Cristina Vega, PA
Physician Assistant · Fresno, CA
Cristina Vega, PA is a physician assistant with a practice address in Fresno, California, and NPI 1417566514, issued on Jul 24, 2020. Check the license (California 58102, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Cristina Vega
- Credential
- PA
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- 58102 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1510 E Herndon Ave Ste 230, Fresno, CA 93720
- Phone
- (559) 450-2663
- Enumerated
- Jul 24, 2020
- Record last updated
- Apr 28, 2023
- Fax
- (559) 450-2724
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20210226000624); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Cristina Vega in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license 58102Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
73% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
220 Medicare Part D claims for 88 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of claims. 65 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Baclofen73 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen47 claims
- Naproxen43 claims
- Ibuprofen22 claims
- Tramadol Hcl13 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): 72.7 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: $175.39
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Stryker Corporation. 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Inpatient Specialists OF California PCVisalia, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Cristina Vega among 14,451 physician assistant records in California
Cristina Vega, PA 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 2020, is newer than 62% of them.
- NPI issued2020 · 62% of these records are older, 33% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 50% of these records are
- Graduated2020 · median 2018 among the 7,214 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 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).
190 physician assistant records list a practice address in Fresno
They are 190 of the 19,440 NPPES records with a practice address in Fresno, and 14,451 physician assistant records in California.
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Common questions
What is Cristina Vega, PA's NPI number?
Cristina Vega, PA's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1417566514, issued on Jul 24, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Cristina Vega, PA located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1510 E Herndon Ave Ste 230, Fresno, CA, 93720. Phone: (559) 450-2663. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Cristina Vega, PA's license?
NPPES lists California license number 58102, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Cristina Vega, PA prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Cristina Vega, PA had 220 Medicare Part D claims for 88 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Cristina Vega, PA's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 72.7 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.