Christopher Velasquez Almario, M.D.
Gastroenterology Physician · Los Angeles, CA
Christopher Velasquez Almario, M.D. is a gastroenterology physician with a practice address in Los Angeles, California, and NPI 1568606036, issued on Apr 28, 2009. Check the license (California A121936, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christopher Velasquez Almario
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Gastroenterology Physician 207RG0100X
- License numbers
- A121936 CA
MD444485 PA
MT194795 PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 11301 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90073
- Phone
- (310) 478-3711
- Enumerated
- Apr 28, 2009
- Record last updated
- Apr 26, 2017 (not updated in 9 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20140523000982); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Jefferson Medical College Of Thomas Jefferson University, 2009
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 11301 Wilshire Blvd
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Vanessa AbcedeSocial Worker1306584495
- Maren Abromowitz, FNP-BCFamily Nurse Practitioner1356950919
- Nayiri Adessian, MS, CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1326761420
- Farzad AdibStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1558745869
Verify Christopher Velasquez Almario in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A121936Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 87.7 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: $6,149.47
11 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Exact Sciences Corporation. The 13,350 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,015.95 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.
One hospital affiliation
- Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterWest Hollywood, CA · Acute Care Hospitals5 of 5 stars
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through); hospitals matched to CMS Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.
Christopher Velasquez Almario among 2,140 gastroenterology physician records in California
Christopher Velasquez Almario, M.D. is one of 2,140 gastroenterology physician records with a practice address in California. 83% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2009, is newer than 69% of them.
- NPI issued2009 · 69% of these records are older, 28% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 72% of these records are
- Graduated2009 · median 2002 among the 1,538 with a school on file
- Record last updated2017 · 60% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RG0100X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Christopher Velasquez Almario, M.D.'s NPI number?
Christopher Velasquez Almario, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1568606036, issued on Apr 28, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christopher Velasquez Almario, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 11301 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90073. Phone: (310) 478-3711. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christopher Velasquez Almario, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A121936, 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.
What is Christopher Velasquez Almario, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 87.7 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.