Brian Joseph Berookhim, MD
Hospitalist Physician · Palmdale, CA
Brian Joseph Berookhim, MD is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Palmdale, California, and NPI 1659957736, issued on Mar 20, 2021. Check the license (California A188818, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Brian Joseph Berookhim
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License numbers
- A188818 CA
188818 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 38600 Medical Center Dr, Palmdale, CA 93551
- Phone
- (661) 382-5000
- Enumerated
- Mar 20, 2021
- Record last updated
- Apr 25, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20250507000500); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Brian Joseph Berookhim in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A188818Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
89% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
59 Medicare Part D claims for 32 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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: $305.51
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk Inc. The 7,324 providers of this specialty with any payment received $494.84 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
- Acute Care Associates OF California PCPalmdale, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Brian Joseph Berookhim among 3,099 hospitalist physician records in California
Brian Joseph Berookhim, MD is one of 3,099 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in California. 90% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2021, is newer than 90% of them.
- NPI issued2021 · 90% of these records are older, 6% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 81% of these records are
- Graduated2021 · median 2010 among the 2,505 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Hospitalist Physician providers in California
There are 3,099 hospitalist physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Brian Joseph Berookhim, MD's NPI number?
Brian Joseph Berookhim, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1659957736, issued on Mar 20, 2021. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Brian Joseph Berookhim, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 38600 Medical Center Dr, Palmdale, CA, 93551. Phone: (661) 382-5000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Brian Joseph Berookhim, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A188818, 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 Brian Joseph Berookhim, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Brian Joseph Berookhim, MD had 59 Medicare Part D claims for 32 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. 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.