Anita L. Mercado, M.D.
Family Medicine Physician · Alhambra, CA
Anita L. Mercado, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Alhambra, California, and NPI 1912089970, issued on Oct 19, 2006. Check the license (California A56295, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Anita L. Mercado
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- A56295 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1024 S Garfield Ave, Alhambra, CA 91801
- Phone
- (626) 289-5181
- Enumerated
- Oct 19, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 9, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (626) 458-8051
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20101129000780); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1024 S Garfield Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Dick Chuang, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTMedical Physician Assistant1588752349
- James Stewart, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1689758294
- John Stewart, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1417031022
- Tiffany StewartFamily Medicine Physician1982285441
- Sonya Tang, PAMedical Physician Assistant1013461698
Verify Anita L. Mercado in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A56295Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
37% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
4,869 Medicare Part D claims for 353 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims. 17 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium475 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium171 claims
- Valsartan168 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate164 claims
- Metformin Hcl152 claims
- Losartan Potassium151 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): 96 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: $1,483.07
51 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Lilly USA, 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 one group practice
- Stewart And Stewart A Medical CorporationAlhambra, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Anita L. Mercado among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California
Anita L. Mercado, M.D. 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
- Graduated1986 · median 2005 among the 10,652 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 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).
26 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Alhambra
They are 26 of the 1,802 NPPES records with a practice address in Alhambra, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Anita L. Mercado, M.D.'s NPI number?
Anita L. Mercado, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1912089970, issued on Oct 19, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Anita L. Mercado, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1024 S Garfield Ave, Alhambra, CA, 91801. Phone: (626) 289-5181. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Anita L. Mercado, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A56295, 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 Anita L. Mercado, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Anita L. Mercado, M.D. had 4,869 Medicare Part D claims for 353 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Anita L. Mercado, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 96 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.