Darren Keith Freeman, D.O.
Pain Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician · Encino, CA
Darren Keith Freeman, D.O. is a pain medicine (physical medicine & rehabilitation) physician with a practice address in Encino, California, and NPI 1326184896, issued on Jan 30, 2007. Check the license (California 20A8867, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Darren Keith Freeman
- Credential
- D.O.
- Primary taxonomy
- Pain Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician 2081P2900X
- License numbers
- 20A8867 CA
MB07988000 NJ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 15503 Ventura Blvd Ste 240, Encino, CA 91436
- Phone
- (310) 319-3475
- Enumerated
- Jan 30, 2007
- Record last updated
- Nov 6, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20141024002193); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Darren Keith Freeman in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license 20A8867Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average pain medicine (physical medicine & rehabilitation) physician in 2024
3,035 Medicare Part D claims for 283 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,479 among the 1,457 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 4% of claims. 1,620 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen646 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen361 claims
- Pregabalin170 claims
- Gabapentin161 claims
- Tramadol Hcl149 claims
- Cyclobenzaprine Hcl133 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $972.16
12 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Boston Scientific Corporation. The 1,126 providers of this specialty with any payment received $2,193.30 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 2 group practices
- Alertive Healthcare Medical Group ApcRiverside, CA
- The Regents OF The University OF CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Darren Keith Freeman among 290 pain medicine (physical medicine & rehabilitation) physician records in California
Darren Keith Freeman, D.O. is one of 290 pain medicine (physical medicine & rehabilitation) physician records with a practice address in California. 85% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 40% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 40% of these records are older, 47% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 85% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 68% of these records are
- Graduated2000 · median 2005 among the 196 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 50% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2081P2900X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Pain Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician providers in California
There are 290 pain medicine (physical medicine & rehabilitation) physician records in California.
All 290 in California → Every provider in Encino → Pain Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician nationwide →
The 8 pain medicine (physical medicine & rehabilitation) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Dickran Altounian, D.O.Encino, CA 914361063862290
- Payam Vahedifar, M.D.Encino, CA 914361861473464
- Mehras Akhavan, MDSherman Oaks, CA 914031497817332
- Andrew Kochan, MDSherman Oaks, CA 914031720206881
- John Villanueva, M.D.Burbank, CA 915061518134543
- Bumin KongThousand Oaks, CA 913601497382220
- Hyung Kim, M.D.Santa Clarita, CA 913551609885581
- Jonathan Ramin, DOValencia, CA 913551336502079
Common questions
What is Darren Keith Freeman, D.O.'s NPI number?
Darren Keith Freeman, D.O.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1326184896, issued on Jan 30, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Darren Keith Freeman, D.O. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 15503 Ventura Blvd Ste 240, Encino, CA, 91436. Phone: (310) 319-3475. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Darren Keith Freeman, D.O.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number 20A8867, 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 Darren Keith Freeman, D.O. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Darren Keith Freeman, D.O. had 3,035 Medicare Part D claims for 283 beneficiaries; the average among pain medicine (physical medicine & rehabilitation) physician prescribers was 1,479. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Darren Keith Freeman, D.O.'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.