NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Brendon Leif Gelford

Emergency Medicine Physician · Oceanside, CA

Brendon Leif Gelford is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Oceanside, California, and NPI 1013992890, issued on Dec 14, 2005. Check the license (California G73154, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1013992890
Name
Brendon Leif Gelford
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License numbers
G73154 CA
MD27590 ME
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1321 Paseo Hermosa, Oceanside, CA 92056
Phone
(760) 622-3722
Enumerated
Dec 14, 2005
Record last updated
Mar 12, 2024
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20160909002315); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Loma Linda University School Of Medicine, 1990
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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Verify Brendon Leif Gelford 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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24% more Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024

280 Medicare Part D claims for 166 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 7% of claims. 56 claims were for opioids.

  1. Brendon Gelford280
  2. Specialty average226

Most prescribed

  1. Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen48 claims
  2. Prednisone28 claims
  3. Cefdinir19 claims
  4. Azithromycin18 claims
  5. Ondansetron Odt18 claims
  6. Cephalexin12 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 93.1 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score83.1
  2. Costnot scored (reweighted)
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%88.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Relias Emergency Medicine Specialists OF Tupelo LLCTupelo, MS

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

Brendon Leif Gelford among 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California

Brendon Leif Gelford 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.

  • NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 96% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
  • Graduated1990 · median 2011 among the 4,560 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2024 · 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).

50 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Oceanside

They are 50 of the 3,438 NPPES records with a practice address in Oceanside, and 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California.

The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Michael Alaynick, M.D.Oceanside, CA 920561073507174
  2. Dorothy Brown, M.D.Oceanside, CA 920561710971643
  3. Randall Browning, M.D.Oceanside, CA 920561629062559
  4. John Bushong, M.D.Oceanside, CA 920561235123050
  5. Reid Conant, M.D.Oceanside, CA 920561255326351
  6. Michael Forman, M.D.Oceanside, CA 920561992790661
  7. Steven Gabriel, M.D.Oceanside, CA 920561780679464
  8. Darin Garner, M.D.Oceanside, CA 920561275535874

Common questions

What is Brendon Leif Gelford's NPI number?

Brendon Leif Gelford's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1013992890, issued on Dec 14, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Brendon Leif Gelford located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1321 Paseo Hermosa, Oceanside, CA, 92056. Phone: (760) 622-3722. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Brendon Leif Gelford's license?

NPPES lists California license number G73154, 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 Brendon Leif Gelford prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Brendon Leif Gelford had 280 Medicare Part D claims for 166 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Brendon Leif Gelford's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 93.1 of 100. 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.