Dr. Phyllis August, MD

  • New York, NY
  • Nephrologist
NPI1437246527PAC ID8426187386
Medicare services, 2024
187
Medicare patients, 2024
66
Part D claims, 2024
493
Publications
77
Clinical trials
3
Practice address
525 East 68th Street, New York, NY 10065
Practice phone
Call (212) 746-5454
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Dr. Phyllis August is a nephrologist in New York, New York

Dr. August practices at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York, New York, part of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.

Dr. August's NPI, 1437246527, was assigned on October 9, 2006. Dr. August graduated from Yale School of Medicine in 1977. Dr. August holds New York license 134655.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
8426187386
NPI enumeration date
October 9, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(212) 746-5454
Professional email
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Sex
Female
Estimated age
75
Medical school graduation
1977

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

Dr. Phyllis August practices at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York, New York

Dr. August's primary practice is NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, at 525 East 68th Street, New York, NY 10065 in New York County. The practice phone is (212) 746-5454.

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Dr. Phyllis August is affiliated with 4 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. August's primary practice is NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York, New York, part of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. The medical group on file is Weill Cornell Physicians. Dmand AI also links Dr. August to 2 more clinical labs and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Phyllis August's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical CenterAvailable with a free account
+3 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Phyllis August is one of 914 nephrologists in New York

Nephrology is Dr. August's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RN0300X. Dr. August is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. August is licensed in New York.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Nephrology, New YorkPrimaryLicense 134655 · 1978 to 2027 · taxonomy 207RN0300X

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists atrial fibrillation and flutter, chronic anemia, chronic diabetes, chronic hypertension, chronic kidney disease, fluid and electrolyte imbalances, high cholesterol and kidney disease among the conditions Dr. August treats.

Nephrologists near Dr. August

Counts of nephrologists 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. Phyllis August billed Medicare for 187 services in 2024

CMS data shows 187 Medicare services from Dr. August across 4 procedure codes in 2024, for 66 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $12,349 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 2024187
Medicare patients66
Paid by Medicare$12,349
Procedure codes4

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1092024: 1081%
Surgery
2023: 782024: 791%

Dr. August compared with the New York median for nephrologists, 2024

  • Dr. August
  • New York median
Medicare services
187vs 68973% below
Medicare patients
66vs 21770% below
Part D claims
283vs 43635% below

Medians across 892 nephrologists in New York with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. August'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. Phyllis August treated 66 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 77

CMS counts 66 Medicare patients who saw Dr. August in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 27 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 70% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 1.06, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. August's median patient age at 67, with 76% women.

Medicare patients, 202466
Average age77
Average risk score1.06

Dr. August's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. August's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women4467%
  • Men2233%

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol70%
  3. Arthritis45%
  4. Chronic kidney disease33%
  5. Ischemic heart disease27%
  6. Osteoporosis26%
  7. Diabetes24%
  8. Anxiety23%

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

Dr. August's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 67

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women76%
  • Men23%

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

Dr. Phyllis August wrote 493 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. August wrote 493 Medicare Part D claims for 79 patients. 90% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 283 of them, across 11 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $12,857 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 267 claims across 11 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024493
Drugs named by CMS11
Total drug cost$12,857
Part D patients79

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

  • Generic443 claims90%
  • Brand-name50 claims10%

Dr. August'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.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 2672024: 2836%

Drugs named by CMS: 11 in 2024, 11 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. Phyllis August 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. August for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. August accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. August's 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. Phyllis August has 77 publications on record

Dmand AI links 77 papers to Dr. August, published from 2003 to 2025. 2023 was the busiest year, with 5. The most frequent topics are Hypertension, Pre-Eclampsia and Blood Pressure. Dr. August has published most often in Am J Obstet Gynecol. Dr. August's most frequent co-authors are Manikkam Suthanthiran, MD, Lorraine Dugoff, MD and Kim Ann Boggess, MD.

Papers77
Years published2003 to 2025

Dr. August's papers by year, 2015 to 2025

Topics Dr. August writes about most

  • Hypertension
  • Pre-Eclampsia
  • Blood Pressure
  • Antihypertensive Agents
  • Pregnancy Outcome
  • Kidney
  • Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular
  • Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced

Dr. August's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. August

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

Dr. Phyllis August has worked on 3 clinical trials

Dmand AI links Dr. August to 3 clinical trials. Conditions studied include Pre-Eclampsia, Eclampsia and Toxemia. Weill Medical College of Cornell University sponsors the most, 2.

