Brent Jerome Kovacs, MD
Gastroenterology Physician · Santa Barbara, CA
Brent Jerome Kovacs, MD is a gastroenterology physician with a practice address in Santa Barbara, California, and NPI 1730296542, issued on Aug 25, 2006. Check the license (California A51416, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Brent Jerome Kovacs
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Gastroenterology Physician 207RG0100X
- License number
- A51416 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2403 Castillo St, Santa Barbara, CA 93105
- Phone
- (805) 682-3585
- Enumerated
- Aug 25, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (805) 682-4072
- Medicaid ID
- 00A514160 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20101020001272); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Tulane University School Of Medicine, 1991
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 2403 Castillo St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Brent Jerome Kovacs in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A51416Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
1% more Medicare Part D claims than the average gastroenterology physician in 2024
820 Medicare Part D claims for 332 beneficiaries, against an average of 811 among the 16,445 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 11 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Omeprazole167 claims
- Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag Sulf119 claims
- Creon42 claims
- Sucralfate35 claims
- Cholestyramine34 claims
- Famotidine34 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): 100 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.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $131.43
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Mauna Kea Technologies, Inc. The 13,350 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,015.95 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 2 group practices
- Genesis Healthcare Partners PCSanta Barbara, CA
- Santa Barbara County AuditorSanta Barbara, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Brent Jerome Kovacs among 2,140 gastroenterology physician records in California
Brent Jerome Kovacs, MD is one of 2,140 gastroenterology physician records with a practice address in California. 83% 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 7% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 7% of these records are older, 48% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 72% of these records are
- Graduated1991 · median 2002 among the 1,538 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 60% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RG0100X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Gastroenterology Physician providers in California
There are 2,140 gastroenterology physician records in California.
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The 8 gastroenterology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Thomas Aguirre, M.D.Santa Barbara, CA 931051285772004
- Edward Bentley, M.D.Santa Barbara, CA 931051285784207
- Thomas Caves, M.D.Santa Barbara, CA 931051144284522
- Vincent Derosa, M.D.Santa Barbara, CA 931051679754956
- James Egan, M.D.Santa Barbara, CA 931051346357696
- William Hahn, M.D.Santa Barbara, CA 931051033227582
- John Hobson, M.D.Santa Barbara, CA 931051447368535
- Stephen Lemon, M.D.Santa Barbara, CA 931051518007590
Common questions
What is Brent Jerome Kovacs, MD's NPI number?
Brent Jerome Kovacs, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1730296542, issued on Aug 25, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Brent Jerome Kovacs, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2403 Castillo St, Santa Barbara, CA, 93105. Phone: (805) 682-3585. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Brent Jerome Kovacs, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A51416, 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 Brent Jerome Kovacs, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Brent Jerome Kovacs, MD had 820 Medicare Part D claims for 332 beneficiaries; the average among gastroenterology physician prescribers was 811. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Brent Jerome Kovacs, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 100 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.