NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Dave Garg

Internal Medicine Physician · Los Angeles, CA

Dave Garg is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Los Angeles, California, and NPI 1215322433, issued on Apr 3, 2015. Check the license (California A145372, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1215322433
Name
Dave Garg
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License number
A145372 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
200 Ucla Medical Plz Ste 365-C, Los Angeles, CA 90095
Phone
(310) 825-7921
Enumerated
Apr 3, 2015
Record last updated
Jan 16, 2024
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20210621003206); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of California, Geffen School Of Medicine, 2015
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
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 200 Ucla Medical Plz Ste 365-C

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

  1. Ashlyn SakonaInfectious Disease Physician1053739961
  2. Abigail Weiland, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1720634868

Verify Dave Garg in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
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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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90% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024

332 Medicare Part D claims for 72 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 45% of claims.

  1. Dave Garg332
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Metformin Hcl Er90 claims
  2. Ozempic67 claims
  3. Mounjaro27 claims
  4. Metformin Hcl17 claims
  5. Alendronate Sodium13 claims
  6. Wegovy13 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): 86.1 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.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score82.9
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%66.7
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%100.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. The Regents OF The University OF CaliforniaSanta Monica, CA

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

Dave Garg among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California

Dave Garg is one of 17,696 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2015, is newer than 76% of them.

  • NPI issued2015 · 76% of these records are older, 21% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
  • Graduated2015 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2024 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

1,423 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Los Angeles

They are 1,423 of the 69,537 NPPES records with a practice address in Los Angeles, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Mark Ackerman, MDLos Angeles, CA 900951144225046
  2. Alice Agzarian, MDLos Angeles, CA 900951750314852
  3. Anita Agzarian, MDLos Angeles, CA 900951144254590
  4. Benjamin Ansell, MDLos Angeles, CA 900951770516882
  5. Arnold Brickman, MDLos Angeles, CA 900951447284906
  6. Arleen Brown, MDLos Angeles, CA 900951720013618
  7. Richard Buyalos, MDLos Angeles, CA 900951720012123
  8. Basit Chaudhry, MDLos Angeles, CA 900951992739460

Common questions

What is Dave Garg's NPI number?

Dave Garg's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1215322433, issued on Apr 3, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Dave Garg located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 200 Ucla Medical Plz Ste 365-C, Los Angeles, CA, 90095. Phone: (310) 825-7921. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Dave Garg's license?

NPPES lists California license number A145372, 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 Dave Garg prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Dave Garg had 332 Medicare Part D claims for 72 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Dave Garg's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 86.1 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.