Benjamin David Walrath, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Chula Vista, CA
Benjamin David Walrath, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Chula Vista, California, and NPI 1356497168, issued on Jan 25, 2007. Check the license on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Benjamin David Walrath
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- 0101241798 VA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 449 Corte Calypso, Chula Vista, CA 91914
- Phone
- (312) 371-2612
- Enumerated
- Jan 25, 2007
- Record last updated
- Aug 29, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230928002321); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Rush Medical College Of Rush University, 2005
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Benjamin David Walrath in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of CaliforniaCheck the board
- 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
6% more Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
239 Medicare Part D claims for 178 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 8% of claims. 30 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Cefuroxime48 claims
- Ondansetron Odt24 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen21 claims
- Prednisone17 claims
- Dicyclomine Hcl14 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 94.6 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $2,281.18
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was honoraria; the largest payer was Zoll Medical Corporation. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 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
- Emergency Medicine Services OF TX, PLLCLive Oak, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Benjamin David Walrath among 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California
Benjamin David Walrath, MD is one of 7,751 emergency 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 2007, is newer than 40% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 40% of these records are older, 50% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated2005 · median 2011 among the 4,560 with a school on file
- Record last updated2016 · 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 207P00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Emergency Medicine Physician providers in California
There are 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California.
All 7,751 in California → Every provider in Chula Vista → Emergency Medicine Physician nationwide →
The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- James Cortes, M.D.Chula Vista, CA 919131376757732
- Aaron Abrahamsen, M.D.Chula Vista, CA 919111427204023
- Karrar Ali, D.O.Chula Vista, CA 919111164414827
- Gregg Bolotin, M.D.Chula Vista, CA 919111366451601
- Kevin Calhoun, M.D.Chula Vista, CA 919111144239401
- Thomas Calkins, M.D.Chula Vista, CA 919111720037518
- James Corbett-Detig, MDChula Vista, CA 919111902224686
- Jeffrey Overcash, MDChula Vista, CA 919111104814680
Common questions
What is Benjamin David Walrath, MD's NPI number?
Benjamin David Walrath, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1356497168, issued on Jan 25, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Benjamin David Walrath, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 449 Corte Calypso, Chula Vista, CA, 91914. Phone: (312) 371-2612. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Benjamin David Walrath, MD's license?
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 David Walrath, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Benjamin David Walrath, MD had 239 Medicare Part D claims for 178 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Benjamin David Walrath, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 94.6 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.