Alexander Shaft
Family Medicine Physician · Vista, CA
Alexander Shaft is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Vista, California, and NPI 1063876688, issued on Apr 9, 2016. Check the license (California A153556, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Alexander Shaft
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- A153556 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 130 Cedar RD, Vista, CA 92083
- Phone
- (760) 806-5431
- Enumerated
- Apr 9, 2016
- Record last updated
- Aug 24, 2023
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20190315001853); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Nevada School Of Medicine, 2016
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Alexander Shaft in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A153556Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
96% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
158 Medicare Part D claims for 102 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 23% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag Sulf42 claims
- Famotidine32 claims
- Omeprazole13 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 90.6 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $76.95
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through 2 group practices
- Scripps HealthVista, CA
- Southern California Liver Centers IncCoronado, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Alexander Shaft among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California
Alexander Shaft is one of 17,133 family medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2016, is newer than 76% of them.
- NPI issued2016 · 76% of these records are older, 21% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated2016 · median 2005 among the 10,652 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
75 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Vista
They are 75 of the 2,017 NPPES records with a practice address in Vista, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.
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- Jonathan Haynes, MDVista, CA 920831255397063
- Louis Hogrefe, MDVista, CA 920831841205218
- Melissa Hurd, M.D.Vista, CA 920831487643698
- Ken Iwaoka, MDVista, CA 920831346263670
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Common questions
What is Alexander Shaft's NPI number?
Alexander Shaft's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1063876688, issued on Apr 9, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Alexander Shaft located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 130 Cedar RD, Vista, CA, 92083. Phone: (760) 806-5431. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Alexander Shaft's license?
NPPES lists California license number A153556, 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 Alexander Shaft prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Alexander Shaft had 158 Medicare Part D claims for 102 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Alexander Shaft's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 90.6 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.