Amber Jo Ortega, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Santee, CA
Amber Jo Ortega, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Santee, California, and NPI 1174905855, issued on Jun 18, 2015. Check the license (California A147945, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Amber Jo Ortega
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- A147945 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 8701 Cuyamaca St, Santee, CA 92071
- Phone
- (858) 499-2715
- Enumerated
- Jun 18, 2015
- Record last updated
- Oct 5, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (619) 568-8080
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20171206000741); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of New Mexico School Of Medicine, 2015
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Amber Jo Ortega in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A147945Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
24% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
4,391 Medicare Part D claims for 511 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 76 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium251 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium172 claims
- Lisinopril133 claims
- Losartan Potassium130 claims
- Gabapentin128 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate122 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 73.6 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $142.93
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk Inc. 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
- Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group IncLa Mesa, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Amber Jo Ortega among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California
Amber Jo Ortega, 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 2015, is newer than 74% of them.
- NPI issued2015 · 74% of these records are older, 24% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated2015 · median 2005 among the 10,652 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 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).
28 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Santee
They are 28 of the 659 NPPES records with a practice address in Santee, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Amber Jo Ortega, MD's NPI number?
Amber Jo Ortega, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1174905855, issued on Jun 18, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Amber Jo Ortega, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 8701 Cuyamaca St, Santee, CA, 92071. Phone: (858) 499-2715. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Amber Jo Ortega, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A147945, 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 Amber Jo Ortega, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Amber Jo Ortega, MD had 4,391 Medicare Part D claims for 511 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Amber Jo Ortega, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 73.6 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.