NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Benjamin Montoya, MD

Infectious Disease Physician · Long Beach, CA

Benjamin Montoya, MD is an infectious disease physician with a practice address in Long Beach, California, and NPI 1588701619, issued on Jan 30, 2007. Check the license (California A63951, 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
1588701619
Name
Benjamin Montoya
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Infectious Disease Physician 207RI0200X
License number
A63951 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1043 Elm Ave, Long Beach, CA 90813
Phone
(562) 624-4999
Enumerated
Jan 30, 2007
Record last updated
Dec 1, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20040524000987); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of California, Irvine, California College Of Medicine, 1996
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 1043 Elm Ave

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

  1. Josephine CorreiaFamily Nurse Practitioner1588055073
  2. Jerome De Vente, MDInfectious Disease Physician1548208242
  3. Sassan Farjami, M.D.Hematology & Oncology Physician1134154594
  4. Alexander Ferreira, M.D.Hematology & Oncology Physician1801811013
  5. Thomas Gates, MDRadiation Oncology Physician1023072915
  6. Francisca Mata, MDFamily Medicine Physician1154815967

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  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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29% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average infectious disease physician in 2024

490 Medicare Part D claims for 84 beneficiaries, against an average of 689 among the 7,388 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 45% of claims.

  1. Benjamin Montoya490
  2. Specialty average689

Most prescribed

  1. Biktarvy46 claims
  2. Tivicay34 claims
  3. Cephalexin28 claims
  4. Prezcobix28 claims
  5. Doxycycline Monohydrate26 claims
  6. Acyclovir22 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.

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Southern California Permanente Medical GroupAnaheim, CA

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

Benjamin Montoya among 1,119 infectious disease physician records in California

Benjamin Montoya, MD is one of 1,119 infectious disease 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 2007, is newer than 46% of them.

  • NPI issued2007 · 46% of these records are older, 41% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
  • Graduated1996 · median 2003 among the 735 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2021 · 59% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RI0200X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Infectious Disease Physician providers in California

There are 1,119 infectious disease physician records in California.

The 8 infectious disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Marcia Alcouloumre Senteno, MDLong Beach, CA 908131770502650
  2. Chester Choi, M.D.Long Beach, CA 908131730197344
  3. Jerome De Vente, MDLong Beach, CA 908131548208242
  4. Caroline Koan, M.D.Long Beach, CA 908131205298767
  5. Rithika Ramakrishnan, MDLong Beach, CA 908131316476484
  6. Gunter Rieg, M.D.Long Beach, CA 908131528096138
  7. Stefan Schneider, MDLong Beach, CA 908131104849108
  8. Henry Su, M.D.Long Beach, CA 908131902033913

Common questions

What is Benjamin Montoya, MD's NPI number?

Benjamin Montoya, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1588701619, issued on Jan 30, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Benjamin Montoya, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1043 Elm Ave, Long Beach, CA, 90813. Phone: (562) 624-4999. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Benjamin Montoya, MD's license?

NPPES lists California license number A63951, 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 Benjamin Montoya, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Benjamin Montoya, MD had 490 Medicare Part D claims for 84 beneficiaries; the average among infectious disease physician prescribers was 689. 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.