Carlos A. Lopez, M.D.,M.P.H.
Internal Medicine Physician · Rancho Mirage, CA
Carlos A. Lopez, M.D.,M.P.H. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Rancho Mirage, California, and NPI 1003892894, issued on Dec 22, 2005. Check the license (California A56141, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Carlos A. Lopez
- Credential
- M.D.,M.P.H.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- A56141 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 72780 Country Club Dr, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270
- Phone
- (760) 773-9750
- Enumerated
- Dec 22, 2005
- Record last updated
- Nov 4, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (760) 773-9294
- Medicaid ID
- 00A561410 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050428000332); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Carlos A. Lopez in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A56141Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.3 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
7,430 Medicare Part D claims for 685 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims. 125 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium346 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium331 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate271 claims
- Irbesartan251 claims
- Losartan Potassium247 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium233 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $713.72
22 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Amgen Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- Internal Medicine Specialists IncRancho Mirage, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Carlos A. Lopez among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California
Carlos A. Lopez, M.D.,M.P.H. is one of 17,696 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 79% 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, 95% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1988 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
- Record last updated2011 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
59 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Rancho Mirage
They are 59 of the 1,600 NPPES records with a practice address in Rancho Mirage, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Carlos A. Lopez, M.D.,M.P.H.'s NPI number?
Carlos A. Lopez, M.D.,M.P.H.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1003892894, issued on Dec 22, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Carlos A. Lopez, M.D.,M.P.H. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 72780 Country Club Dr, Rancho Mirage, CA, 92270. Phone: (760) 773-9750. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Carlos A. Lopez, M.D.,M.P.H.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A56141, 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 Carlos A. Lopez, M.D.,M.P.H. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Carlos A. Lopez, M.D.,M.P.H. had 7,430 Medicare Part D claims for 685 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Carlos A. Lopez, M.D.,M.P.H.'s MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.