Dr. James Robert Bruno, MD

  • Chevy Chase, MD
  • Plastic surgeon
NPI1861439887PAC ID1355247545
Medicare services, 2024
191
Medicare patients, 2024
102
Part D claims, 2024
183
Publications
1
MIPS score, 2024
85
Practice address
5454 Wisconsin Ave, Chevy Chase, MD 20815
Practice phone
Call (301) 654-5700
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Mobile number
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Primary practice

Weps Obs LLC

Chevy Chase, Maryland

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Dr. James Robert Bruno is a plastic surgeon in Chevy Chase, Maryland

Dr. Bruno practices at Weps Obs LLC in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

Dr. Bruno's NPI, 1861439887, was assigned on May 31, 2006. Dr. Bruno graduated from Perelman School of Medicine - Philadelphia in 1996. Dr. Bruno holds Maryland license D0060407.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
1355247545
NPI enumeration date
May 31, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(301) 654-5700
Professional email
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
59
Medical school graduation
1996

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

Dr. James Robert Bruno practices at Weps Obs LLC in Chevy Chase, Maryland

Dr. Bruno's primary practice is Weps Obs LLC, at 5454 Wisconsin Ave, Chevy Chase, MD 20815 in Montgomery County. The practice phone is (301) 654-5700.

  • Weps Obs LLC
    5454 Wisconsin Ave, Chevy Chase, MD 20815 · Montgomery CountyPhone(301) 654-5700

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

Dr. James Robert Bruno is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Bruno's primary practice is Weps Obs LLC in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Dr. Bruno is also affiliated with Sibley Memorial Hospital. The medical group on file is Bruno|Brown Plastic Surgery. Dmand AI also links Dr. Bruno to 2 more hospitals, 1 group practice or clinic 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. James Robert Bruno's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Bruno practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Weps Obs LLCAvailable with a free account
+4 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

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Dr. James Robert Bruno is one of 99 plastic surgeons in Maryland

Plastic surgery is Dr. Bruno's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208200000X. Dr. Bruno is board certified in plastic surgery by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. Dmand AI has Dr. Bruno's licenses on file in 5 states: Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Plastic surgery, MarylandPrimaryLicense D0060407 · 2003 to 2026 · taxonomy 208200000X
  • District of Columbia license2003 to 2027
  • Virginia license2003 to 2026
  • Ohio license2000 to 2009
  • Pennsylvania license1994 to 2008

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists breast reconstruction, cancerous skin growth removal and minor head injury among the conditions Dr. Bruno treats.

Plastic surgeons near Dr. Bruno

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

Dr. James Robert Bruno billed Medicare for 191 services in 2024

CMS data shows 191 Medicare services from Dr. Bruno across 6 procedure codes in 2024, for 102 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $17,248 for them.

Medicare services, 2024191
Medicare patients102
Paid by Medicare$17,248
Procedure codes6

Dr. Bruno's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1392024: 1433%
Surgery
2023: 02024: 48

Where Dr. Bruno's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office14375%
  • In a facility4825%

Dr. Bruno compared with the Maryland median for plastic surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Bruno
  • Maryland median
Medicare services
191vs 862.2 times
Medicare patients
102vs 7340% above
Part D claims
149vs 305.0 times

Medians across 86 plastic surgeons in Maryland with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Bruno'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. James Robert Bruno treated 102 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 72

CMS counts 102 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bruno in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 58 patients. 75% of them have cancer, and 75% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 0.92, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Bruno's median patient age at 55, with 91% women.

Medicare patients, 2024102
Average age72
Average risk score0.92

Dr. Bruno's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Chronic conditions among Dr. Bruno's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. Cancer75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. High blood pressure65%
  4. Arthritis47%
  5. Osteoporosis24%
  6. Diabetes23%
  7. Anxiety21%
  8. Mood disorders19%

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

Dr. Bruno's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 55

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women91%
  • Men8%

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

Dr. James Robert Bruno wrote 183 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Bruno wrote 183 Medicare Part D claims for 41 patients. 99% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 149 of them, across 4 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $2,093 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 70 claims across 4 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024183
Drugs named by CMS4
Total drug cost$2,093
Part D patients41

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

  • Generic181 claims99%
  • Brand-name and other2 claims1%

Dr. Bruno'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.

