Dr. Kenneth Mercer MD Mph
About this NPIWhat this record shows.
NPI 1538160395 is registered to Dr. Kenneth Mercer MD Mph, a Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician practising at 422 2nd Ave in New York, New York. Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician is a recognised medical specialty under the National Uniform Claim Committee (NUCC) taxonomy. Dr. Kenneth Mercer MD Mph has been enumerated in the National Provider Identifier (NPI) registry since 2005.
Beyond the registryWhat this record adds.
This record carries 1 secondary identifier beyond the base NPI: Medicaid and other payer cross-references used by billers and credentialers, which the standard CMS NPPES lookup does not surface. It is enrolled in Medicare, linking to 1 PECOS enrollment record (with a public Medicare Enrollment ID) sourced from CMS, which the NPPES registry does not list. Within the directory it is one of 648 Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician providers on file in New York.
Source: CMS NPPES and PECOS public files. snapshot, refreshed monthly.
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Secondary identifiers
Additional identifiers this provider has registered with NPPES. Used by medical billers, credentialers, and insurance verifiers to cross-reference claims and enrollments.
Medicaid
- 01893012NY
Source: NPPES public registry.
Medicare enrollment
This provider holds a Medicare enrollment on file with the Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS). Each enrollment carries a public Medicare Enrollment ID (ENRLMT_ID) used by billers and intermediaries.
Practitioner
- I20040831001584Internal MedicineNY
Source: CMS PECOS public enrollment file.
Insurance & acceptsHow to confirm coverage.
The National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) registry does not include commercial insurance network data, so we cannot show which plans Dr. Kenneth Mercer MD Mph accepts. To confirm in-network status with your specific health plan, contact Dr. Kenneth Mercer MD Mph directly at (212) 684-6684.
Frequently asked
Yes. NPI 1538160395 is registered as Active in the CMS NPPES public registry and passes the Luhn check-digit validation that all 10-digit NPIs use.
Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician is a recognised medical specialty under the National Uniform Claim Committee (NUCC) taxonomy.
The CMS NPPES Public Registry at npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov is the authoritative source. FindMyNPI mirrors this dataset and refreshes monthly. For real-time verification, you can also call the provider's office at (212) 684-6684.
An individual healthcare provider has a single Type-1 NPI for life. Organisations can hold separate Type-2 NPIs per location, specialty, or sub-entity. Dr. Kenneth Mercer MD Mph is a Type-1 individual NPI.
As of the latest monthly CMS NPPES snapshot, 648 Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician providers are registered in New York, and Dr. Kenneth Mercer MD Mph is one of them. The figure refreshes each month from the federal source.