Carol Ow
Family Medicine Physician · Los Angeles, CA
Carol Ow is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Los Angeles, California, and NPI 1609307016, issued on Mar 27, 2017. Check the license (California 95006215, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Carol Ow
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 95006215 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1245 Wilshire Blvd Ste 530, Los Angeles, CA 90017
- Phone
- (213) 977-4156
- Enumerated
- Mar 27, 2017
- Record last updated
- Nov 26, 2023
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20170426000828); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1245 Wilshire Blvd Ste 530
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Carol Ow in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license 95006215Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
86% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
488 Medicare Part D claims for 245 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 34% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Linzess70 claims
- Omeprazole62 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium59 claims
- Gavilyte-C47 claims
- Sutab43 claims
- Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag Sulf40 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): 97.1 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.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $2,191.54
63 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Madrigal Pharmaceuticals. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- Adventist Health Physicians NetworkGlendale, CA
- Pih Health PhysiciansWhittier, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Carol Ow among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California
Carol Ow is one of 17,133 family 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 2017, is newer than 79% of them.
- NPI issued2017 · 79% of these records are older, 18% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated2016 · median 2005 among the 10,652 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
829 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Los Angeles
They are 829 of the 69,537 NPPES records with a practice address in Los Angeles, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Carol Ow's NPI number?
Carol Ow's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1609307016, issued on Mar 27, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Carol Ow located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1245 Wilshire Blvd Ste 530, Los Angeles, CA, 90017. Phone: (213) 977-4156. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Carol Ow's license?
NPPES lists California license number 95006215, 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 Carol Ow prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Carol Ow had 488 Medicare Part D claims for 245 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Carol Ow's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 97.1 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.