NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Barney L. Soskin

Internal Medicine Physician · West Hollywood, CA

Barney L. Soskin is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in West Hollywood, California, and NPI 1518313782, issued on May 6, 2016. Check the license (California A154425, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1518313782
Name
Barney L. Soskin
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License numbers
A154425 CA
T9253 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
8700 Beverly Blvd # B220, West Hollywood, CA 90048
Phone
(310) 423-5252
Enumerated
May 6, 2016
Record last updated
Aug 11, 2022
Fax
(310) 423-8441
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20220824000098); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Boston University School Of Medicine, 2016
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 8700 Beverly Blvd # B220

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Daniel AldeaHospitalist Physician1104385319
  2. Arpit Arora, MDHospice and Palliative Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician1013259357
  3. Noam BroderHospice and Palliative Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician1831500628
  4. Vivian Chan, MDHospitalist Physician1427637628
  5. David Chen, M.D.Hospitalist Physician1619439585
  6. Jacqueline Craig, M.D.Hospitalist Physician1568752152

Verify Barney L. Soskin in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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99% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024

38 Medicare Part D claims for 23 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 12 claims were for opioids.

  1. Barney Soskin38
  2. Specialty average3,176

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.

Bills Medicare through 3 group practices

  1. EL Paso Physical Therapy Specialists LLCEl Paso, TX
  2. EL Paso Therapy Services, Inc.El Paso, TX
  3. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center EL PasoEl Paso, TX

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Barney L. Soskin among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California

Barney L. Soskin 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 2016, is newer than 79% of them.

  • NPI issued2016 · 79% of these records are older, 19% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
  • Graduated2016 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2022 · 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).

136 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in West Hollywood

They are 136 of the 2,619 NPPES records with a practice address in West Hollywood, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. George Chaux, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900481619938941
  2. Anish Desai, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900481518928886
  3. Amanda Ewing, M.D.West Hollywood, CA 900481982661922
  4. Farshid Fararooy, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900481922045939
  5. Eleonora Fedonenko, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900481790721850
  6. Christina Harris, MDLos Angeles, CA 900481073553962
  7. Homayoon Khanlou, MDLos Angeles, CA 900481356335277
  8. Dorothy Lowe, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900481275577835

Common questions

What is Barney L. Soskin's NPI number?

Barney L. Soskin's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1518313782, issued on May 6, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Barney L. Soskin located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 8700 Beverly Blvd # B220, West Hollywood, CA, 90048. Phone: (310) 423-5252. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Barney L. Soskin's license?

NPPES lists California license number A154425, 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 Barney L. Soskin prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Barney L. Soskin had 38 Medicare Part D claims for 23 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.