NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

David Brian Kovacs, MD

Internal Medicine Physician · Mission Viejo, CA

David Brian Kovacs, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Mission Viejo, California, and NPI 1861633083, issued on Mar 18, 2009. Check the license (California A106958, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1861633083
Name
David Brian Kovacs
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License number
A106958 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
26800 Crown Valley Pkwy, Mission Viejo, CA 92691
Phone
(949) 364-7246
Enumerated
Mar 18, 2009
Record last updated
Nov 5, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(949) 364-1647
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20100728000129); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Medical College Of Wisconsin, 2007
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 26800 Crown Valley Pkwy

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Verify David Brian Kovacs 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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6% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024

3,351 Medicare Part D claims for 533 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 8% of claims. 61 claims were for opioids.

  1. David Kovacs3,351
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate512 claims
  2. Prednisone469 claims
  3. Methotrexate346 claims
  4. Meloxicam220 claims
  5. Allopurinol206 claims
  6. Celecoxib181 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: $5,167.24

216 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Amgen Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. David Kovacs$5,167.24
  2. Specialty average$1,303.06

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

  1. Providence Medical FoundationFullerton, CA

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

David Brian Kovacs among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California

David Brian Kovacs, MD 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 2009, is newer than 60% of them.

  • NPI issued2009 · 60% of these records are older, 37% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
  • Graduated2007 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2021 · 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).

58 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Mission Viejo

They are 58 of the 2,156 NPPES records with a practice address in Mission Viejo, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Bahman Badie, M.D.Mission Viejo, CA 926911396721916
  2. Sherif El Sokkary, M.D.Mission Viejo, CA 926911710964432
  3. Dennis Haghighat, M.D.Mission Viejo, CA 926911568449171
  4. Mark Hauptman, M.D.Mission Viejo, CA 926911801873427
  5. Raymond Kwa, M.D.Mission Viejo, CA 926911609853092
  6. Murray Margolis, M.D.Mission Viejo, CA 926911457338857
  7. Vy Nguyen, M.D.Mission Viejo, CA 926911881671154
  8. Nader Noorian, M.D.Mission Viejo, CA 926911861479057

Common questions

What is David Brian Kovacs, MD's NPI number?

David Brian Kovacs, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1861633083, issued on Mar 18, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is David Brian Kovacs, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 26800 Crown Valley Pkwy, Mission Viejo, CA, 92691. Phone: (949) 364-7246. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify David Brian Kovacs, MD's license?

NPPES lists California license number A106958, 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 Brian Kovacs, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, David Brian Kovacs, MD had 3,351 Medicare Part D claims for 533 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.