Cathy A. Straits, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Santa Barbara, CA
Cathy A. Straits, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Santa Barbara, California, and NPI 1801857156, issued on Mar 28, 2006. Check the license (California G86234, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Cathy A. Straits
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- G86234 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 122 S Patterson Ave, Santa Barbara, CA 93111
- Phone
- (805) 681-1777
- Enumerated
- Mar 28, 2006
- Record last updated
- May 12, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20041020001417); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Brody School Of Medicine At East Carolina University, 1989
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Cathy A. Straits in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license G86234Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
43% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
4,546 Medicare Part D claims for 421 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 70 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium474 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate273 claims
- Lisinopril193 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium177 claims
- Hydrochlorothiazide124 claims
- Simvastatin121 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: $60.16
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk 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
- Sansum ClinicLompoc, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Cathy A. Straits among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California
Cathy A. Straits, MD 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 2006, is newer than 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 56% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1989 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 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).
129 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Santa Barbara
They are 129 of the 5,328 NPPES records with a practice address in Santa Barbara, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Cathy A. Straits, MD's NPI number?
Cathy A. Straits, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1801857156, issued on Mar 28, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Cathy A. Straits, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 122 S Patterson Ave, Santa Barbara, CA, 93111. Phone: (805) 681-1777. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Cathy A. Straits, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number G86234, 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 Cathy A. Straits, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Cathy A. Straits, MD had 4,546 Medicare Part D claims for 421 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.