Bernard Elpedes, DO
Family Medicine Physician · Laguna Hills, CA
Bernard Elpedes, DO is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Laguna Hills, California, and NPI 1831127497, issued on Jun 30, 2006. Check the license (California 20A6887, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Bernard Elpedes
- Credential
- DO
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 20A6887 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 24321 Avenida DE LA Carlota, Laguna Hills, CA 92653
- Phone
- (949) 204-3006
- Enumerated
- Jun 30, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 12, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060209000529); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- R Franklin University Of Med & Sci/Chicago Medical School, 1995
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 24321 Avenida DE LA Carlota
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Bernard Elpedes in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license 20A6887Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
56% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
1,572 Medicare Part D claims for 227 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 8% of claims. 16 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium185 claims
- Losartan Potassium99 claims
- Lisinopril73 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium68 claims
- Metformin Hcl65 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate59 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: $1,054.58
52 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Lilly USA, LLC. 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
- Providence Medical FoundationFullerton, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Bernard Elpedes among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California
Bernard Elpedes, DO 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
- Graduated1995 · median 2005 among the 10,652 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 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).
36 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Laguna Hills
They are 36 of the 2,069 NPPES records with a practice address in Laguna Hills, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Bernard Elpedes, DO's NPI number?
Bernard Elpedes, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1831127497, issued on Jun 30, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Bernard Elpedes, DO located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 24321 Avenida DE LA Carlota, Laguna Hills, CA, 92653. Phone: (949) 204-3006. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Bernard Elpedes, DO's license?
NPPES lists California license number 20A6887, 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 Bernard Elpedes, DO prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Bernard Elpedes, DO had 1,572 Medicare Part D claims for 227 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.