Clifford Charles Sheckter, MD
Surgical Critical Care Physician · Palo Alto, CA
Clifford Charles Sheckter, MD is a surgical critical care physician with a practice address in Palo Alto, California, and NPI 1306289681, issued on Apr 16, 2013. Check the license (California A131791, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Clifford Charles Sheckter
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgical Critical Care Physician 2086S0102X
- License number
- A131791 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 300 Pasteur Dr, Palo Alto, CA 94304
- Phone
- (650) 723-4000
- Enumerated
- Apr 16, 2013
- Record last updated
- Apr 29, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20210614001378); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Southern California Keck School Of Medicine, 2013
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Clifford Charles Sheckter in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A131791Check 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): 76.5 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: $21.00
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Urgo Medical North America, LLC. The 1,092 providers of this specialty with any payment received $2,183.62 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.
2 hospitals and group practices
- Stanford Health CareStanford, CA · Acute Care Hospitals5 of 5 stars
- County OF Santa ClaraSan Jose, CA
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.
Clifford Charles Sheckter among 160 surgical critical care physician records in California
Clifford Charles Sheckter, MD is one of 160 surgical critical care physician records with a practice address in California. 90% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2013, is newer than 67% of them.
- NPI issued2013 · 67% of these records are older, 31% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 79% of these records are
- Graduated2013 · median 2009 among the 127 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 37% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2086S0102X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgical Critical Care Physician providers in California
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The 8 surgical critical care physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Thomas Weiser, MDPalo Alto, CA 943041144201625
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- Harrison Chau, MDStanford, CA 943051356878458
- Malerie Pratt, MDStanford, CA 943051700380110
- Gerald Wang, DOStanford, CA 943051639630874
Common questions
What is Clifford Charles Sheckter, MD's NPI number?
Clifford Charles Sheckter, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1306289681, issued on Apr 16, 2013. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Clifford Charles Sheckter, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 300 Pasteur Dr, Palo Alto, CA, 94304. Phone: (650) 723-4000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Clifford Charles Sheckter, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A131791, 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 Clifford Charles Sheckter, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 76.5 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.