Dr. Michael D. Daras, MD

  • Fort Lee, NJ
  • Neurologist
NPI1972604700PAC ID6406845841
Medicare services, 2024
279
Medicare patients, 2024
182
Part D claims, 2024
1,627
Publications
24
MIPS score, 2024
100
Practice address
400 Kelby St, Fort Lee, NJ 07024
Practice phone
Call (646) 317-7111
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Primary practice

Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York

Fort Lee, New Jersey

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Dr. Michael D. Daras is a neurologist in Fort Lee, New Jersey

Dr. Daras practices at Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York in Fort Lee, New Jersey.

Dr. Daras' NPI, 1972604700, was assigned on September 26, 2006. Dr. Daras graduated from University of Athens in 1969. Dr. Daras holds New York license 126459.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
6406845841
NPI enumeration date
September 26, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(646) 317-7111
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
83
Medical school graduation
1969

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

Dr. Michael D. Daras practices at Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York in Fort Lee, New Jersey

Dr. Daras' primary practice is Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, at 400 Kelby St, Fort Lee, NJ 07024 in Bergen County. The practice phone is (646) 317-7111.

  • Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    400 Kelby St, Fort Lee, NJ 07024 · Bergen CountyPhone(646) 317-7111

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

Dr. Michael D. Daras is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Daras' primary practice is Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York in Fort Lee, New Jersey. Dr. Daras is also affiliated with NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. The medical group on file is ColumbiaDoctors. Dmand AI also links Dr. Daras to 1 more group practice or clinic, 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. Michael D. Daras' practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New YorkAvailable with a free account
+2 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Michael D. Daras is one of 607 neurologists in New Jersey

Neurology is Dr. Daras' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 2084N0400X. Dr. Daras is board certified in neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Dmand AI has Dr. Daras' licenses on file in 2 states: New York and Florida.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Neurology, New YorkPrimaryLicense 126459 · 1976 to 2027 · taxonomy 2084N0400X
  • Florida licenseSince 2021

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists acute mini-stroke (TIA), carpal tunnel syndrome, cerebrovascular disease, epilepsy, essential tremor, fibromyalgia and chronic pain, head injury and lower back pain among the conditions Dr. Daras treats.

Neurologists near Dr. Daras

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

Dr. Michael D. Daras billed Medicare for 279 services in 2024

CMS data shows 279 Medicare services from Dr. Daras across 3 procedure codes in 2024, all of them office visits, for 182 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $31,283 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 2024279
Medicare patients182
Paid by Medicare$31,283
Procedure codes3

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 2832024: 2791%
Surgery
2023: 182024: 0100%

Dr. Daras compared with the New Jersey median for neurologists, 2024

  • Dr. Daras
  • New Jersey median
Medicare services
279vs 44838% below
Medicare patients
182vs 23723% below
Part D claims
1,272vs 4752.7 times

Medians across 595 neurologists in New Jersey with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Daras' 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. Michael D. Daras treated 182 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74

CMS counts 182 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Daras in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 78 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 67% have high blood pressure. 18% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.32, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Daras' median patient age at 62, with 58% women.

Medicare patients, 2024182
Average age74
Average risk score1.32
Also on Medicaid18%

Dr. Daras' Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Daras' Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women10357%
  • Men7943%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Daras' Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High cholesterol75%
  2. High blood pressure67%
  3. Arthritis54%
  4. Diabetes34%
  5. Ischemic heart disease31%
  6. Mood disorders27%
  7. Anxiety25%
  8. Osteoporosis24%

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

Dr. Daras' 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

  • Women58%
  • Men37%

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

Dr. Michael D. Daras wrote 1,627 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Daras wrote 1,627 Medicare Part D claims for 206 patients. 90% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,272 of them, across 32 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $269,514 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,306 claims across 37 drugs.

Part D claims, 20241,627
Drugs named by CMS32
Total drug cost$269,514
Part D patients206

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

  • Generic1,462 claims90%
  • Brand-name165 claims10%

Dr. Daras' 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. Daras' Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids15%251 of 1,627 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: 1,3062024: 1,2723%

Drugs named by CMS: 32 in 2024, 37 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. Michael D. Daras 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. Daras for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Daras accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Daras as offering telehealth.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Dr. Daras' MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 100of 100Final score
  • 85.3of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities

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. Michael D. Daras has 24 publications on record

Dmand AI links 24 papers to Dr. Daras. The most frequent topics are Cocaine, Substance-Related Disorders and Epilepsy. Dr. Daras has published most often in Arch Neurol. Dr. Daras' most frequent co-authors are Anne Reine Kleiman, DO and Elaine U. Yutan, MD.

