Dr. Fredric Howard Itzkowitz, DO

  • Sandusky, OH
  • General surgeon
NPI1649266362PAC ID2567564156
Medicare services, 2024
558
Medicare patients, 2024
332
Part D claims, 2024
95
MIPS score, 2024
80
Hospital affiliations
2
Practice address
1111 Hayes Avenue, Sandusky, OH 44870
Practice phone
Call (419) 557-7400
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Primary practice

Firelands Regional Medical Center

Hospital · Sandusky, Ohio

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Dr. Fredric Howard Itzkowitz is a general surgeon in Sandusky, Ohio

Dr. Itzkowitz practices at Firelands Regional Medical Center in Sandusky, Ohio, part of Firelands Health.

Dr. Itzkowitz's NPI, 1649266362, was assigned on September 27, 2005. Dr. Itzkowitz graduated from New York College of Osteo Medicine of New York Institute of Technology in 1988. Dr. Itzkowitz holds Ohio license 34005902.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
2567564156
NPI enumeration date
September 27, 2005
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(419) 557-7400
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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 Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Fredric Howard Itzkowitz practices at Firelands Regional Medical Center in Sandusky, Ohio

Dr. Itzkowitz's primary practice is Firelands Regional Medical Center, at 1111 Hayes Avenue, Sandusky, OH 44870 in Erie County. The practice phone is (419) 557-7400.

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Dr. Fredric Howard Itzkowitz is affiliated with 4 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Itzkowitz's primary practice is Firelands Regional Medical Center in Sandusky, Ohio, part of Firelands Health. Dr. Itzkowitz is also affiliated with Firelands Health The Bellevue Hospital. The medical group on file is NOMS Healthcare. Dmand AI also links Dr. Itzkowitz to 2 more group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Fredric Howard Itzkowitz's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Firelands Regional Medical CenterAvailable with a free account
+3 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Fredric Howard Itzkowitz is one of 1,056 general surgeons in Ohio

Surgery is Dr. Itzkowitz's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Itzkowitz is licensed in Ohio.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Surgery, OhioPrimaryLicense 34005902 · taxonomy 208600000X

General surgeons near Dr. Itzkowitz

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

Dr. Fredric Howard Itzkowitz billed Medicare for 558 services in 2024

CMS data shows 558 Medicare services from Dr. Itzkowitz across 12 procedure codes in 2024, for 332 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $58,399 for them.

Medicare services, 2024558
Medicare patients332
Paid by Medicare$58,399
Procedure codes12

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 5082024: 510No change
Surgery
2023: 532024: 3240%
Other services
2023: 112024: 1645%

Where Dr. Itzkowitz's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office39972%
  • In a facility15928%

Dr. Itzkowitz compared with the Ohio median for general surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Itzkowitz
  • Ohio median
Medicare services
558vs 1683.3 times
Medicare patients
332vs 1272.6 times
Part D claims
58vs 4626% above

Medians across 1,031 general surgeons in Ohio with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Itzkowitz'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. Fredric Howard Itzkowitz treated 332 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74

CMS counts 332 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Itzkowitz in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 168 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 8% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.15, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Itzkowitz's median patient age at 64, with 69% women.

Medicare patients, 2024332
Average age74
Average risk score1.15
Also on Medicaid8%

Dr. Itzkowitz's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Itzkowitz's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women24975%
  • Men8325%

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis60%
  4. Cancer52%
  5. Diabetes26%
  6. Mood disorders25%
  7. Chronic kidney disease24%
  8. Anxiety23%

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

Dr. Itzkowitz's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 64

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women69%
  • Men29%

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

Dr. Fredric Howard Itzkowitz wrote 95 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Itzkowitz wrote 95 Medicare Part D claims for 72 patients. 98% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 58 of them, across 3 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $193 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 76 claims across 2 drugs.

Part D claims, 202495
Drugs named by CMS3
Total drug cost$193
Part D patients72

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

  • Generic93 claims98%
  • Brand-name and other2 claims2%

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

  • Opioids33%31 of 95 claims
  • Antibiotics19%18 of 95 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: 762024: 5824%

Drugs named by CMS: 3 in 2024, 2 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. Fredric Howard Itzkowitz scored 80 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 80 out of 100 for Dr. Itzkowitz for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Itzkowitz accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 19 procedures of mastectomy by Dr. Itzkowitz, more than 77% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Itzkowitz's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 80of 100Final score
  • 59.1of 100Quality
  • 99of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 76of 100Cost

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

Where Dr. Itzkowitz ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Colonoscopy
51st percentile26 procedures
Mastectomy
77th percentile19 procedures

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

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

Removal of tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

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

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

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. Fredric Howard Itzkowitz received $3,351 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 73 general payments to Dr. Itzkowitz from 31 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 68% of the total. Allergan Inc. paid the most, $1,308.

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

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

$3.4Kin total
  • Food and beverage$2,28868%
  • Travel and lodging$94928%
  • Education$1143%

Companies that paid Dr. Itzkowitz 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. Fredric Howard Itzkowitz graduated from New York College of Osteo Medicine of New York Institute of Technology

Dr. Itzkowitz graduated from New York College of Osteo Medicine of New York Institute of Technology in 1988.

  1. Medical schoolNew York College of Osteo Medicine of New York Institute of Technology

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Fredric Howard Itzkowitz'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)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
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 Dr. Fredric Howard Itzkowitz's NPI number?

Dr. Fredric Howard Itzkowitz's NPI number is 1649266362. It was assigned on September 27, 2005, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Fredric Howard Itzkowitz?

Dr. Fredric Howard Itzkowitz is a general surgeon in Sandusky, Ohio. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).

Where does Dr. Fredric Howard Itzkowitz practice?

Dr. Itzkowitz practices at 1111 Hayes Avenue, Sandusky, OH 44870. Dr. Itzkowitz's primary practice is Firelands Regional Medical Center in Sandusky, Ohio, part of Firelands Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Itzkowitz to 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Fredric Howard Itzkowitz's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Itzkowitz is (419) 557-7400.

What is Dr. Fredric Howard Itzkowitz's medical license number?

Dr. Itzkowitz holds Ohio license 34005902.

Which hospitals is Dr. Fredric Howard Itzkowitz affiliated with?

Dr. Itzkowitz practices at Firelands Regional Medical Center in Sandusky, Ohio. Dr. Itzkowitz is also affiliated with Firelands Health The Bellevue Hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Fredric Howard Itzkowitz part of?

Dr. Itzkowitz is linked to NOMS Healthcare. Dmand AI links Dr. Itzkowitz to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Fredric Howard Itzkowitz accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Itzkowitz billed Medicare for 558 services in 2024, and Dr. Itzkowitz accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Fredric Howard Itzkowitz's MIPS score?

Dr. Itzkowitz's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 80 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Fredric Howard Itzkowitz see?

CMS counts 332 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Itzkowitz in 2024, with an average age of 74.

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What services does Dr. Fredric Howard Itzkowitz bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Itzkowitz's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99213), office visit, established patient (99214) and office visit, established patient (99215).

Where did Dr. Fredric Howard Itzkowitz go to medical school?

Dr. Itzkowitz graduated from New York College of Osteo Medicine of New York Institute of Technology in 1988.

What drugs does Dr. Fredric Howard Itzkowitz prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Itzkowitz's most prescribed drugs by claims were Ibuprofen, Oxycodone-Acetaminophen and Acetaminophen-Codeine.

Has Dr. Fredric Howard Itzkowitz received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $3,351 in general payments to Dr. Itzkowitz from 31 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Allergan Inc.

How long has Dr. Fredric Howard Itzkowitz been practicing?

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

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