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Dr. Francesca Cossarini

Infectious Disease (Infectious Disease Physician)

  • Medicare participating

At a glance

Years since graduation
21
In the NPI registry since
2014
Medicare patients seen, 2024
33

The NPI date is when this clinician registered for a National Provider Identifier, the billing number used on health claims. It is not a license, graduation or board-certification date. What an NPI is

Education and training

  • 2014Registered with an NPI (national billing number; not a license date)

Medicare’s Care Compare data doesn’t list this clinician’s medical school. Undergraduate school, residency, fellowship, licensing exams and board certification aren’t in public federal data. Board certification can be confirmed with the certifying board (ABMS member boards for MDs, AOA boards for DOs).

Specialties and state licenses

  • Infectious Disease Physician primary
    NY license 299356
  • Internal Medicine Physician
    NY license 299356
  • Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program

As reported to the NPI registry. To confirm a license is current, check the state medical board.

Map: Infectious Disease per capita by county →

Where they work

Hospitals

Medical groups

Hospitals this clinician lists with Medicare, and groups they bill Medicare through (Care Compare). Affiliation doesn’t mean they see patients at every location.

Medicare patients and services

Medicare patients, 2024
33
Services billed
92
Patients’ average age
66

Medicare fee-for-service only. CMS leaves out services billed for fewer than 11 patients. These figures describe a practice’s Medicare work; they aren’t a measure of quality.

Medicare prescriptions

Most prescribed drugs, Medicare Part D 2024
DrugPrescriptions
Biktarvy (bictegrav/emtricit/tenofov ala)254
Atorvastatin Calcium
Other prescribers in New York, NY
177
Triumeq (abacavir/dolutegravir/lamivudi)115
Albuterol Sulfate Hfa (albuterol sulfate)
Other prescribers in New York, NY
79
Lisinopril
Other prescribers in New York, NY
73
Losartan Potassium
Other prescribers in New York, NY
71
Tivicay (dolutegravir sodium)59
Gabapentin
Other prescribers in New York, NY
56
Amlodipine Besylate
Other prescribers in New York, NY
52
Vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol (vitamin d2))
Other prescribers in New York, NY
51

Prescriptions filled under Medicare Part D, including refills. CMS leaves out drugs prescribed fewer than 11 times.

Industry-funded research

Named as a principal investigator on 1 industry-funded study in 2025, from 1 company. The companies reported $13,784 in research payments for these studies, mostly to the institutions running them.

  • A phase 2B multicenter, randomized, open-label study comparing the eff
    Viiv Healthcare Company

From CMS Open Payments research payments, where companies name up to five principal investigators per payment. Research payments usually go to hospitals, universities and research sites, not to the investigator personally. A payment is not evidence of wrongdoing.

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Sources

NPI registry (CMS NPPES, November 2026; record last updated June 14, 2019), Medicare Care Compare, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), Medicare Part D Prescribers (2024) and Open Payments (2025). Information is self-reported or billed data and may be out of date; call before visiting.

NPI 1861807406. Official NPI registry record (opens in a new tab). Clinicians can correct their information in NPPES; changes appear here after our next monthly update.