Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.
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Dr. Brett Alan Schlifka, DO

Individual provider Neurological Surgery Physician · NPI 1790728913

Dr. Brett Alan Schlifka, DO practises Neurosurgery in Lake Worth, Florida. Qualified in 1997, 29 years ago. Practices with Palm Beach Neurosurgery LLC, a 7-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Florida.

Years since qualifying
29
Licensed in
FL
In the registry since
2006
What do these letters mean?
DO — Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
A fully licensed physician, trained like an MD with additional musculoskeletal training. Equivalent practice rights in all 50 states.

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Practice location Address checks out

4560 Lantana Rd Ste 120
Lake Worth, FL 33463-6998
Phone: (561) 433-4444
Fax: (561) 433-8877
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Specialties & licences

Neurological Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207T00000X · Licence OS13033 (FL)

Record details

NPI number1790728913
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials DO
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJune 14, 2006
Last updated in NPPESAugust 5, 2026
Certification dateAugust 5, 2026

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyNEUROSURGERY
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 1997 (29 years in practice)
Group practice Palm Beach Neurosurgery Llc — 7 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones) 153 times · 98th percentile
Spinal fusion 394 times · 98th percentile
Removal of tissue 45 times · 77th percentile
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision 22 times · 76th percentile

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

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 patients447
Services billed 1,672 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age76

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.

Travel and Lodging $14,534 15 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference
Consulting Fee $11,125 4 payments
Food and Beverage $4,158 39 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
Royalty or License $2,910 1 payment · paid for the use of something the clinician owns or invented, such as a patent; not a fee for care or for time

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.

  • Boca Raton Regional Hospital Hospital · Boca Raton, FL
  • Good Samaritan Medical Center Hospital · West Palm Beach, FL
  • Jupiter Medical Center Hospital · Jupiter, FL · listed as Jupiter Medical Center, Inc
  • Cleveland Clinic Martin North Hospital Hospital · Stuart, FL
  • Hca Florida Jfk Hospital Hospital · Atlantis, FL
  • Freedom Home Health Home health agency · Boynton Beach, FL
  • Concierge Home Care Home health agency · Port Saint Lucie, FL
  • Pinnacle Home Care Home health agency · Port Saint Lucie, FL

Also affiliated with 1 inpatient rehabilitation facility, which CMS identifies by certification number only.

Colleagues at Palm Beach Neurosurgery LLC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 7 clinicians in the practice; 5 are shown here.

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