Christopher Paolino Funari
Physician Assistant · Escondido, CA
Christopher Paolino Funari is a physician assistant with a practice address in Escondido, California, and NPI 1982365490, issued on Jan 6, 2022. Check the license with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christopher Paolino Funari
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- Practice location
- 625 Citracado Pkwy Ste 112, Escondido, CA 92025
- Phone
- (877) 567-2627
- Enumerated
- Jan 6, 2022
- Record last updated
- Apr 13, 2022
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Christopher Paolino Funari in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this professionCheck the board
- 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
30% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
577 Medicare Part D claims for 139 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 64% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Jardiance75 claims
- Ozempic53 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium43 claims
- Trulicity38 claims
- Lantus Solostar28 claims
- Metformin Hcl26 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: $1,290.36
46 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 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.
Christopher Paolino Funari among 14,451 physician assistant records in California
Christopher Paolino Funari is one of 14,451 physician assistant records with a practice address in California. 75% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2022, is newer than 73% of them.
- NPI issued2022 · 73% of these records are older, 20% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 50% of these records are
- Record last updated2022 · 40% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
54 physician assistant records list a practice address in Escondido
They are 54 of the 3,509 NPPES records with a practice address in Escondido, and 14,451 physician assistant records in California.
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Common questions
What is Christopher Paolino Funari's NPI number?
Christopher Paolino Funari's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1982365490, issued on Jan 6, 2022. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christopher Paolino Funari located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 625 Citracado Pkwy Ste 112, Escondido, CA, 92025. Phone: (877) 567-2627. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christopher Paolino Funari's license?
Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Christopher Paolino Funari prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christopher Paolino Funari had 577 Medicare Part D claims for 139 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. 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.