Ashok Sharma, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Claremont, CA
Ashok Sharma, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Claremont, California, and NPI 1205804580, issued on Mar 10, 2006. Check the license (California A49710, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ashok Sharma
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- A49710 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 138 Harvard Ave, Claremont, CA 91711
- Phone
- (909) 624-4503
- Enumerated
- Mar 10, 2006
- Record last updated
- May 19, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (909) 624-6364
- Medicaid ID
- 00A497100 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20031216000897); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Ashok Sharma in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A49710Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.6 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
8,416 Medicare Part D claims for 532 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 8% of claims. 194 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate531 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium404 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium320 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium319 claims
- Simvastatin310 claims
- Losartan Potassium286 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: $28.88
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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 2 group practices
- Chaparral Medical Group IncClaremont, CA
- Congregational HomesPomona, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ashok Sharma among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California
Ashok Sharma, MD is one of 17,696 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 79% 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 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 56% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1981 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Internal Medicine Physician providers in California
There are 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Ashok Sharma, MD's NPI number?
Ashok Sharma, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1205804580, issued on Mar 10, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ashok Sharma, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 138 Harvard Ave, Claremont, CA, 91711. Phone: (909) 624-4503. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ashok Sharma, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A49710, 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 Ashok Sharma, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ashok Sharma, MD had 8,416 Medicare Part D claims for 532 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.