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Dr. Boris Dov Djerassi , DC

Chiropractor β€’ Fall River, MA

Active NPI 1285711606 Individual Practitioner Male Practitioner Accepts Medicare assignment
Practice location in NPPES

400 Bedford St
Fall River, MA 027203034

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Practice Location & Contact Primary Location

Practice Address

400 Bedford St

Fall River, MA 027203034

Telephone 5086772222
Fax 5087301223

Medicare Profile & Education

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File

Graduation Year

1995

Industry payments (Open Payments)

No Open Payments records are listed for this clinician for 2019–2025.

Guide: How to read an Open Payments record

Years since graduation

31 years (graduated 1995)

CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 1995 as the year this clinician finished professional school.

What this does not show: Years since graduation

It is not the number of years in practice, and more years does not mean better care.

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File.

NPI first issued

2006

The year this clinician's National Provider Identifier (NPI) was issued. An NPI is a unique 10-digit ID that US health care providers use for billing.

What this does not show: NPI first issued

NPIs have been issued only since 2005, so this year is not necessarily when the clinician started practicing.

Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry.

Accepts Medicare assignment

CMS data list this clinician as accepting Medicare assignment. This means agreeing to take the Medicare-approved amount as full payment for covered services.

Medicare assignment applies to Original Medicare. It does not tell you whether the clinician is in a Medicare Advantage plan's network, accepts other insurance, or is taking new patients.

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians; Medicare.gov, β€œDoes your provider accept Medicare as full payment?”

Guide: What Medicare assignment means

No telehealth indicator

CMS shows this indicator only when recent Medicare claims include telehealth services. The clinician may still offer telehealth; ask the office.

Source: CMS, Telehealth Indicator on Medicare Care Compare (fact sheet, January 2023); CMS Doctors and Clinicians.

Guide: How Medicare covers telehealth

Enrolled in Medicare (PECOS)

Dr. Djerassi has a Medicare enrollment record in PECOS, the CMS system clinicians use to enroll so they can bill Medicare or order services for people with Medicare.

It does not show whether the clinician accepts assignment, is in your plan's network, or is taking new patients.

Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.

Guide: What Medicare enrollment (PECOS) means

Compared with the same specialty in Fall River and Massachusetts

25 active clinicians are listed under Chiropractor with a practice address in Fall River, MA (1,577 in Massachusetts).

Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.

Telehealth indicator in Fall River

0% of these 25 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.

40% of these 25 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.

Sources: CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.

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Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES

Chiropractor Primary Specialty

NUCC Taxonomy Code: 111N00000X

License # reported to NPPES MA 1980

A provider qualified by a Doctor of Chiropractic (D.C.), licensed by the State and who practices chiropractic medicine -that discipline within the healing arts which deals with the nervous system and its relationship to the spinal column and its interrelationship with other body systems.

Check License Status with the State Board License numbers are self-reported to NPPES; T-MedInfo does not confirm them against state records. Current status: Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine.
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Additional State Medicaid & Healthcare Payer Identifiers

Other Identifier Harvard Pilgrim - Ma. Id#
352327 (MA)
Other Identifier Acn Group Us Helathcare
667631 (MA)
Other Identifier Blue Cross - Ma. Id #
Y36409 (MA)
Other Identifier Blue Cross - Ri. Id #
7267-8 (RI)
Other Identifier Blue Chip - Ri. Id #
409082 (RI)

Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility

Source: CMS PECOS
Medicare FFS Enrollment Status Medicare Enrollment on File
CMS Provider Specialty

PRACTITIONER - CHIROPRACTIC

Medicare Enrollment ID

I20060426000295

Enrollment State Jurisdiction

MA

PECOS Control ID

5496765133

Sources: CMS Provider Enrollment and Order and Referring. Medicare enrollment is a billing status, not an accreditation or quality rating.

Career & Practice History

NPI enumerated November 01, 2006.

No changes to the name, practice address, taxonomy or NPI status in this record have been observed in the monthly NPPES data files from January 2017 to August 2026.

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NPI Administrative Meta

NPI Number: 1285711606
Entity Type:
Individual Provider Physician, Nurse Practitioner, or Solo Healthcare Professional (Type 1 NPI)
Enumeration Date: November 01, 2006
Last Update: July 09, 2007
Sole Proprietor: Yes

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Mailing Address

129 Highland Ave

North Dartmouth, MA 027471151

Phone: 5086720158

About This Data NPPES fields (address, phone, specialty, license) are self-reported and may be outdated; Medicare fields follow the CMS dataset named in each section. Correct directly at NPPES.