NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Daniel L. Altchuler, D P M

Podiatrist · Santa Monica, CA

Daniel L. Altchuler, D P M is a podiatrist with a practice address in Santa Monica, California, and NPI 1518071745, issued on Aug 17, 2006. Check the license (California E01822A, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1518071745
Name
Daniel L. Altchuler
Credential
D P M
Primary taxonomy
Podiatrist 213E00000X
License number
E01822A CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1260 15TH St, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Phone
(310) 451-8045
Enumerated
Aug 17, 2006
Record last updated
Nov 16, 2023
Fax
(310) 451-8139
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20080327000332); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
California School Of Podiatric Medicine, 1975
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 1260 15TH St

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Edmond Ahdoot, D.D.S.General Practice Dentistry1770856528
  2. Shamsah Amersi, M.D.Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician1699743112
  3. Robert Ashley, MDInternal Medicine Physician1780628487
  4. Safina Aulakh, N.D.Naturopath1447646682
  5. David Aungst, DPMFoot & Ankle Surgery Podiatrist1811905235
  6. Gerald Baker, DPMPrimary Podiatric Medicine Podiatrist1316151590

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  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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80% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average podiatrist in 2024

64 Medicare Part D claims for 38 beneficiaries, against an average of 314 among the 6,407 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Daniel Altchuler64
  2. Specialty average314

Most prescribed

  1. Meloxicam33 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $175.74

2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Inari Medical, Inc. The 4,596 providers of this specialty with any payment received $2,476.60 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Daniel Altchuler$175.74
  2. Specialty average$2,476.60

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

  1. Daniel L Altchuler D P M Podiatry CorporationSanta Monica, CA

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Daniel L. Altchuler among 1,023 podiatrist records in California

Daniel L. Altchuler, D P M is one of 1,023 podiatrist 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 12% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 33% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
  • Graduated1975 · median 1998 among the 593 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2023 · 72% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 213E00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Podiatrist providers in California

There are 1,023 podiatrist records in California.

The 8 podiatrist records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Lester Jones, DPMSanta Monica, CA 904041548295926
  2. Ivanna Kenwood, DPMSanta Monica, CA 904041699329052
  3. Michael Levi, D.P.M.Santa Monica, CA 904041508897869
  4. Abbasseh Towfigh, DPMSanta Monica, CA 904041780693382
  5. Mark Wallen, DPMSanta Monica, CA 904041306811674
  6. Babak Baravarian, DPMSanta Monica, CA 904031952310799
  7. Gary Briskin, DPMSanta Monica, CA 904031205943818
  8. Ryan CarterSanta Monica, CA 904031003259664

Common questions

What is Daniel L. Altchuler, D P M's NPI number?

Daniel L. Altchuler, D P M's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1518071745, issued on Aug 17, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Daniel L. Altchuler, D P M located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1260 15TH St, Santa Monica, CA, 90404. Phone: (310) 451-8045. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Daniel L. Altchuler, D P M's license?

NPPES lists California license number E01822A, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Daniel L. Altchuler, D P M prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Daniel L. Altchuler, D P M had 64 Medicare Part D claims for 38 beneficiaries; the average among podiatrist prescribers was 314. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Daniel L. Altchuler, D P M'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.