Alfred Gregory Caruso, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Palm Desert, CA
Alfred Gregory Caruso, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Palm Desert, California, and NPI 1508825662, issued on Mar 18, 2006. Check the license (California A55724, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Alfred Gregory Caruso
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- A55724 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 73-211 Fred Waring Dr, Palm Desert, CA 92260
- Phone
- (760) 568-4939
- Enumerated
- Mar 18, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 9, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (760) 568-4769
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100126000294); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Loma Linda University School Of Medicine, 1994
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Alfred Gregory Caruso in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A55724Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.4 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
8,509 Medicare Part D claims for 948 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium675 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium667 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate560 claims
- Lisinopril435 claims
- Tamsulosin Hcl296 claims
- Losartan Potassium277 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $20.85
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. 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 one group practice
- A Gregory Caruso MD IncPalm Desert, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Alfred Gregory Caruso among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California
Alfred Gregory Caruso, MD 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 2006, is newer than 6% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 6% of these records are older, 59% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated1994 · median 2005 among the 10,652 with a school on file
- Record last updated2012 · 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).
30 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Palm Desert
They are 30 of the 1,495 NPPES records with a practice address in Palm Desert, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Alfred Gregory Caruso, MD's NPI number?
Alfred Gregory Caruso, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1508825662, issued on Mar 18, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Alfred Gregory Caruso, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 73-211 Fred Waring Dr, Palm Desert, CA, 92260. Phone: (760) 568-4939. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Alfred Gregory Caruso, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A55724, 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 Alfred Gregory Caruso, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Alfred Gregory Caruso, MD had 8,509 Medicare Part D claims for 948 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
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.