Craig Aaron Kaiser, D. O.
Psychiatry Physician · Yucca Valley, CA
Craig Aaron Kaiser, D. O. is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Yucca Valley, California, and NPI 1396760138, issued on Jul 13, 2006. Check the license (California 8306, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Craig Aaron Kaiser
- Credential
- D. O.
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License numbers
- 8306 CA
34-006144 OH
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 57407 Twentynine Palms Hwy Suite B, Yucca Valley, CA 92284
- Phone
- (760) 366-1541
- Enumerated
- Jul 13, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 31, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100222000557); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Ohio University, College Of Osteopathic Medicine, 1993
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Craig Aaron Kaiser in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license 8306Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
17% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
828 Medicare Part D claims for 30 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 6% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Quetiapine Fumarate107 claims
- Lamotrigine93 claims
- Trazodone Hcl59 claims
- Sertraline Hcl56 claims
- Clonazepam50 claims
- Benztropine Mesylate45 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 83.6 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: $535.47
10 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was ViiV Healthcare Company. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 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
- First Choice Physician PartnersYucca Valley, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Craig Aaron Kaiser among 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California
Craig Aaron Kaiser, D. O. is one of 8,673 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in California. 67% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 2% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 2% of these records are older, 67% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 38% of these records are
- Graduated1993 · median 2005 among the 3,295 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Psychiatry Physician providers in California
There are 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California.
All 8,673 in California → Every provider in Yucca Valley → Psychiatry Physician nationwide →
The 8 psychiatry physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Duane Tevis, M.D.Yucca Valley, CA 922841316036817
- Austin Fritza, MDTwentynine Palms, CA 922781598350480
- Michael Kim, D.O.Twentynine Palms, CA 922781407993520
- Robert MyslinTwentynine Palms, CA 922781639323199
- Richard Scheuerle, MDTwentynine Palms, CA 922781578054086
- Konrad Surdel, DOTwentynine Palms, CA 922781205455003
- Louis Valbracht, D.O., MPHTwentynine Palms, CA 922781871563973
- Anastasia Kostrubala, M.D.Twentynine Palms, CA 922771982085593
Common questions
What is Craig Aaron Kaiser, D. O.'s NPI number?
Craig Aaron Kaiser, D. O.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1396760138, issued on Jul 13, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Craig Aaron Kaiser, D. O. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 57407 Twentynine Palms Hwy Suite B, Yucca Valley, CA, 92284. Phone: (760) 366-1541. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Craig Aaron Kaiser, D. O.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number 8306, 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 Craig Aaron Kaiser, D. O. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Craig Aaron Kaiser, D. O. had 828 Medicare Part D claims for 30 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Craig Aaron Kaiser, D. O.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 83.6 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.