Papers24

Topics Dr. Daras writes about most

  • Cocaine
  • Substance-Related Disorders
  • Epilepsy
  • History, Ancient
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Radiography

Dr. Daras' most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Daras

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

Dr. Michael D. Daras received $3,489 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 160 general payments to Dr. Daras from 28 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $668.

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

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

$3.5Kin total
  • Food and beverage$3,472100%
  • Speaker and faculty fees$170%

Companies that paid Dr. Daras 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. Michael D. Daras has 2 awards and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 2 awards for Dr. Daras, most recently Top Doctors: New York Metro Area in 2014.

Awards and honors for Dr. Daras

  1. 2014
    • Top Doctors: New York Metro Area
  2. Undated
    • Super Doc

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Michael D. Daras graduated from University of Athens

Dr. Daras graduated from University of Athens in 1969. Dr. Daras is a member of AAN.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity of Athens
  2. Board certified in neurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Michael D. Daras accepts plans from 12 insurance carriers

Dr. Daras is in network with 12 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

Plan types Dr. Daras accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO9
  2. Medicare7
  3. EPO4
  4. HMO3
  5. POS3
  6. Medicaid2

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Michael D. Daras'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)
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. Michael D. Daras' NPI number?

Dr. Michael D. Daras' NPI number is 1972604700. It was assigned on September 26, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Michael D. Daras?

Dr. Michael D. Daras is a neurologist in Fort Lee, New Jersey. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Neurology Physician (taxonomy code 2084N0400X).

Where does Dr. Michael D. Daras practice?

Dr. Daras practices at 400 Kelby St, Fort Lee, NJ 07024. Dr. Daras' primary practice is Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York in Fort Lee, New Jersey. Dmand AI also links Dr. Daras to 1 group practice or clinic.

What is Dr. Michael D. Daras' office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Daras is (646) 317-7111.

What is Dr. Michael D. Daras' medical license number?

Dr. Daras holds New York license 126459, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Michael D. Daras been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Daras in New York (1976 to 2027) and Florida (since 2021).

Which hospitals is Dr. Michael D. Daras affiliated with?

Dr. Daras is affiliated with NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center.

What medical group is Dr. Michael D. Daras part of?

Dr. Daras is linked to ColumbiaDoctors.

Does Dr. Michael D. Daras accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Daras billed Medicare for 279 services in 2024, and Dr. Daras accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Michael D. Daras offer telehealth?

Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Daras as offering telehealth services.

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What is Dr. Michael D. Daras' MIPS score?

Dr. Daras' MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 100 out of 100, reported through an alternative payment model (APM).

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Michael D. Daras see?

CMS counts 182 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Daras in 2024, with an average age of 74.

Is Dr. Michael D. Daras board certified?

Yes. Dr. Daras is board certified in neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

What services does Dr. Michael D. Daras bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Daras' most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), office visit, new patient (99204) and office visit, established patient (99213).

Where did Dr. Michael D. Daras go to medical school?

Dr. Daras graduated from University of Athens in 1969.

What drugs does Dr. Michael D. Daras prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Daras' most prescribed drugs by claims were Gabapentin, Oxycodone HCl and Cyclobenzaprine HCl.

Has Dr. Michael D. Daras received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $3,489 in general payments to Dr. Daras from 28 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Abbvie Inc.

How long has Dr. Michael D. Daras been practicing?

Dr. Daras graduated from medical school in 1969, 57 years ago.

Does Dr. Michael D. Daras do research?

Dmand AI links 24 publications to Dr. Daras.

Who does Dr. Michael D. Daras publish with?

Dr. Daras' most frequent co-authors are Anne Reine Kleiman, DO (2 shared papers) and Elaine U. Yutan, MD (1 shared paper).

What insurance does Dr. Michael D. Daras accept?

Dr. Daras is in network with 12 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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