David Nicholas Baker, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
Physician Assistant · Fresno, CA
David Nicholas Baker, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT is a physician assistant with a practice address in Fresno, California, and NPI 1962583740, issued on Oct 18, 2006. Check the license (California PA12850, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- David Nicholas Baker
- Credential
- PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- PA12850 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 736 E Bullard Ave, Fresno, CA 93710
- Phone
- (559) 437-9700
- Enumerated
- Oct 18, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 9, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (559) 437-9799
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040331000709); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 736 E Bullard Ave
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Verify David Nicholas Baker in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license PA12850Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
9.3 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average physician assistant in 2024
7,721 Medicare Part D claims for 885 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims. 966 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Gabapentin485 claims
- Levetiracetam475 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen460 claims
- Memantine Hcl377 claims
- Carbidopa-Levodopa326 claims
- Lacosamide299 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $9,184.09
237 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Eisai Inc. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 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
- Neuro-Pain Medical Center IncFresno, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
David Nicholas Baker among 14,451 physician assistant records in California
David Nicholas Baker, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT is one of 14,451 physician assistant records with a practice address in California. 75% 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 1% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 1% of these records are older, 87% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 50% of these records are
- Graduated1992 · median 2018 among the 7,214 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 40% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
190 physician assistant records list a practice address in Fresno
They are 190 of the 19,440 NPPES records with a practice address in Fresno, and 14,451 physician assistant records in California.
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Common questions
What is David Nicholas Baker, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT's NPI number?
David Nicholas Baker, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1962583740, issued on Oct 18, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is David Nicholas Baker, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 736 E Bullard Ave, Fresno, CA, 93710. Phone: (559) 437-9700. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify David Nicholas Baker, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT's license?
NPPES lists California license number PA12850, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does David Nicholas Baker, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, David Nicholas Baker, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT had 7,721 Medicare Part D claims for 885 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
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.