Dr. Richard L. Alweis, MD

Dr. Alweis practices at Unity Hospital - Unit in Rochester, New York.

Dr. Alweis' NPI, 1174529747, was assigned on June 28, 2005. Dr. Alweis graduated from The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University in 1999. Dr. Alweis' New York license number on file is 283973.

Dr. Alweis' primary practice is Unity Hospital - Unit, at 1555 Long Pond Rd, Rochester, NY 14626 in Monroe County. The practice phone is (585) 368-3002.

Dr. Alweis' primary practice is Unity Hospital - Unit in Rochester, New York. Dr. Alweis is also affiliated with Strong Memorial Hospital. The medical group on file is Unity Physician Services. Dmand AI also links Dr. Alweis to 2 more hospitals, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 home health agency, each named with a free account. Dr. Alweis' employer is on file too: a hospital.

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

Internal medicine is Dr. Alweis' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dr. Alweis is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Alweis' licenses on file in 3 states: New York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.

Dmand AI lists anxiety, chronic diabetes, chronic hypertension, contact dermatitis, fluid in a joint, gastrointestinal bleeding, high cholesterol and larynx and vocal cord disease among the conditions Dr. Alweis treats.

CMS data shows 75 Medicare services from Dr. Alweis across 2 procedure codes in 2024, all of them office visits, for 61 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $4,464 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 61 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Alweis in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 22 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 66% have high cholesterol. 39% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.05, 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. Alweis' median patient age at 68, with 50% women.

In 2024, Dr. Alweis wrote 3,379 Medicare Part D claims for 662 patients. 91% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,769 of them, across 73 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $109,910 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 2,378 claims across 63 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 97 out of 100 for Dr. Alweis for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Alweis accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 127 papers to Dr. Alweis, published from 2012 to 2024. 2015 was the busiest year, with 15. The most frequent topics are Diagnosis, Differential, Heart Failure and Inpatients. Dr. Alweis has published most often in J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect. Dr. Alweis' most frequent co-authors are Ranjan Pathak, MD, Waqas Shuaib, MD and Abdullah Sayied Abdullah, MD.

Dr. Alweis graduated from The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University in 1999.

Dr. Alweis is in network with 19 carriers, including Aetna, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield and MVP Health Care. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 12. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.