Catherine Marie Bianchi, MD
Family Medicine Physician · La Quinta, CA
Catherine Marie Bianchi, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in La Quinta, California, and NPI 1164910147, issued on Apr 25, 2018. Check the license (California A174386, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Catherine Marie Bianchi
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License numbers
- A174386 CA
PTL-512 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 78150 Calle Tampico Ste 100, La Quinta, CA 92253
- Phone
- (760) 346-1133
- Enumerated
- Apr 25, 2018
- Record last updated
- Sep 8, 2023
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20210813003068); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 78150 Calle Tampico Ste 100
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Catherine Marie Bianchi in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A174386Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
21% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
4,272 Medicare Part D claims for 428 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 121 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium227 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium166 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium151 claims
- Alprazolam150 claims
- Zolpidem Tartrate138 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate118 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 97.5 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $31.33
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Lilly USA, LLC. 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 one group practice
- BB Medical Group PCLa Quinta, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Catherine Marie Bianchi among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California
Catherine Marie Bianchi, MD 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 2018, is newer than 82% of them.
- NPI issued2018 · 82% of these records are older, 15% 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).
27 family medicine physician records list a practice address in La Quinta
They are 27 of the 468 NPPES records with a practice address in La Quinta, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Catherine Marie Bianchi, MD's NPI number?
Catherine Marie Bianchi, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1164910147, issued on Apr 25, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Catherine Marie Bianchi, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 78150 Calle Tampico Ste 100, La Quinta, CA, 92253. Phone: (760) 346-1133. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Catherine Marie Bianchi, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A174386, 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 Catherine Marie Bianchi, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Catherine Marie Bianchi, MD had 4,272 Medicare Part D claims for 428 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Catherine Marie Bianchi, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 97.5 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.