Dr. Bruce M. Solitar, MD

  • New York, NY
  • Rheumatologist
NPI1831284975PAC ID7911193263
Medicare services, 2024
3,417
Medicare patients, 2024
657
Part D claims, 2024
3,631
Publications
3
MIPS score, 2024
91
Practice address
550 1st Ave, New York, NY 10016
Practice phone
Call (212) 263-1481
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Primary practice

NYU Langone - Tisch Hospital

New York, New York

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Dr. Bruce M. Solitar is a rheumatologist in New York, New York

Dr. Solitar practices at NYU Langone - Tisch Hospital in New York, New York.

Dr. Solitar's NPI, 1831284975, was assigned on October 4, 2006. Dr. Solitar graduated from New York University School of Medicine in 1988. Dr. Solitar's New York license number on file is 181115.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
7911193263
NPI enumeration date
October 4, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(212) 263-1481
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
64
Medical school graduation
1988

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

Dr. Bruce M. Solitar practices at NYU Langone - Tisch Hospital in New York, New York

Dr. Solitar's primary practice is NYU Langone - Tisch Hospital, at 550 1st Ave, New York, NY 10016 in New York County. The practice phone is (212) 263-1481.

  • NYU Langone - Tisch Hospital
    550 1st Ave, New York, NY 10016 · New York CountyPhone(212) 263-1481

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

Dr. Bruce M. Solitar is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Solitar's primary practice is NYU Langone - Tisch Hospital in New York, New York. Dr. Solitar is also affiliated with Tisch Hospital. The medical group on file is NYU Langone Orthopedic Surgery Associates. Dmand AI also links Dr. Solitar to 1 more group practice or clinic, 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 Dr. Bruce M. Solitar's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Solitar practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
NYU Langone - Tisch HospitalAvailable with a free account
+2 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Bruce M. Solitar is one of 514 rheumatologists in New York

Rheumatology is Dr. Solitar's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RR0500X. Dr. Solitar is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Solitar has a license on file in New York.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Rheumatology, New YorkPrimaryLicense 181115 · 1989 to 2025 · taxonomy 207RR0500X

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists arteritis, arthritis, fibromyalgia and chronic pain, fluid in a joint, gout, joint arthropathy, joint pain and lupus among the conditions Dr. Solitar treats.

Rheumatologists near Dr. Solitar

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

Dr. Bruce M. Solitar billed Medicare for 3,417 services in 2024

CMS data shows 3,417 Medicare services from Dr. Solitar across 10 procedure codes in 2024, for 657 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $163,282 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 20243,417
Medicare patients657
Paid by Medicare$163,282
Procedure codes10

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Drugs given in the office
2023: 1152024: 1,4331146%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1,1912024: 1,1127%
Surgery
2023: 8332024: 8725%

Dr. Solitar compared with the New York median for rheumatologists, 2024

  • Dr. Solitar
  • New York median
Medicare services
3,417vs 5656.0 times
Medicare patients
657vs 1763.7 times
Part D claims
3,234vs 9213.5 times

Medians across 509 rheumatologists in New York with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Solitar'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. Bruce M. Solitar treated 657 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74

CMS counts 657 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Solitar in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 262 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high cholesterol. 10% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.37, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Solitar's median patient age at 65, with 75% women.

Medicare patients, 2024657
Average age74
Average risk score1.37
Also on Medicaid10%

Dr. Solitar's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Solitar's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women49776%
  • Men16024%

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

  1. Arthritis75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. High blood pressure65%
  4. Osteoporosis44%
  5. Ischemic heart disease37%
  6. Mood disorders26%
  7. Anxiety24%
  8. Depression23%

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

Dr. Solitar's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 65

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women75%
  • Men21%

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

Dr. Bruce M. Solitar wrote 3,631 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Solitar wrote 3,631 Medicare Part D claims for 457 patients. 91% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 3,234 of them, across 57 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,258,479 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 2,880 claims across 54 drugs.

Part D claims, 20243,631
Drugs named by CMS57
Total drug cost$1.3M
Part D patients457

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

  • Generic3,293 claims91%
  • Brand-name and other338 claims9%

Dr. Solitar'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. Solitar's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids3%111 of 3,631 claims
  • Antibiotics1%30 of 3,631 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: 2,8802024: 3,23412%

Drugs named by CMS: 57 in 2024, 54 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. Bruce M. Solitar scored 91 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 91 out of 100 for Dr. Solitar for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Solitar accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Solitar as offering telehealth.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Dr. Solitar's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 91of 100Final score
  • 91.8of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 75of 100Cost

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. Bruce M. Solitar has 3 publications on record

Dmand AI links 3 papers to Dr. Solitar. Dr. Solitar's most frequent co-authors are Aryeh M. Abeles, MD and Micha Abeles, MD.

