Clifford Tsuyoshi Baker, M.D
Interventional Pain Medicine Physician · Sun City, AZ
Clifford Tsuyoshi Baker, M.D is an interventional pain medicine physician with a practice address in Sun City, Arizona, and NPI 1235342775, issued on May 8, 2007. Check the license (Arizona 42990, as entered in NPPES) on the Arizona Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Clifford Tsuyoshi Baker
- Credential
- M.D
- Primary taxonomy
- Interventional Pain Medicine Physician 208VP0014X
- License number
- 42990 AZ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 13203 N. 103RD Avenue, Sun City, AZ 85351
- Phone
- (623) 777-4747
- Enumerated
- May 8, 2007
- Record last updated
- Aug 7, 2025
- Fax
- (623) 777-4748
- Medicaid ID
- 506835 AZ
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100503000380); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Arizona College Of Medicine, 2005
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 13203 N. 103RD Avenue
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Clifford Tsuyoshi Baker in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersArizona Medical Board
Search for license 42990Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average interventional pain medicine physician in 2024
4,751 Medicare Part D claims for 1,820 beneficiaries, against an average of 2,306 among the 2,100 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 5% of claims. 3,000 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen844 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen834 claims
- Gabapentin435 claims
- Tramadol Hcl433 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl296 claims
- Tizanidine Hcl183 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $4,738.17
149 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. The 1,966 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,889.53 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
- Novaspine Pain Institute PLCSun City, AZ
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Clifford Tsuyoshi Baker among 68 interventional pain medicine physician records in Arizona
Clifford Tsuyoshi Baker, M.D is one of 68 interventional pain medicine physician records with a practice address in Arizona. 91% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 40% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 40% of these records are older, 46% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 91% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 82% of these records are
- Graduated2005 · median 2005 among the 56 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 38% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208VP0014X and a Arizona practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Interventional Pain Medicine Physician providers in Arizona
There are 68 interventional pain medicine physician records in Arizona.
All 68 in Arizona → Every provider in Sun City → Interventional Pain Medicine Physician nationwide →
The 8 interventional pain medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Jae Hyung ParkSun City, AZ 853511255727889
- David Tom, M.D.Sun City, AZ 853511043491988
- Eric Feldman, MDSun City West, AZ 853751477509693
- David Morales, M.D.Sun City West, AZ 853751316248206
- Robert MillerPeoria, AZ 853811891207478
- Jennifer Dais, M.D.Peoria, AZ 853821982982591
- Toure Knighton, MDPeoria, AZ 853821538364120
- Paul Pannozzo, MDPeoria, AZ 853821497792097
Common questions
What is Clifford Tsuyoshi Baker, M.D's NPI number?
Clifford Tsuyoshi Baker, M.D's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1235342775, issued on May 8, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Clifford Tsuyoshi Baker, M.D located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 13203 N. 103RD Avenue, Sun City, AZ, 85351. Phone: (623) 777-4747. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Clifford Tsuyoshi Baker, M.D's license?
NPPES lists Arizona license number 42990, as entered by the provider. Search the Arizona Medical Board at https://www.azmd.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Clifford Tsuyoshi Baker, M.D prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Clifford Tsuyoshi Baker, M.D had 4,751 Medicare Part D claims for 1,820 beneficiaries; the average among interventional pain medicine physician prescribers was 2,306. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Clifford Tsuyoshi Baker, M.D's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.