Clinical trials with Dr. August by phase

  1. NonePhase 1: no trials
  2. 1Phase 1/2: 1 trial
  3. NonePhase 2: no trials
  4. 1Phase 3: 1 trial
  5. NonePhase 4: no trials

Conditions in Dr. August's trials

  • Pre-Eclampsia
  • Eclampsia
  • Toxemia
  • Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced
  • Proteinuria

Investigators on the most trials with Dr. August

Recent clinical trials with Dr. August

Sources: Dmand AI Research Linkage; and ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine)

Dr. Phyllis August received $175,994 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 61 general payments to Dr. August from 8 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Janssen Research & Development, LLC paid the most, $77,560. It also lists 19 research payments totaling $10,167 from 2023 to 2025.

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

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

$176Kin total
  • Consulting fees$175,910100%
  • Education$520%
  • Food and beverage$320%

Companies that paid Dr. August 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. Phyllis August has 4 awards and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 4 awards for Dr. August, most recently New York Magazine: Top Doctors in 2023.

Awards and honors for Dr. August

  1. 2023
    • New York Magazine: Top Doctors
  2. 2014
    • Top Doctors: New York Metro Area
  3. 2013
    • America's Top Doctors
    • CMS Stage 1 EHR

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Phyllis August graduated from Yale School of Medicine

Dr. August graduated from Yale School of Medicine in 1977.

  1. Medical schoolYale School of Medicine
  2. Board certified in internal medicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  3. Board certified in nephrologyAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Phyllis August accepts plans from 13 insurance carriers

Dr. August is in network with 13 carriers, including Aetna, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield and Elevance. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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

Plan types Dr. August accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO10
  2. Medicare9
  3. HMO7
  4. POS5
  5. EPO3

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Phyllis August'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 phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy 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
Clinical trials and co-investigatorsDmand AI Research LinkageClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)
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. Phyllis August's NPI number?

Dr. Phyllis August's NPI number is 1437246527. It was assigned on October 9, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Phyllis August?

Dr. Phyllis August is a nephrologist in New York, New York. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Nephrology Physician (taxonomy code 207RN0300X).

Where does Dr. Phyllis August practice?

Dr. August practices at 525 East 68th Street, New York, NY 10065. Dr. August's primary practice is NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York, New York, part of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Dmand AI also links Dr. August to 2 clinical labs and 1 group practice or clinic.

What is Dr. Phyllis August's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. August is (212) 746-5454.

What is Dr. Phyllis August's medical license number?

Dr. August holds New York license 134655.

Which hospitals is Dr. Phyllis August affiliated with?

Dr. August practices at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York, New York.

What medical group is Dr. Phyllis August part of?

Dr. August is linked to Weill Cornell Physicians.

Does Dr. Phyllis August accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. August billed Medicare for 187 services in 2024, and Dr. August accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Phyllis August's MIPS score?

Dr. August's 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. Phyllis August see?

CMS counts 66 Medicare patients who saw Dr. August in 2024, with an average age of 77.

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Is Dr. Phyllis August board certified?

Yes. Dr. August is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

What services does Dr. Phyllis August bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. August's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), surgery: heart and blood vessels (36415) and office visit, new patient (99204).

Where did Dr. Phyllis August go to medical school?

Dr. August graduated from Yale School of Medicine in 1977.

What drugs does Dr. Phyllis August prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. August's most prescribed drugs by claims were Atorvastatin Calcium, Amlodipine Besylate and Eplerenone.

Has Dr. Phyllis August received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $175,994 in general payments to Dr. August from 8 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Janssen Research & Development, LLC.

How long has Dr. Phyllis August been practicing?

Dr. August graduated from medical school in 1977, 49 years ago.

Does Dr. Phyllis August do research?

Dmand AI links 77 publications to Dr. August, published from 2003 to 2025. Dr. August has worked on 3 clinical trials.

Who does Dr. Phyllis August publish with?

Dr. August's most frequent co-authors are Manikkam Suthanthiran, MD (13 shared papers), Lorraine Dugoff, MD (8 shared papers) and Kim Ann Boggess, MD (7 shared papers).

What insurance does Dr. Phyllis August accept?

Dr. August is in network with 13 carriers, including Aetna, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield and Elevance. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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