Papers3

Dr. Solitar's most frequent co-authors

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

Dr. Bruce M. Solitar received $1,183 in industry payments from 2016 to 2024

CMS Open Payments shows 49 general payments to Dr. Solitar from 12 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2024. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 92% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $262.

General payments to Dr. Solitar by program year, 2016 to 2024

General payments to Dr. Solitar by kind, 2016 to 2024

$1.2Kin total
  • Food and beverage$1,08392%
  • Education$1008%

Companies that paid Dr. Solitar the most, 2016 to 2024

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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

Dr. Bruce M. Solitar has 5 awards and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 5 awards for Dr. Solitar, most recently America's Top Doctors in 2014.

Awards and honors for Dr. Solitar

  1. 2014
    • America's Top Doctors
    • New York Magazine: Top Doctors
    • Top Doctors: New York Metro Area
  2. 2013
    • CMS Stage 1 EHR
  3. 2012
    • Super Doc

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Bruce M. Solitar graduated from New York University School of Medicine

Dr. Solitar graduated from New York University School of Medicine in 1988.

  1. Medical schoolNew York University School of Medicine
  2. Board certified in internal medicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  3. Board certified in rheumatologyAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Bruce M. Solitar accepts plans from 14 insurance carriers

Dr. Solitar is in network with 14 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • United Healthcare
  • HCSC
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • Cigna
  • Elevance
  • Regence Health Plans
  • +6 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Dr. Solitar accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO9
  2. Medicare8
  3. HMO7
  4. POS3
  5. EPO2
  6. Medicaid1

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Bruce M. Solitar'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)
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. Bruce M. Solitar's NPI number?

Dr. Bruce M. Solitar's NPI number is 1831284975. It was assigned on October 4, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Bruce M. Solitar?

Dr. Bruce M. Solitar is a rheumatologist in New York, New York. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Rheumatology Physician (taxonomy code 207RR0500X).

Where does Dr. Bruce M. Solitar practice?

Dr. Solitar practices at 550 1st Ave, New York, NY 10016. Dr. Solitar's primary practice is NYU Langone - Tisch Hospital in New York, New York. Dmand AI also links Dr. Solitar to 1 group practice or clinic.

What is Dr. Bruce M. Solitar's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Solitar is (212) 263-1481.

What is Dr. Bruce M. Solitar's medical license number?

Dr. Solitar's New York license number on file is 181115.

Which hospitals is Dr. Bruce M. Solitar affiliated with?

Dr. Solitar is affiliated with Tisch Hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Bruce M. Solitar part of?

Dr. Solitar is linked to NYU Langone Orthopedic Surgery Associates.

Does Dr. Bruce M. Solitar accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Solitar billed Medicare for 3,417 services in 2024, and Dr. Solitar accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Bruce M. Solitar offer telehealth?

Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Solitar as offering telehealth services.

What is Dr. Bruce M. Solitar's MIPS score?

Dr. Solitar's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 91 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Bruce M. Solitar see?

CMS counts 657 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Solitar in 2024, with an average age of 74.

Is Dr. Bruce M. Solitar board certified?

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

What services does Dr. Bruce M. Solitar bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Solitar's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J1010), office visit, established patient (99214) and surgery: heart and blood vessels (36415).

Where did Dr. Bruce M. Solitar go to medical school?

Dr. Solitar graduated from New York University School of Medicine in 1988.

What drugs does Dr. Bruce M. Solitar prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Solitar's most prescribed drugs by claims were Prednisone, Duloxetine HCl and Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate.

Has Dr. Bruce M. Solitar received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $1,183 in general payments to Dr. Solitar from 12 companies from 2016 to 2024. The largest total came from Abbvie Inc.

How long has Dr. Bruce M. Solitar been practicing?

Dr. Solitar graduated from medical school in 1988, 38 years ago.

Does Dr. Bruce M. Solitar do research?

Dmand AI links 3 publications to Dr. Solitar.

Who does Dr. Bruce M. Solitar publish with?

Dr. Solitar's most frequent co-authors are Aryeh M. Abeles, MD (1 shared paper) and Micha Abeles, MD (1 shared paper).

What insurance does Dr. Bruce M. Solitar accept?

Dr. Solitar is in network with 14 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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