NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Ajit Chunilal Shah, M.D.

Internal Medicine Physician · La Mirada, CA

Ajit Chunilal Shah, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in La Mirada, California, and NPI 1528159233, issued on Sep 27, 2006. Check the license (California A73798, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1528159233
Name
Ajit Chunilal Shah
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License number
A73798 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
15651 Imperial Hwy Ste 104, La Mirada, CA 90638
Phone
(562) 947-1619
Enumerated
Sep 27, 2006
Record last updated
Jul 18, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(562) 947-5969
Medicaid ID
00737980 CA
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20100119000168); accepts Medicare assignment
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Verify Ajit Chunilal Shah in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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3.6 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024

11,290 Medicare Part D claims for 653 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims. 175 claims were for opioids.

  1. Ajit Shah11,290
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium503 claims
  2. Levothyroxine Sodium468 claims
  3. Amlodipine Besylate445 claims
  4. Losartan Potassium393 claims
  5. Metformin Hcl318 claims
  6. Simvastatin279 claims

Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.

No measured MIPS final score for 2023

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $335.50

11 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Ajit Shah$335.50
  2. Specialty average$1,303.06

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Ajit Chunilal Shah among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California

Ajit Chunilal Shah, M.D. is one of 17,696 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 5% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 56% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
  • Graduated1998 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2012 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

6 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in La Mirada

They are 6 of the 427 NPPES records with a practice address in La Mirada, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Anwar Arastu, MDLa Mirada, CA 906381760509749
  2. Alexander Chen, D.O.La Mirada, CA 906381114252608
  3. Rocely Ella-TamayoLa Mirada, CA 906381336570597
  4. Hoa Nguyen, M.D.La Mirada, CA 906381508897158
  5. Tamra Hocking, M.D.La Mirada, CA 906391548486723
  6. Jonathan Chien, M.D.Montebello, CA 906401558327270
  7. Jackson Ma, M.D.Montebello, CA 906401447298732
  8. Mohinderjit Neelam, M.D.Montebello, CA 906401457325193

Common questions

What is Ajit Chunilal Shah, M.D.'s NPI number?

Ajit Chunilal Shah, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1528159233, issued on Sep 27, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Ajit Chunilal Shah, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 15651 Imperial Hwy Ste 104, La Mirada, CA, 90638. Phone: (562) 947-1619. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Ajit Chunilal Shah, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists California license number A73798, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Ajit Chunilal Shah, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Ajit Chunilal Shah, M.D. had 11,290 Medicare Part D claims for 653 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Ajit Chunilal Shah, M.D.'s MIPS final score?

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.

Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.