Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.
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Nicholas Defusco, MD

Individual provider Family Medicine Physician · NPI 1730593195

Nicholas Defusco, MD is registered under Family Practice in Dartmouth, Massachusetts. Qualified in 2014, 12 years ago. Practices with Lifespan Physician Group of Massachusetts Inc, a 457-clinician group, works from 4 locations and offers telehealth. Licensed in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania.

Years since qualifying
12
Licensed in
MA, PA
In the registry since
2014
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

531 Faunce Corner Rd
Dartmouth, MA 02747-1242
Phone: (508) 996-3991
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Additional practice locations (3)

  • 535 Faunce Corner Rd, Dartmouth, MA 02747-1242 — (508) 996-3991
  • 37 Rolling Green Dr Apt E, Fall River, MA 02720-7861 — (401) 767-6846
  • 6th Avenue & Spruce Street, West Reading, PA 19611 — (484) 628-8855

Specialties & licences

Family Medicine Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207Q00000X · Licence 270304 (MA)
Family Medicine Physician Taxonomy 207Q00000X · Licence MT207443 (PA)
Family Medicine Physician Taxonomy 207Q00000X · Licence MD462240 (PA)

Record details

NPI number1730593195
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJune 13, 2014
Last updated in NPPESApril 24, 2023
Certification dateApril 24, 2023

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyFAMILY PRACTICE
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 2014 (12 years in practice)
Group practice Lifespan Physician Group Of Massachusetts Inc — 457 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Not indicated
TelehealthOffers telehealth services

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.

Removal of skin lesions 1–10 times
Skin biopsy 1–10 times

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 patients248
Services billed 1,960 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age72

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.

Food and Beverage $113 1 payment · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

Colleagues at Lifespan Physician Group of Massachusetts Inc

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 457 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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