Catherine Chern, MD
Legal Medicine · Burbank, CA
Catherine Chern, MD is a legal medicine with a practice address in Burbank, California, and NPI 1679509087, issued on Jun 25, 2006. Check the license (California A66679, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Catherine Chern
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Legal Medicine 173000000X
- License number
- A66679 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 201 S Buena Vista St, Burbank, CA 91505
- Phone
- (818) 842-7145
- Enumerated
- Jun 25, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 9, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (818) 842-8279
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060206000337); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of California, Irvine, California College Of Medicine, 1997
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Catherine Chern in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license A66679Check 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% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average legal medicine in 2024
2,493 Medicare Part D claims for 217 beneficiaries, against an average of 2,531 among the 246 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims. 21 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium282 claims
- Losartan Potassium127 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate118 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium104 claims
- Hydrochlorothiazide73 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium72 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: $329.84
15 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. The 144 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,618.84 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
- Spectrum Care And Wellness Professional CorporationBurbank, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Catherine Chern among 112 legal medicine records in California
Catherine Chern, MD is one of 112 legal medicine records with a practice address in California. 42% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 43% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 42% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 21% of these records are
- Graduated1997 · median 1984 among the 23 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 86% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 173000000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Legal Medicine providers in California
There are 112 legal medicine records in California.
All 112 in California → Every provider in Burbank → Legal Medicine nationwide →
The 8 legal medicine records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Frank Basa, M.D.Burbank, CA 915051821063793
- Homayoun Saeid, M.D.Burbank, CA 915061467671545
- Vadim Lipel, MDEncino, CA 914361154485696
- Alan Sanders, M.D.Encino, CA 914361912118605
- Ararat Chakhoyan, PHDSherman Oaks, CA 914231164292900
- Arkadi BeglaryanNorth Hollywood, CA 916071073824058
- Leo Labunsky, M.DSherman Oaks, CA 914031306871330
- Yevgeniy ChapovskiyEncino, CA 913161407803745
Common questions
What is Catherine Chern, MD's NPI number?
Catherine Chern, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1679509087, issued on Jun 25, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Catherine Chern, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 201 S Buena Vista St, Burbank, CA, 91505. Phone: (818) 842-7145. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Catherine Chern, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A66679, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Catherine Chern, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Catherine Chern, MD had 2,493 Medicare Part D claims for 217 beneficiaries; the average among legal medicine prescribers was 2,531. 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.