Howard J. Ritz, PA-C

  • Glens Falls, NY
  • Physician assistant
NPI1669448239PAC ID5597744193
Medicare services, 2024
450
Medicare patients, 2024
282
Part D claims, 2024
914
Publications
2
MIPS score, 2024
89
Practice address
2 Broad Street Plz, Glens Falls, NY 12801
Practice phone
Call (518) 926-1770
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Primary practice

Glens Falls Broad Street Medical Center

Glens Falls, New York

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Howard J. Ritz is a physician assistant in Glens Falls, New York

Howard Ritz practices at Glens Falls Broad Street Medical Center in Glens Falls, New York.

Howard Ritz's NPI, 1669448239, was assigned on February 24, 2006. Howard Ritz graduated from University of Nebraska College of Medicine in 2003. Howard Ritz holds New York license 006799.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
5597744193
NPI enumeration date
February 24, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(518) 926-1770
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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)

Howard J. Ritz practices at Glens Falls Broad Street Medical Center in Glens Falls, New York

Howard Ritz's primary practice is Glens Falls Broad Street Medical Center, at 2 Broad Street Plz, Glens Falls, NY 12801 in Warren County. The practice phone is (518) 926-1770.

  • Glens Falls Broad Street Medical Center
    2 Broad Street Plz, Glens Falls, NY 12801 · Warren CountyPhone(518) 926-1770

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

Howard J. Ritz is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Howard Ritz's primary practice is Glens Falls Broad Street Medical Center in Glens Falls, New York. Howard Ritz is also affiliated with Glens Falls Hospital. The medical group on file is Glens Falls Hospital. Dmand AI also links Howard Ritz to 1 more hospital, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named 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 Howard J. Ritz's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Glens Falls Broad Street Medical CenterAvailable with a free account
+4 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

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Howard J. Ritz is one of 11,456 physician assistants in New York

Physician assistant is Howard Ritz's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 363A00000X. Howard Ritz is board certified in certified physician assistant by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA). Howard Ritz is licensed in New York.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Physician assistant, New YorkPrimaryLicense 006799 · taxonomy 363A00000X

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists acute skin infection, anxiety, asthma, chronic ear infection, chronic nasal allergies, chronic sinusitis, ear eustachian tube disorders and ear infection among the conditions Howard Ritz treats.

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Howard J. Ritz billed Medicare for 450 services in 2024

CMS data shows 450 Medicare services from Howard Ritz across 7 procedure codes in 2024, for 282 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $17,247 for them.

Medicare services, 2024450
Medicare patients282
Paid by Medicare$17,247
Procedure codes7

Howard Ritz's Medicare services by type, 2024

  1. Office and hospital visits277
  2. Surgery161
  3. Tests and treatments12

Where Howard Ritz's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office40790%
  • In a facility4310%

Howard Ritz compared with the New York median for physician assistants, 2024

  • Howard Ritz
  • New York median
Medicare services
450vs 1762.6 times
Medicare patients
282vs 783.6 times
Part D claims
769vs 2453.1 times

Medians across 6,477 physician assistants in New York with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Howard Ritz'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

Howard J. Ritz treated 282 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73

CMS counts 282 Medicare patients who saw Howard Ritz in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 107 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 69% have high blood pressure. 16% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.25, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Howard Ritz's median patient age at 57, with 54% women.

Medicare patients, 2024282
Average age73
Average risk score1.25
Also on Medicaid16%

Howard Ritz's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Howard Ritz's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women13949%
  • Men14351%

Chronic conditions among Howard Ritz's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High cholesterol75%
  2. High blood pressure69%
  3. Arthritis44%
  4. Ischemic heart disease34%
  5. Diabetes29%
  6. Anxiety26%
  7. Chronic kidney disease24%
  8. Mood disorders21%

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

Howard Ritz's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 57

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women54%
  • Men46%

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

Howard J. Ritz wrote 914 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Howard Ritz wrote 914 Medicare Part D claims for 268 patients. 88% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 769 of them, across 18 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $83,384 in total drug cost.

