Dr. Alan R. Posner, MD

Dr. Posner practices at Kaleida Health - Unit in Buffalo, New York.

Dr. Posner's NPI, 1063422020, was assigned on August 9, 2006. Dr. Posner graduated from Albany Medical College of Union University in 1988. Dr. Posner holds New York license 192366.

Dr. Posner's primary practice is Kaleida Health - Unit, at 100 High St., Buffalo, NY 14203 in Erie County. The practice phone is (716) 859-2556.

Dr. Posner's primary practice is Kaleida Health - Unit in Buffalo, New York. Dr. Posner is also affiliated with Buffalo General Medical Center/Gates Vascular Institute. The medical group on file is Kaleida Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Posner to 1 more hospital and 1 medical group, each named with a free account. Dr. Posner's employer is on file too: a hospital.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Posner practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Surgery is Dr. Posner's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Posner is licensed in New York.

CMS data shows 43 Medicare services from Dr. Posner across 3 procedure codes in 2024, all of them office visits, for 48 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $2,583 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 48 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Posner in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 22 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 33% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.41, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Posner's median patient age at 59, with 67% women.

In 2024, Dr. Posner wrote 112 Medicare Part D claims for 39 patients. 96% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 42 of them, across 2 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $3,046 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 91 claims across 4 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 99 out of 100 for Dr. Posner for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Posner accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 42 procedures of upper gastrointestinal (gi) endoscopy for acid reflux by Dr. Posner, more than 60% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Colonoscopy: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Hernia repair (minimally invasive): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Hernia repair - groin (open): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 7 papers to Dr. Posner, published from 2023 to 2025. 2023 was the busiest year, with 2. The most frequent topics are Bariatric Surgery, Obesity, Morbid and Transition to Adult Care. Dr. Posner has published most often in Biomedicines. Dr. Posner's most frequent co-authors are Lucy Diane Mastrandrea, MD, John L. Butsch, MD and Sarah Beth Cairo, MD, MPH.

CMS Open Payments shows 124 general payments to Dr. Posner from 31 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 70% of the total. Ethicon Inc. paid the most, $27,195.

Dr. Posner graduated from Albany Medical College of Union University in 1988.