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Dorothy J Sassi , NP

Nurse Practitioner • Springfield, MA

Active NPI 1356389043 Individual Practitioner Female Practitioner Accepts Medicare assignment
Practice location in NPPES

299 Carew St, Suite 419
Springfield, MA 011042301

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Practice Location & Contact Primary Location

Practice Address

299 Carew St
Suite 419

Springfield, MA 011042301

Telephone 4137377951
Organization at the Same NPPES Address or Phone
Dr. James Haines & Dr. William Belcastro, Ptr. Facility NPI 1124027834

Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.

Other Listings in Public Data

CMS Doctors and Clinicians lists 2 distinct group names: Hartford Healthcare Medical Group Specialists Pllc; Riverbend Medical Group Inc. See the list

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File, release date unavailable.

Listings do not confirm current availability, employment or a shared ownership network.

Medicare Profile & Education

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File

Medical School

University Of Massachusetts Medical School

Graduation Year

1999

Medicare patients

575 people with Original Medicare in 2024

Different Original Medicare patients in 2024; counts below 11 are hidden; this does not show availability or quality.

Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider, 2024.

Medicare-allowed amount

About $57,196 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.

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 $41,631 in 2024

The part of the Medicare-allowed amount that Medicare itself paid in 2024, after patients' deductibles and coinsurance.

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.

30-day fills

4,822 standardized 30-day fills in 2024

CMS converts prescriptions to 30-day supplies so they can be compared. A 90-day prescription counts as about three 30-day fills.

What this does not show: 30-day fills

It is not a count of patients and not a measure of quality.

Part D drug cost

$1,036,448 in 2024

The total cost of these prescriptions in 2024, paid by Medicare drug plans, patients and other payers together.

What this does not show: Part D drug cost

A higher cost often reflects the type of medicines a specialty uses. It is not your out-of-pocket cost and not a measure of quality.

Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers – by Provider and Drug, 2024.

Open Payments general payments, program year 2025

All general payments: $155.86 across 6 records.

By nature of payment

  • Food and Beverage: $155.86 across 6 records.

Reporting-company totals (3 largest of 5)

  • Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: $50.25 across 2 records.
  • Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.: $31.42 across 1 record.
  • ABBVIE INC.: $27.26 across 1 record.

A reported payment does not necessarily mean the financial relationship is improper and is not a measure of care quality. Clinicians can review and dispute these records.

See the full table

Source: Calculated by T-MedInfo from CMS Open Payments general-payment records for program year 2025 (published June 30, 2026).

Guide: How to read an Open Payments record

Years since graduation

27 years (graduated 1999)

CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 1999 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, “Does 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)

Dorothy Sassi 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

Can order Medicare-covered services

CMS lists Dorothy Sassi as eligible to order or refer Medicare Part B clinical laboratory and imaging services, durable medical equipment (DME) and home health services for people with Medicare.

What this does not show: Can order Medicare-covered services

It does not mean the clinician offers these services directly.

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

Guide: What ordering and referring status means

Compared with the same specialty in Springfield and Massachusetts

Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.

Medicare Part B services

More Medicare Part B services than 75% of clinicians listed under Nurse Practitioner in Springfield, MA (2024, 25 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 315. Middle half: 215 to 691.

More Medicare Part B services than 75% of clinicians listed under Nurse Practitioner in Massachusetts (2024, 1,536 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 293. Middle half: 113 to 625.

Medicare-allowed amount

A higher Medicare-allowed amount than 70% of clinicians listed under Nurse Practitioner in Springfield, MA (2024, 25 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $30,128. Middle half: $12,814 to $57,515.

A higher Medicare-allowed amount than 75% of clinicians listed under Nurse Practitioner in Massachusetts (2024, 1,536 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $24,187. Middle half: $9,751 to $49,233.

Paid by Medicare

A higher Medicare payment amount than 70% of clinicians listed under Nurse Practitioner in Springfield, MA (2024, 25 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $23,447. Middle half: $9,905 to $45,182.

A higher Medicare payment amount than 75% of clinicians listed under Nurse Practitioner in Massachusetts (2024, 1,536 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $18,312. Middle half: $7,110 to $37,062.

Medicare Part D prescriptions

More Part D prescriptions than 80% of clinicians listed under Nurse Practitioner in Springfield, MA (2024, 25 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 675. Middle half: 188 to 1,565.

More Part D prescriptions than 85% of clinicians listed under Nurse Practitioner in Massachusetts (2024, 1,589 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 330. Middle half: 89 to 1,072.

Part D drug cost

A higher Part D drug cost than 95% of clinicians listed under Nurse Practitioner in Springfield, MA (2024, 25 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $47,697. Middle half: $2,573 to $210,595.

A higher Part D drug cost than 95% of clinicians listed under Nurse Practitioner in Massachusetts (2024, 1,589 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $25,224. Middle half: $1,758 to $161,316.

58 active clinicians are listed under Nurse Practitioner with a practice address in Springfield, MA (3,483 in Massachusetts).

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

Telehealth indicator in Springfield

12.1% of these 58 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.

51.7% of these 58 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.

Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers (2024), CMS Open Payments (2025), CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.

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Pharma & Medical Device Financial Disclosures

Payments and other transfers of value that drug and medical device companies reported to CMS Open Payments

Open Payments · Program Year 2025
Disclosure Year:

Program year 2025 (payments made January 1 – December 31, 2025): fewer than 11 records totaling $155.86.

Manufacturer Payment Nature Product Type Amount ($)
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
ENTYVIO General $31.42
ABBVIE INC.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
SKYRIZI General $27.26
Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
OCALIVA General $25.86
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
VOQUEZNA General $25.77
Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
OCALIVA General $24.39
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
TREMFYA General $21.16

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2025, released June 30, 2026.

