Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.
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Dr. Benjamin M Schaefer, MD

Individual provider Obesity Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician · NPI 1083649263

Dr. Benjamin M Schaefer, MD is registered under Cardiovascular Disease (Cardiology) in Rhinebeck, New York. Qualified in 1998, 28 years ago. Practices with Hudson Valley Cardiovascular Practice PC, a 67-clinician group, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in New York.

Years since qualifying
28
Licensed in
NY
In the registry since
2006
Specialties on file
3
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

6511 Spring Brook Ave Ste 1006
Rhinebeck, NY 12572-3709
Phone: (845) 876-0508
Fax: (845) 876-0405
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Specialties & licences

Cardiovascular Disease Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207RC0000X · Licence 270188 (NY)
Obesity Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician Taxonomy 207RB0002X · Licence 270188 (NY)
Internal Medicine Physician Taxonomy 207R00000X · Licence 270188 (NY)

Record details

NPI number1083649263
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJuly 12, 2006
Last updated in NPPESDecember 26, 2024
Certification dateDecember 26, 2024

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyCARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY)
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 1998 (28 years in practice)
Group practice Hudson Valley Cardiovascular Practice Pc — 67 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services
Practice locations2 on file with Medicare

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients2,316
Services billed 12,328 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age77

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Education $121 2 payments · educational material or training, not a fee
Food and Beverage $94 4 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

Each amount is the sum of what companies reported for that kind of payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

Colleagues at Hudson Valley Cardiovascular Practice PC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 67 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.