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

  • Opioids24%44 of 183 claims
  • Antibiotics25%46 of 183 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: 702024: 149113%

Drugs named by CMS: 4 in 2024, 4 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. James Robert Bruno scored 85 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 85 out of 100 for Dr. Bruno for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Bruno accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 41 procedures of mastectomy by Dr. Bruno, more than 92% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Bruno's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 85of 100Final score
  • 81.6of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 69of 100Cost

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

Where Dr. Bruno ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Mastectomy
92nd percentile41 procedures

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

Melanoma (skin cancer) excision: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Skin biopsy: 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. James Robert Bruno has 1 publication on record

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Bruno in 2023. Dr. Bruno's most frequent co-author is Kenneth Robert Lee, MD.

Papers1

Dr. Bruno's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Bruno

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

Dr. James Robert Bruno received $101,139 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 234 general payments to Dr. Bruno from 20 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 56% of the total. Allergan Inc. paid the most, $91,227.

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

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

$101.1Kin total
  • Speaker and faculty fees$56,69556%
  • Gifts$13,08913%
  • Consulting fees$9,4959%
  • Travel and lodging$9,2029%
  • Other$12,65813%

Companies that paid Dr. Bruno 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. James Robert Bruno has 2 awards and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 2 awards for Dr. Bruno.

Awards and honors for Dr. Bruno

  1. Undated
    • Super Doc
    • Whos Who

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. James Robert Bruno graduated from Perelman School of Medicine - Philadelphia

Dr. Bruno graduated from Perelman School of Medicine - Philadelphia in 1996. Dr. Bruno is a member of ASPS.

  1. Medical schoolPerelman School of Medicine - Philadelphia
  2. Board certified in plastic surgeryAmerican Board of Plastic Surgery

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. James Robert Bruno accepts plans from 13 insurance carriers

Dr. Bruno is in network with 13 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • United Healthcare
  • CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
  • Cigna
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • HCSC
  • Humana
  • +5 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Dr. Bruno accepts, by number of carriers

  1. Medicare10
  2. PPO10
  3. HMO5
  4. POS4
  5. EPO2

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. James Robert Bruno'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. James Robert Bruno's NPI number?

Dr. James Robert Bruno's NPI number is 1861439887. It was assigned on May 31, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. James Robert Bruno?

Dr. James Robert Bruno is a plastic surgeon in Chevy Chase, Maryland. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Plastic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208200000X).

Where does Dr. James Robert Bruno practice?

Dr. Bruno practices at 5454 Wisconsin Ave, Chevy Chase, MD 20815. Dr. Bruno's primary practice is Weps Obs LLC in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Dmand AI also links Dr. Bruno to 2 hospitals, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. James Robert Bruno's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Bruno is (301) 654-5700.

What is Dr. James Robert Bruno's medical license number?

Dr. Bruno holds Maryland license D0060407, one of the licenses on file in 5 states.

Which states has Dr. James Robert Bruno been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Bruno in Maryland (2003 to 2026), District of Columbia (2003 to 2027), Virginia (2003 to 2026), Ohio (2000 to 2009) and Pennsylvania (1994 to 2008).

Which hospitals is Dr. James Robert Bruno affiliated with?

Dr. Bruno is affiliated with Sibley Memorial Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Bruno to 2 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. James Robert Bruno part of?

Dr. Bruno is linked to Bruno|Brown Plastic Surgery. Dmand AI links Dr. Bruno to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. James Robert Bruno accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Bruno billed Medicare for 191 services in 2024, and Dr. Bruno accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. James Robert Bruno's MIPS score?

Dr. Bruno's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 85 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. James Robert Bruno see?

CMS counts 102 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bruno in 2024, with an average age of 72.

Is Dr. James Robert Bruno board certified?

Yes. Dr. Bruno is board certified in plastic surgery by the American Board of Plastic Surgery.

What services does Dr. James Robert Bruno bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Bruno's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99213), office visit, established patient (99212) and office visit, new patient (99204).

Where did Dr. James Robert Bruno go to medical school?

Dr. Bruno graduated from Perelman School of Medicine - Philadelphia in 1996.

What drugs does Dr. James Robert Bruno prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Bruno's most prescribed drugs by claims were Cefadroxil, Ondansetron HCl and Oxycodone-Acetaminophen.

Has Dr. James Robert Bruno received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $101,139 in general payments to Dr. Bruno from 20 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Allergan Inc.

How long has Dr. James Robert Bruno been practicing?

Dr. Bruno graduated from medical school in 1996, 30 years ago.

Does Dr. James Robert Bruno do research?

Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Bruno.

Who does Dr. James Robert Bruno publish with?

Dr. Bruno's most frequent co-authors are Kenneth Robert Lee, MD (1 shared paper).

What insurance does Dr. James Robert Bruno accept?

Dr. Bruno is in network with 13 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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