Daniel P. Shepard, M.D.
Specialist · Santa Maria, CA
Daniel P. Shepard, M.D. is a specialist with a practice address in Santa Maria, California, and NPI 1003819863, issued on May 24, 2005. Check the license (California A69671, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Daniel P. Shepard
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Specialist 174400000X
- License number
- A69671 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 910 E Stowell RD, Santa Maria, CA 93454
- Phone
- (805) 347-8779
- Enumerated
- May 24, 2005
- Record last updated
- Jul 29, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (805) 614-4933
- Medicaid ID
- 00A696710 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080220000343); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- George Washington University School Of Medicine, 1996
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Daniel P. Shepard in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license A69671Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
93% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average specialist in 2024
101 Medicare Part D claims for 41 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,380 among the 8,233 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 56% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Prednisolone Acetate37 claims
- Latanoprost17 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): 65.3 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: $181.46
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Glaukos Corporation. The 5,844 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,760.79 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
- Elite Eyecare Medical Group A Medical CorporationLompoc, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Daniel P. Shepard among 5,749 specialist records in California
Daniel P. Shepard, M.D. is one of 5,749 specialist records with a practice address in California. 30% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 93% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 30% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 19% of these records are
- Graduated1996 · median 1989 among the 1,075 with a school on file
- Record last updated2015 · 77% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 174400000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Daniel P. Shepard, M.D.'s NPI number?
Daniel P. Shepard, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1003819863, issued on May 24, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Daniel P. Shepard, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 910 E Stowell RD, Santa Maria, CA, 93454. Phone: (805) 347-8779. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Daniel P. Shepard, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A69671, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Daniel P. Shepard, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Daniel P. Shepard, M.D. had 101 Medicare Part D claims for 41 beneficiaries; the average among specialist prescribers was 1,380. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Daniel P. Shepard, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 65.3 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.