Bruce Sachs, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Encinitas, CA
Bruce Sachs, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Encinitas, California, and NPI 1174537062, issued on Jul 28, 2006. Check the license on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Bruce Sachs
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- Practice location
- 501 N EL Camino Real, Encinitas, CA 92024
- Phone
- (760) 944-6520
- Enumerated
- Jul 28, 2006
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Bruce Sachs 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
2.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
5,754 Medicare Part D claims for 283 beneficiaries, against an average of 2,785 among the 127,794 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 100 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Rosuvastatin Calcium672 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium266 claims
- Ramipril253 claims
- Ezetimibe251 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate244 claims
- Gabapentin146 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 Medicare quality score for 2023: 80.2 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: $45.97
3 payments, mostly food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. The 65,274 providers of this specialty with any payment received $2,536.66 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.
66 internal medicine physician records list a Encinitas practice address
They are 66 of the 1,874 NPPES records with a Encinitas practice address, and 20,403 internal medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Bruce Sachs, M.D.'s NPI number?
Bruce Sachs, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1174537062, issued on Jul 28, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Bruce Sachs, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 501 N EL Camino Real, Encinitas, CA, 92024. Phone: (760) 944-6520. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Bruce Sachs, M.D.'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 Bruce Sachs, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Bruce Sachs, M.D. had 5,754 Medicare Part D claims for 283 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 2,785. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Bruce Sachs, M.D.'s Medicare quality score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 80.2 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), loaded Aug 27, 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.
Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 27, 2026.