Performed Procedures & Service Volume

Services billed to Original Medicare Part B in 2024.

CMS Part B · Data Year 2024
Reporting Year:

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HCPCS Code Services Patients Submitted Charge Medicare Allowed
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with low level od decision making, if using time, 20 minutes or more
527 443 $200.33 $78.07
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more
83 79 $300.00 $107.85
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit with low level of medical decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more
35 35 $260.00 $95.59
99212 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with straightforward medical decision making, if using time, 10 minutes or more
30 29 $91.00 $48.92
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 45 minutes or more
16 16 $400.00 $143.03

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.

Medicare Part D Prescribing Profile & Medications

Medicare Part D prescriptions filled, including refills, in 2024.

CMS Part D · Data Year 2024
Prescription Year:
Brand Name Generic Name Prescriptions Day Supply Total Cost Patients
Omeprazole Omeprazole 674 47,326 $12,719.52 231
Pantoprazole Sodium Pantoprazole Sodium 322 24,232 $7,479.57 114
Dicyclomine Hcl Dicyclomine Hcl 177 11,245 $5,799.45 70
Famotidine Famotidine 165 9,752 $3,485.98 51
Linzess Linaclotide 137 6,390 $117,080.39 33
Gavilyte-G Peg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl 126 127 $1,932.47 125
Mesalamine Mesalamine 66 5,680 $55,667.83 25
Sucralfate Sucralfate 60 3,414 $4,199.29 35
Diphenoxylate-Atropine Diphenoxylate Hcl/Atropine 51 1,655 $1,738.76 14
Metoclopramide Hcl Metoclopramide Hcl 49 2,257 $637.66 11
Loperamide Loperamide Hcl 45 1,530 $1,467.94 —
Amitriptyline Hcl Amitriptyline Hcl 38 3,180 $579.81 12
Cholestyramine Cholestyramine (With Sugar) 37 2,482 $4,091.01 16
Esomeprazole Magnesium Esomeprazole Magnesium 36 2,936 $5,160.26 18
Hydrocortisone Hydrocortisone 35 691 $530.58 21
Lansoprazole Lansoprazole 34 2,290 $2,003.80 —
Ondansetron Hcl Ondansetron Hcl 32 854 $202.56 14
Trulance Plecanatide 30 900 $16,558.59 —
Creon Lipase/Protease/Amylase 29 1,181 $65,199.18 —
Ursodiol Ursodiol 25 2,064 $8,750.49 —
Budesonide Ec Budesonide 24 1,500 $4,448.39 11
Stelara Ustekinumab 20 700 $610,677.10 —
Sulfasalazine Sulfasalazine 20 1,650 $793.74 —
Nortriptyline Hcl Nortriptyline Hcl 18 1,260 $290.20 —
Misoprostol Misoprostol 14 454 $611.01 —

(top 25 shown)

Source: CMS Part D by Provider and Drug, 2024; rows below 11 claims omitted by CMS; volume isn’t quality. Privacy limits

Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES

Nurse Practitioner Primary Specialty

NUCC Taxonomy Code: 363L00000X

License # reported to NPPES MA 206906

(1) A registered nurse provider with a graduate degree in nursing prepared for advanced practice involving independent and interdependent decision making and direct accountability for clinical judgment across the health care continuum or in a certified specialty. (2) A registered nurse who has completed additional training beyond basic nursing education and who provides primary health care services in accordance with state nurse practice laws or statutes. Tasks performed by nurse practitioners vary with practice requirements mandated by geographic, political, economic, and social factors. Nurse practitioner specialists include, but are not limited to, family nurse practitioners, gerontological nurse practitioners, pediatric nurse practitioners, obstetric-gynecologic nurse practitioners, and school nurse practitioners.

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Additional State Medicaid & Healthcare Payer Identifiers

Medicaid ID
377121 (MA)

Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility

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

PRACTITIONER - NURSE PRACTITIONER

Medicare Enrollment ID

I20250516001911

Enrollment State Jurisdiction

CT

PECOS Control ID

4587678867

Medicare Order & Referring Eligibility
Clinical Lab & Imaging (Part B) Eligible
Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Eligible
Home Health Agency (HHA) Eligible
Power Mobility Devices (PMD) Eligible

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

Medicare Group Practice Enrollments

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File

Hartford Healthcare Medical Group Specialists Pllc

30 Loeffler Rd, Bloomfield, CT 060022256

Phone: 8603805150

Riverbend Medical Group Inc

271 Carew St, Springfield, MA 011042377

Phone: 4137489000

Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone

Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.

6 listed
Dr. Paul Farkas , MD

Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology

NPI 1932149911

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

Mary-Laura Hohol , PA-C

Physician Assistant

NPI 1407165020

Physician Assistant (Certified)

Dr. Kenneth Koenigs , MD

Internal Medicine

NPI 1194808378

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

Grace Skinner , PA-C

Physician Assistant

NPI 1457037632

Physician Assistant (Certified)

Dr. Barry Slitzky , MD

Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology

NPI 1639263726

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

Dr. Peter Weinstein , MD

Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology

NPI 1467410308

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

Career & Practice History

NPI enumerated June 03, 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: 1356389043
Entity Type:
Individual Provider Physician, Nurse Practitioner, or Solo Healthcare Professional (Type 1 NPI)
Enumeration Date: June 03, 2006
Last Update: March 03, 2010
Sole Proprietor: No

Other Nurse Practitioners in Springfield

All Nurse Practitioners in Springfield

Mailing Address

Po Box 9132

Brookline, MA 024469132

Phone: 8009270002

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.