David Christopher Danish, D.O.
Emergency Medicine Physician · Santa Cruz, CA
David Christopher Danish, D.O. is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Santa Cruz, California, and NPI 1861466948, issued on Feb 15, 2006. Check the license (California 20A 8288, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- David Christopher Danish
- Credential
- D.O.
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- 20A 8288 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95065
- Phone
- (831) 462-7509
- Enumerated
- Feb 15, 2006
- Record last updated
- Apr 26, 2010 (not updated in 16 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (415) 591-2417
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify David Christopher Danish in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license 20A 8288Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
24% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
172 Medicare Part D claims for 118 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Cephalexin19 claims
- Meclizine Hcl12 claims
- Ondansetron Odt12 claims
- Azithromycin11 claims
- Prednisone11 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): 94.6 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: $62.50
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 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.
David Christopher Danish among 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California
David Christopher Danish, D.O. is one of 7,751 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 81% 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 4% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 4% of these records are older, 60% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 59% of these records are
- Record last updated2010 · 59% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Emergency Medicine Physician providers in California
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The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Sarah Feldmann, D.O.Santa Cruz, CA 950651629271143
- John Fust, M.D.Santa Cruz, CA 950651891821633
- John Grady, D.O.Santa Cruz, CA 950651023270063
- William Hencke, MDSanta Cruz, CA 950651194868166
- Terry Lapid, M.D.Santa Cruz, CA 950651396887287
- Andrew Nevitt, MDSanta Cruz, CA 950651073649513
Common questions
What is David Christopher Danish, D.O.'s NPI number?
David Christopher Danish, D.O.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1861466948, issued on Feb 15, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is David Christopher Danish, D.O. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA, 95065. Phone: (831) 462-7509. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify David Christopher Danish, D.O.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number 20A 8288, 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 David Christopher Danish, D.O. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, David Christopher Danish, D.O. had 172 Medicare Part D claims for 118 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is David Christopher Danish, D.O.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 94.6 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.