Cynthia Mervis Watson, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Santa Monica, CA
Cynthia Mervis Watson, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Santa Monica, California, and NPI 1982795530, issued on Sep 27, 2006. Check the license (California G52886, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Cynthia Mervis Watson
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- G52886 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3201 Wilshire Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90403
- Phone
- (310) 315-9101
- Enumerated
- Sep 27, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (310) 829-9860
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050829000645); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Southern California Keck School Of Medicine, 1983
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Cynthia Mervis Watson in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license G52886Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
44% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
2,001 Medicare Part D claims for 232 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 18% of claims. 22 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium146 claims
- Progesterone87 claims
- Estradiol (Twice Weekly)73 claims
- Gabapentin58 claims
- Synthroid56 claims
- Estradiol53 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 65.9 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $80.07
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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.
Cynthia Mervis Watson among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California
Cynthia Mervis Watson, MD is one of 17,133 family medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 81% 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 6% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 6% of these records are older, 59% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated1983 · median 2005 among the 10,652 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
192 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Santa Monica
They are 192 of the 5,151 NPPES records with a practice address in Santa Monica, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Cynthia Mervis Watson, MD's NPI number?
Cynthia Mervis Watson, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1982795530, issued on Sep 27, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Cynthia Mervis Watson, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3201 Wilshire Blvd, Santa Monica, CA, 90403. Phone: (310) 315-9101. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Cynthia Mervis Watson, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number G52886, 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 Cynthia Mervis Watson, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Cynthia Mervis Watson, MD had 2,001 Medicare Part D claims for 232 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Cynthia Mervis Watson, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 65.9 of 100. 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.