Anna Smitha Cheriyan, M.D.
Family Medicine Physician · Bakersfield, CA
Anna Smitha Cheriyan, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Bakersfield, California, and NPI 1831534932, issued on May 2, 2013. Check the license (California A156062, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Anna Smitha Cheriyan
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License numbers
- A156062 CA
MD458994 PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1611 1St St, Bakersfield, CA 93304
- Phone
- (661) 336-5300
- Enumerated
- May 2, 2013
- Record last updated
- Mar 19, 2025
- Fax
- (661) 336-5303
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20161018001319); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1611 1St St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Anna Smitha Cheriyan in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A156062Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
80% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
694 Medicare Part D claims for 92 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 Calcium56 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium42 claims
- Lisinopril38 claims
- Omeprazole30 claims
- Hydrochlorothiazide27 claims
- Metformin Hcl26 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: $24.27
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Dynavax Technologies Corporation. 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
- Clinica Sierra VistaBakersfield, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Anna Smitha Cheriyan among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California
Anna Smitha Cheriyan, 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 2013, is newer than 68% of them.
- NPI issued2013 · 68% of these records are older, 29% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated2013 · median 2005 among the 10,652 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 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).
209 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Bakersfield
They are 209 of the 11,539 NPPES records with a practice address in Bakersfield, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Anna Smitha Cheriyan, M.D.'s NPI number?
Anna Smitha Cheriyan, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1831534932, issued on May 2, 2013. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Anna Smitha Cheriyan, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1611 1St St, Bakersfield, CA, 93304. Phone: (661) 336-5300. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Anna Smitha Cheriyan, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A156062, 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 Anna Smitha Cheriyan, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Anna Smitha Cheriyan, M.D. had 694 Medicare Part D claims for 92 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.