Dr. Nicholas John Russo, MD

Dr. Russo practices at Hmhmg Specialty Care in Hackensack, New Jersey.

Dr. Russo's NPI, 1679005649, was assigned on March 29, 2017. Dr. Russo holds New Jersey license 25MA11351700.

Dr. Russo's primary practice is Hmhmg Specialty Care, at 360 Essex St, Hackensack, NJ 07601 in Bergen County. The practice phone is (732) 807-0800.

Dr. Russo's primary practice is Hmhmg Specialty Care in Hackensack, New Jersey. Dr. Russo is also affiliated with Jersey Shore University Medical Center. The medical group on file is Hackensack Meridian Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Russo to 4 more hospitals and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Russo practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Vascular surgery is Dr. Russo's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 2086S0129X. Dmand AI has Dr. Russo's licenses on file in 2 states: New Jersey and New York.

CMS data shows 2,034 Medicare services from Dr. Russo across 28 procedure codes in 2024, for 642 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $253,280 for them.

CMS counts 642 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Russo in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 272 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 8% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.73, 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. Russo's median patient age at 68, with 39% women.

In 2024, Dr. Russo wrote 195 Medicare Part D claims for 51 patients. 65% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 155 of them, across 4 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $61,987 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 80 claims across 4 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 81 out of 100 for Dr. Russo for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Russo accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 13 procedures of leg revascularization (restoring blood flow) by Dr. Russo, more than 68% 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 2 papers to Dr. Russo, published from 2016 to 2021. Dr. Russo's most frequent co-author is Jeffrey Clinton Hnath, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 291 general payments to Dr. Russo from 27 drug and device companies from 2022 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 73% of the total. Medtronic, Inc. paid the most, $19,155.