Dr. David B. Kessler, DO
- Medicare services, 2024
- 9,835
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 984
- Part D claims, 2024
- 1,316
- Publications
- 1
- MIPS score, 2024
- 74
- Practice address
- 70 Grand Ave, Massapequa, NY 11758-4906
- Practice phone
- Call (516) 799-1600
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Massapequa Dermatology
Dermatology practice · Massapequa, New York
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Dr. David B. Kessler is a dermatologist in Massapequa, New York
Dr. Kessler practices at Massapequa Dermatology in Massapequa, New York.
Dr. Kessler's NPI, 1255442232, was assigned on August 31, 2006. Dr. Kessler graduated from NYIT College Of Osteopathic Medicine in 1986. Dr. Kessler holds New York license 171086.
- NPI
- 1255442232NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 7517922099
- NPI enumeration date
- August 31, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (516) 799-1600
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 66
- Medical school graduation
- 1986
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. David B. Kessler practices at Massapequa Dermatology in Massapequa, New York
Dr. Kessler's primary practice is Massapequa Dermatology, at 70 Grand Ave, Massapequa, NY 11758-4906. The practice phone is (516) 799-1600.
- Massapequa Dermatology70 Grand Ave, Massapequa, NY 11758-4906Phone(516) 799-1600
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. David B. Kessler is affiliated with 1 site of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Kessler's primary practice is Massapequa Dermatology in Massapequa, New York. The medical group on file is Massapequa Dermatology.
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. David B. Kessler's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Kessler practices. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Massapequa Dermatology | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. David B. Kessler is one of 1,038 dermatologists in New York
Dermatology is Dr. Kessler's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207N00000X. Dr. Kessler is licensed in New York.
Specialties and state licenses
- Dermatology, New YorkPrimary
Dermatologists near Dr. Kessler
Counts of dermatologists 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. David B. Kessler billed Medicare for 9,835 services in 2024
CMS data shows 9,835 Medicare services from Dr. Kessler across 23 procedure codes in 2024, for 984 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $261,081 for them. Every service was in an office.
Dr. Kessler's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Drugs given in the office
- 2023: 5,2472024: 4,8438%
- Surgery
- 2023: 3,3382024: 3,2602%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 1,5772024: 1,6374%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 212024: 70233%
- Other services
- 2023: 252024: 25No change
Dr. Kessler compared with the New York median for dermatologists, 2024
- Dr. Kessler
- New York median
- Medicare services
- 9,835vs 1,0169.7 times
- Medicare patients
- 984vs 3243.0 times
- Part D claims
- 1,094vs 3343.3 times
Medians across 1,022 dermatologists in New York with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Kessler'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. David B. Kessler treated 984 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75
CMS counts 984 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kessler in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 439 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 4% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.03, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Kessler's median patient age at 64, with 46% women.
Dr. Kessler's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Kessler's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women42543%
- Men55957%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Kessler's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Arthritis47%
- Ischemic heart disease39%
- Diabetes36%
- Anxiety21%
- Cancer20%
- Atrial fibrillation17%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Kessler's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 64
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women46%
- Men51%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. David B. Kessler wrote 1,316 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Kessler wrote 1,316 Medicare Part D claims for 523 patients. 87% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,094 of them, across 35 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $151,765 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 860 claims across 31 drugs.
Dr. Kessler's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic1,142 claims87%
- Brand-name174 claims13%
Dr. Kessler'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. Kessler's Part D claims, 2024
- Antibiotics4%57 of 1,316 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: 8602024: 1,09427%
Drugs named by CMS: 35 in 2024, 31 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. David B. Kessler scored 74 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 74 out of 100 for Dr. Kessler for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Kessler accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 1,421 procedures of removal of skin lesions by Dr. Kessler, more than 96% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Dr. Kessler's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 74of 100Final score
- 48.6of 100Quality
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Where Dr. Kessler ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Removal of skin lesions
- 96th percentile1,421 procedures
- Skin biopsy
- 93rd percentile371 procedures
- Removal or shaving of skin growth
- 78th percentile43 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)
Removal of tissue: 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. David B. Kessler has 1 publication on record
Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Kessler in 2024. Dr. Kessler's most frequent co-author is Casey Virginia Hudson, DO.
Dr. Kessler's most frequent co-authors
Recent publications by Dr. Kessler
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. David B. Kessler received $402,560 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 1,375 general payments to Dr. Kessler from 43 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 85% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $173,373.
General payments to Dr. Kessler by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Kessler by kind, 2016 to 2025
- Speaker and faculty fees$341,08885%
- Food and beverage$32,6538%
- Travel and lodging$12,4633%
- Consulting fees$11,8733%
- Other$4,4821%
Companies that paid Dr. Kessler 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. David B. Kessler graduated from NYIT College Of Osteopathic Medicine
Dr. Kessler graduated from NYIT College Of Osteopathic Medicine in 1986.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. David B. Kessler'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 | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand 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)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. David B. Kessler's NPI number?
Dr. David B. Kessler's NPI number is 1255442232. It was assigned on August 31, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. David B. Kessler?
Dr. David B. Kessler is a dermatologist in Massapequa, New York. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Dermatology Physician (taxonomy code 207N00000X).
Where does Dr. David B. Kessler practice?
Dr. Kessler practices at 70 Grand Ave, Massapequa, NY 11758-4906. Dr. Kessler's primary practice is Massapequa Dermatology in Massapequa, New York.
What is Dr. David B. Kessler's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Kessler is (516) 799-1600.
What is Dr. David B. Kessler's medical license number?
Dr. Kessler holds New York license 171086.
What medical group is Dr. David B. Kessler part of?
Dr. Kessler is linked to Massapequa Dermatology.
Does Dr. David B. Kessler accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Kessler billed Medicare for 9,835 services in 2024, and Dr. Kessler accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. David B. Kessler's MIPS score?
Dr. Kessler's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 74 out of 100, reported individually.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. David B. Kessler see?
CMS counts 984 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kessler in 2024, with an average age of 75.
What services does Dr. David B. Kessler bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Kessler's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J7345), surgery: skin and soft tissue (17003) and office visit, established patient (99213).
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Where did Dr. David B. Kessler go to medical school?
Dr. Kessler graduated from NYIT College Of Osteopathic Medicine in 1986.
What drugs does Dr. David B. Kessler prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Kessler's most prescribed drugs by claims were Ketoconazole, Mupirocin and Triamcinolone Acetonide.
Has Dr. David B. Kessler received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $402,560 in general payments to Dr. Kessler from 43 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Abbvie Inc.
How long has Dr. David B. Kessler been practicing?
Dr. Kessler graduated from medical school in 1986, 40 years ago.
Does Dr. David B. Kessler do research?
Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Kessler.
Who does Dr. David B. Kessler publish with?
Dr. Kessler's most frequent co-authors are Casey Virginia Hudson, DO (1 shared paper).
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