Part D claims, 2024914
Drugs named by CMS18
Total drug cost$83,384
Part D patients268

Howard Ritz's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic805 claims88%
  • Brand-name109 claims12%

Howard Ritz'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 Howard Ritz's Part D claims, 2024

  • Antibiotics2%14 of 914 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

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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

Howard J. Ritz scored 89 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 89 out of 100 for Howard Ritz for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Howard Ritz accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Howard Ritz's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 89of 100Final score
  • 71.4of 100Quality
  • 98of 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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Howard J. Ritz has 2 publications on record

Dmand AI links 2 papers to Howard Ritz.

Papers2

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

Howard J. Ritz received $901 in industry payments in 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 25 general payments to Howard Ritz from 10 drug and device companies in 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Integra LifeSciences Corporation paid the most, $302.

Companies that paid Howard Ritz the most, 2025 to 2025

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Howard J. Ritz graduated from University of Nebraska College of Medicine

Howard Ritz graduated from University of Nebraska College of Medicine in 2003. Howard Ritz is a member of American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology, American Academy of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, AAPA, NCCPA and Society of Physician Assistants in Otorhinolaryngology / Head & Neck Surgery.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity of Nebraska College of Medicine
  2. Board certified in certified physician assistantNational Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)

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Sources for Howard J. Ritz'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)
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)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Howard J. Ritz's NPI number?

Howard J. Ritz's NPI number is 1669448239. It was assigned on February 24, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What does Howard J. Ritz specialize in?

Howard J. Ritz is a physician assistant in Glens Falls, New York. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Physician Assistant (taxonomy code 363A00000X).

Where does Howard J. Ritz practice?

Howard Ritz practices at 2 Broad Street Plz, Glens Falls, NY 12801. Howard Ritz's primary practice is Glens Falls Broad Street Medical Center in Glens Falls, New York. Dmand AI also links Howard Ritz to 1 hospital, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group.

What is Howard J. Ritz's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Howard Ritz is (518) 926-1770.

What is Howard J. Ritz's medical license number?

Howard Ritz holds New York license 006799.

Which hospitals is Howard J. Ritz affiliated with?

Howard Ritz is affiliated with Glens Falls Hospital. Dmand AI links Howard Ritz to 1 more hospital.

What medical group is Howard J. Ritz part of?

Howard Ritz is linked to Glens Falls Hospital. Dmand AI links Howard Ritz to 1 more medical group.

Does Howard J. Ritz accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Howard Ritz billed Medicare for 450 services in 2024, and Howard Ritz accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Howard J. Ritz's MIPS score?

Howard Ritz's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 89 out of 100, reported through an alternative payment model (APM).

How many Medicare patients does Howard J. Ritz see?

CMS counts 282 Medicare patients who saw Howard Ritz in 2024, with an average age of 73.

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Is Howard J. Ritz board certified?

Yes. Howard Ritz is board certified in certified physician assistant by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).

What services does Howard J. Ritz bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Howard Ritz's most billed Medicare services were surgery: ear (69210), office visit, established patient (99213) and office visit, established patient (99214).

Where did Howard J. Ritz go to medical school?

Howard Ritz graduated from University of Nebraska College of Medicine in 2003.

What drugs does Howard J. Ritz prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Howard Ritz's most prescribed drugs by claims were Fluticasone Propionate, Azelastine HCl and Ipratropium Bromide.

Has Howard J. Ritz received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $901 in general payments to Howard Ritz from 10 companies from 2025 to 2025. The largest total came from Integra LifeSciences Corporation.

How long has Howard J. Ritz been practicing?

Howard Ritz graduated from medical school in 2003, 23 years ago.

Does Howard J. Ritz do research?

Dmand AI links 2 publications to Howard Ritz.

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