042 for them.

CMS counts 886 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Berger in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 370 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 15% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.63, 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. Berger's median patient age at 74, with 43% women.

In 2024, Dr. Berger wrote 2,613 Medicare Part D claims for 483 patients. 84% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,478 of them, across 34 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $535,051 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 2,509 claims across 30 drugs.

Dr. Berger accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 30 procedures of coronary angioplasty and stenting by Dr. Berger, more than 66% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 3 papers to Dr. Berger. The most frequent topics are Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary. Dr. Berger's most frequent co-authors are David Jonathan Cohen, MD and Roxana Mehran, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 475 general payments to Dr. Berger from 36 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 96% of the total. Edwards Lifesciences Corporation paid the most, $70,686. It also lists 2 research payments totaling $1,900 in 2021.

Dmand AI lists 3 awards for Dr. Berger, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2013.

Dr. Berger graduated from New York University School of Medicine in 1988. Dr. Berger is a member of ACC.

Dr. Berger is in network with 11 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 8. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.