NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Caroline Sanderson, MD

Psychiatry Physician · Sacramento, CA

Caroline Sanderson, MD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Sacramento, California, and NPI 1609371806, issued on Mar 28, 2018. Check the license (California A180522, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1609371806
Name
Caroline Sanderson
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
License numbers
A180522 CA
DR0066835 CO
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1500 21St St, Sacramento, CA 95811
Phone
(916) 443-3299
Enumerated
Mar 28, 2018
Record last updated
Dec 20, 2022
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20230104001102); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of Iowa, Rj & L Carver College Of Medicine, 2018
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 1500 21St St

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Ashley AbrahamFamily Medicine Physician1609482967
  2. Annie Adams-Roselle, LCSWClinical Social Worker1255735874
  3. Carmen Aguilar, LCSWClinical Social Worker1851637466
  4. Celeste ArmsteadSocial Worker1043728256
  5. Simone Atsina, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1831545185
  6. James Austin, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1699060475

Verify Caroline Sanderson in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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4% more Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024

1,043 Medicare Part D claims for 60 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 20% of claims.

  1. Caroline Sanderson1,043
  2. Specialty average1,000

Most prescribed

  1. Duloxetine Hcl77 claims
  2. Quetiapine Fumarate62 claims
  3. Clonazepam54 claims
  4. Spravato53 claims
  5. Diazepam49 claims
  6. Trazodone Hcl44 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.

Industry payments in 2024: $19.88

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Iti, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.). The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Caroline Sanderson$19.88
  2. Specialty average$4,954.93

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

  1. Cares Community HealthSacramento, CA

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Caroline Sanderson among 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California

Caroline Sanderson, MD is one of 8,673 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in California. 67% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2018, is newer than 82% of them.

  • NPI issued2018 · 82% of these records are older, 15% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 38% of these records are
  • Graduated2018 · median 2005 among the 3,295 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2022 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

331 psychiatry physician records list a practice address in Sacramento

They are 331 of the 33,083 NPPES records with a practice address in Sacramento, and 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California.

The 8 psychiatry physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Kristina Antonson, M.D.Sacramento, CA 958111881821270
  2. Amarsha Chakraburtty, MDSacramento, CA 958111891181186
  3. Barbara Fattig, M.D.Sacramento, CA 958111558652578
  4. Samita Gandhi, M.D.Sacramento, CA 958111821308149
  5. Eun Kyung Lee, M.D.,M.S.Sacramento, CA 958111245626639
  6. Brian Mackin, M.D.Sacramento, CA 958111144294349
  7. David Sisemore, D.O.Sacramento, CA 958111598739575
  8. Ken Weinstock, M.D.Sacramento, CA 958111265406268

Common questions

What is Caroline Sanderson, MD's NPI number?

Caroline Sanderson, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1609371806, issued on Mar 28, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Caroline Sanderson, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1500 21St St, Sacramento, CA, 95811. Phone: (916) 443-3299. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Caroline Sanderson, MD's license?

NPPES lists California license number A180522, 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 Caroline Sanderson, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Caroline Sanderson, MD had 1,043 Medicare Part D claims for 60 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.