Bakul Kumar Patel
Family Medicine Physician · Foothill Ranch, CA
Bakul Kumar Patel is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Foothill Ranch, California, and NPI 1710932751, issued on May 24, 2006. Check the license (California A045267, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Bakul Kumar Patel
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- A045267 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 26740 Towne Centre Dr, Foothill Ranch, CA 92610
- Phone
- (949) 588-9293
- Enumerated
- May 24, 2006
- Record last updated
- Feb 2, 2017 (not updated in 9 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (949) 588-0409
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20051219000603); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Bakul Kumar Patel in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A045267Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
19% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
2,864 Medicare Part D claims for 272 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 9% of claims. 42 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium206 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium157 claims
- Losartan Potassium155 claims
- Metformin Hcl Er117 claims
- Simvastatin101 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate97 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: $133.98
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. 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
- Centers For Family Medicine GPLadera Ranch, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Bakul Kumar Patel among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California
Bakul Kumar Patel 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
- Graduated1983 · median 2005 among the 10,652 with a school on file
- Record last updated2017 · 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).
16 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Foothill Ranch
They are 16 of the 169 NPPES records with a practice address in Foothill Ranch, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Bakul Kumar Patel's NPI number?
Bakul Kumar Patel's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1710932751, issued on May 24, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Bakul Kumar Patel located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 26740 Towne Centre Dr, Foothill Ranch, CA, 92610. Phone: (949) 588-9293. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Bakul Kumar Patel's license?
NPPES lists California license number A045267, 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 Bakul Kumar Patel prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Bakul Kumar Patel had 2,864 Medicare Part D claims for 272 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.