Cesar Palana, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Los Angeles, CA
Cesar Palana, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Los Angeles, California, and NPI 1467712604, issued on May 22, 2012. Check the license (California A137027, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Cesar Palana
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- A137027 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4160 Wilshire Blvd # 302, Los Angeles, CA 90010
- Phone
- (323) 457-3787
- Enumerated
- May 22, 2012
- Record last updated
- Mar 13, 2025
- Fax
- (888) 470-3345
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20150930002111); may accept Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Cesar Palana in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A137027Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.5 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
11,174 Medicare Part D claims for 302 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 20% of claims. 84 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium1,216 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate479 claims
- Metformin Hcl450 claims
- Lisinopril413 claims
- Losartan Potassium413 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium371 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): 83.3 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: $120.57
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC. 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.
Cesar Palana among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California
Cesar Palana, 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 2012, is newer than 68% of them.
- NPI issued2012 · 68% of these records are older, 29% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2010 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 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).
1,423 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Los Angeles
They are 1,423 of the 69,537 NPPES records with a practice address in Los Angeles, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Cesar Palana, MD's NPI number?
Cesar Palana, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1467712604, issued on May 22, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Cesar Palana, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4160 Wilshire Blvd # 302, Los Angeles, CA, 90010. Phone: (323) 457-3787. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Cesar Palana, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A137027, 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 Cesar Palana, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Cesar Palana, MD had 11,174 Medicare Part D claims for 302 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Cesar Palana, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 83.3 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.