NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Alvin Sol May, M.D.

Surgery Physician · Culver City, CA

Alvin Sol May, M.D. is a surgery physician with a practice address in Culver City, California, and NPI 1184884876, issued on Jun 16, 2008. Check the license (California A118419, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1184884876
Name
Alvin Sol May
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Surgery Physician 208600000X
License number
A118419 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
5221 Purdue Ave, Culver City, CA 90230
Phone
(562) 261-5958
Enumerated
Jun 16, 2008
Record last updated
Jun 8, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20121112000615); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Harvard Medical School, 2004
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 Alvin Sol May 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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18% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024

121 Medicare Part D claims for 48 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 35% of claims.

  1. Alvin May121
  2. Specialty average147

Most prescribed

  1. Santyl23 claims
  2. Triamcinolone Acetonide19 claims
  3. Clotrimazole14 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: $87.05

2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Solventum Corporation. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Alvin May$87.05
  2. Specialty average$3,513.80

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

  1. May MD IncCulver City, CA

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Alvin Sol May among 3,118 surgery physician records in California

Alvin Sol May, M.D. is one of 3,118 surgery physician records with a practice address in California. 75% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2008, is newer than 58% of them.

  • NPI issued2008 · 58% of these records are older, 37% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 61% of these records are
  • Graduated2004 · median 2003 among the 1,901 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2021 · 59% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Surgery Physician providers in California

There are 3,118 surgery physician records in California.

The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Don Schiller, M.D.Culver City, CA 902321396818720
  2. Patrick Soon-Shiong, MDCulver City, CA 902321689215493
  3. Ancil Philip, MDCompton, CA 902221295943884
  4. Marilee Carballo, M.D.Downey, CA 902411033348578
  5. Robert Deere, M.D.Downey, CA 902411649221060
  6. Mark Minkes, M.D.Downey, CA 902411629027289
  7. Fredrick Che, M.D.Downey, CA 902421952539249
  8. Arianna Clarke, MEDICAL ASSISTANTDowney, CA 902421538813829

Common questions

What is Alvin Sol May, M.D.'s NPI number?

Alvin Sol May, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1184884876, issued on Jun 16, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Alvin Sol May, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5221 Purdue Ave, Culver City, CA, 90230. Phone: (562) 261-5958. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Alvin Sol May, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists California license number A118419, 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 Alvin Sol May, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Alvin Sol May, M.D. had 121 Medicare Part D claims for 48 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Alvin Sol May, 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.