Dr. Albert A Couillard , DC, BS
Chiropractor • Needham, MA
292 Reservoir St Ste 3
Needham, MA 024943132
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NPI assigned on August 21, 2012; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 104 Original Medicare Part B services in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part B service records, 2024:
- 98941 — Chiropractic manipulative treatment, 3-4 spinal regions: 104 service units.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Units differ by code; these are not visits or a measure of quality.
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Fewer Medicare Part B services than 90% of clinicians listed under Chiropractor in Massachusetts (2024, 611 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 438. Middle half: 237 to 776.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
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Medicare Part B services went from 46 in 2017 to 104 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2017–2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
292 Reservoir St Ste 3
Needham, MA 024943132
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
What Public CMS Data Show
Chiropractor: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
19 people with Original Medicare in 2024
It gives a sense of how many people with Medicare this clinician treated that year.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider, 2024.
Medicare-allowed amount
About $4,425 in 2024
The total amount Medicare approved for these services in 2024. It includes what Medicare paid and what patients or their other insurance owed, such as the deductible and coinsurance.
It shows the total cost of this clinician's Original Medicare services under Medicare's fee rules.
What this does not show: Medicare-allowed amount
This is not the clinician's income. Part of it can go to a clinic or group practice, staff, equipment or drugs. It is not the price you will pay.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024.
Paid by Medicare
About $2,981 in 2024
The part of the Medicare-allowed amount that Medicare itself paid in 2024, after patients' deductibles and coinsurance.
The gap between the allowed amount and this number is roughly what patients and their other insurance paid.
What this does not show: Paid by Medicare
This is not the clinician's income and not a measure of quality.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024.
Industry payments (Open Payments)
No Open Payments records are listed for this clinician for 2019–2025.
NPI first issued
2012
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.
Medicare assignment not listed
CMS data do not show whether this clinician accepts Medicare assignment. This does not mean they do not accept Medicare. Ask the office.
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, “Does your provider accept Medicare as full payment?”
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.
Enrolled in Medicare (PECOS)
Dr. Couillard 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.
Compared with the same specialty in Needham and Massachusetts
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 90% of clinicians listed under Chiropractor in Massachusetts (2024, 611 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 438. Middle half: 237 to 776.
Too few clinicians listed under Chiropractor in Needham have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to compare.
Medicare-allowed amount
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 90% of clinicians listed under Chiropractor in Massachusetts (2024, 611 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $17,093. Middle half: $9,207 to $30,311.
Too few clinicians listed under Chiropractor in Needham have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to compare.
Paid by Medicare
A lower Medicare payment amount than 90% of clinicians listed under Chiropractor in Massachusetts (2024, 611 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $12,195. Middle half: $6,428 to $21,793.
Too few clinicians listed under Chiropractor in Needham have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to compare.
9 active clinicians are listed under Chiropractor with a practice address in Needham, MA (1,577 in Massachusetts).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
CMS data by year
Changes may reflect reporting, coverage or privacy limits, not changes in care quality.
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Medicare Part B services
Medicare Part B services increased 126% from 46 in 2017 to 104 in 2024.
- 2017: 46
- 2019: 156
- 2023: 54
- 2024: 104
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount increased 135% from $1,886 in 2017 to $4,425 in 2024.
- 2017: $1,886
- 2019: $6,922
- 2023: $2,350
- 2024: $4,425
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare went from $834 in 2017 to $2,981 in 2024.
- 2017: $834
- 2019: $5,374
- 2023: $1,622
- 2024: $2,981
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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Performed Procedures & Service Volume
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| HCPCS Code | Services | Patients | Submitted Charge | Medicare Allowed |
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98941
Chiropractic manipulative treatment, 3-4 spinal regions
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104 | 13 | $55.00 | $42.55 |
Source: CMS Part B by Provider and Service, 2024; services under 11 beneficiaries omitted by CMS. Privacy limits
Submitted charges are billed amounts, not a price quote for your visit.
Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
Self-certified to NPPES: 2022-02-15NUCC Taxonomy Code: 111N00000X
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.
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - CHIROPRACTIC
I20130514000141
MA
7416194303
Sources: CMS Provider Enrollment and Order and Referring. Medicare enrollment is a billing status, not an accreditation or quality rating.
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
Registered at 292 RESERVOIR ST STE 3, NEEDHAM, MA 024943132 (Tel: 3399274379)
Registered at 292 RESERVOIR ST STE 3, NEEDHAM, MA 024943132 (Tel: 3399274379)
Registered at 540 GALLIVAN BLVD STE 2, DORCHESTER, MA 021245463 (Tel: 6172821200)
Registered at 1 CREDIT UNION WAY FL 3, RANDOLPH, MA 023684633 (Tel: 7819613370)
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 86 COTUIT RD, MARSTONS MILLS, MA 026485716 (Tel: 7742382179)
Registered at 86 COTUIT RD, MARSTONS MILLS, MA 026485716 (Tel: 7742382179)
Recorded as ALBERT COUILLARD, D.C, B.S
Chiropractor (license number reported to NPPES: MA 3387)
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
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Mailing Address
292 Reservoir St Ste 3
Needham, MA 024943132
Phone: 3399274379