Dr. Nicholas J. Nissirios, MD

  • Astoria, NY
  • Ophthalmologist
NPI1205130754PAC ID0446434450
Medicare services, 2024
4,625
Medicare patients, 2024
1,074
Part D claims, 2024
3,189
Publications
1
MIPS score, 2024
85
Practice address
23-9 31st St, Astoria, NY 11105
Practice phone
Call (718) 423-2020
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Primary practice

Metroeyemd

Astoria, New York

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Dr. Nicholas J. Nissirios is an ophthalmologist in Astoria, New York

Dr. Nissirios practices at Metroeyemd in Astoria, New York.

Dr. Nissirios' NPI, 1205130754, was assigned on December 26, 2010. Dr. Nissirios holds New York license 259882.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
0446434450
NPI enumeration date
December 26, 2010
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(718) 423-2020
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
49
Medical school graduation
2003

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

Dr. Nicholas J. Nissirios practices at Metroeyemd in Astoria, New York

Dr. Nissirios' primary practice is Metroeyemd, at 23-9 31st St, Astoria, NY 11105 in Queens County. The practice phone is (718) 423-2020.

  • Metroeyemd
    23-9 31st St, Astoria, NY 11105 · Queens CountyPhone(718) 423-2020

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

Dr. Nicholas J. Nissirios is affiliated with 2 sites of care

Dr. Nissirios' primary practice is Metroeyemd in Astoria, New York. Dmand AI also links Dr. Nissirios to 1 physician office, named with a free account.

MetroeyemdAstoria, New YorkPrimary
1 physician officeName 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. Nicholas J. Nissirios' practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
MetroeyemdAvailable with a free account
+1 more affiliated siteAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Nicholas J. Nissirios is one of 1,467 ophthalmologists in New York

Ophthalmology is Dr. Nissirios' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207W00000X. Dr. Nissirios is licensed in New York.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Ophthalmology, New YorkPrimaryLicense 259882 · taxonomy 207W00000X

Ophthalmologists near Dr. Nissirios

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

Dr. Nicholas J. Nissirios billed Medicare for 4,625 services in 2024

CMS data shows 4,625 Medicare services from Dr. Nissirios across 23 procedure codes in 2024, for 1,074 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $378,901 for them.

Medicare services, 20244,625
Medicare patients1,074
Paid by Medicare$378,901
Procedure codes23

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Tests and treatments
2023: 3,7452024: 3,8352%
Surgery
2023: 4722024: 4883%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 2532024: 22411%
Drugs given in the office
2023: 02024: 27
Other services
2023: 02024: 27
Imaging
2023: 202024: 2420%

Where Dr. Nissirios' Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office4,40495%
  • In a facility2215%

Dr. Nissirios compared with the New York median for ophthalmologists, 2024

  • Dr. Nissirios
  • New York median
Medicare services
4,625vs 1,2583.7 times
Medicare patients
1,074vs 4362.5 times
Part D claims
3,056vs 6474.7 times

Medians across 1,557 ophthalmologists in New York with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Nissirios' 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. Nicholas J. Nissirios treated 1,074 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75

CMS counts 1,074 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Nissirios in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 481 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 21% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.05, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Nissirios' median patient age at 61, with 58% women.

Medicare patients, 20241,074
Average age75
Average risk score1.05
Also on Medicaid21%

Dr. Nissirios' Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Nissirios' Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women64560%
  • Men42940%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Nissirios' Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis45%
  4. Diabetes36%
  5. Ischemic heart disease32%
  6. Osteoporosis18%
  7. Cancer17%
  8. Anxiety15%

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

Dr. Nissirios' patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 61

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women58%
  • Men39%

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

Dr. Nicholas J. Nissirios wrote 3,189 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Nissirios wrote 3,189 Medicare Part D claims for 1,003 patients. 51% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 3,056 of them, across 27 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $841,626 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 2,740 claims across 29 drugs.

Part D claims, 20243,189
Drugs named by CMS27
Total drug cost$841,626
Part D patients1,003

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

  • Generic1,618 claims51%
  • Brand-name1,571 claims49%

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

  • Antibiotics2%50 of 3,189 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: 2,7402024: 3,05612%

Drugs named by CMS: 27 in 2024, 29 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. Nicholas J. Nissirios scored 85 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 85 out of 100 for Dr. Nissirios for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Nissirios accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 264 procedures of cataract surgery by Dr. Nissirios, more than 88% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Nissirios' MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 85of 100Final score
  • 100of 100Quality
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 45of 100Cost

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Where Dr. Nissirios ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Cataract surgery
88th percentile264 procedures

CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.

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. Nicholas J. Nissirios has 1 publication on record

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Nissirios. Dr. Nissirios' most frequent co-authors are Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD, Erfan Joseph Nadji, MD and Henry D. Perry, MD.

Papers1

Dr. Nissirios' most frequent co-authors

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Dr. Nicholas J. Nissirios received $18,420 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 221 general payments to Dr. Nissirios from 32 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 56% of the total. Lumenis BE inc paid the most, $7,370.

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

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

$18.4Kin total
  • Speaker and faculty fees$10,31156%
  • Food and beverage$8,03644%
  • Gifts$550%
  • Education$180%

Companies that paid Dr. Nissirios 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

Sources for Dr. Nicholas J. Nissirios'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)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (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)
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Nicholas J. Nissirios' NPI number?

Dr. Nicholas J. Nissirios' NPI number is 1205130754. It was assigned on December 26, 2010, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Nicholas J. Nissirios?

Dr. Nicholas J. Nissirios is an ophthalmologist in Astoria, New York. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Ophthalmology Physician (taxonomy code 207W00000X).

Where does Dr. Nicholas J. Nissirios practice?

Dr. Nissirios practices at 23-9 31st St, Astoria, NY 11105. Dr. Nissirios' primary practice is Metroeyemd in Astoria, New York. Dmand AI also links Dr. Nissirios to 1 physician office.

What is Dr. Nicholas J. Nissirios' office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Nissirios is (718) 423-2020.

What is Dr. Nicholas J. Nissirios' medical license number?

Dr. Nissirios holds New York license 259882.

Does Dr. Nicholas J. Nissirios accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Nissirios billed Medicare for 4,625 services in 2024, and Dr. Nissirios accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Nicholas J. Nissirios' MIPS score?

Dr. Nissirios' MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 85 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Nicholas J. Nissirios see?

CMS counts 1,074 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Nissirios in 2024, with an average age of 75.

What services does Dr. Nicholas J. Nissirios bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Nissirios' most billed Medicare services were eye exam or test (92250), eye exam or test (92012) and eye exam or test (92136).

What drugs does Dr. Nicholas J. Nissirios prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Nissirios' most prescribed drugs by claims were Prednisolone Acetate, Latanoprost and Neomycin-Polymyxin-Dexameth.

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Has Dr. Nicholas J. Nissirios received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $18,420 in general payments to Dr. Nissirios from 32 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Lumenis BE inc.

How long has Dr. Nicholas J. Nissirios been practicing?

Dr. Nissirios graduated from medical school in 2003, 23 years ago.

Does Dr. Nicholas J. Nissirios do research?

Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Nissirios.

Who does Dr. Nicholas J. Nissirios publish with?

Dr. Nissirios' most frequent co-authors are Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD (1 shared paper), Erfan Joseph Nadji, MD (1 shared paper) and Henry D. Perry, MD (1 shared paper).

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