David Benjamin Lalezari, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · West Hollywood, CA
David Benjamin Lalezari, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in West Hollywood, California, and NPI 1093094427, issued on Aug 16, 2011. Check the license (California A117709, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- David Benjamin Lalezari
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- A117709 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 8737 Beverly Blvd Ste 301, West Hollywood, CA 90048
- Phone
- (323) 765-1500
- Enumerated
- Aug 16, 2011
- Record last updated
- Jan 9, 2025
- Fax
- (310) 363-7046
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20131112000994); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 8737 Beverly Blvd Ste 301
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Ayanna Walden, MDSpecialist1316958028
Verify David Benjamin Lalezari in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A117709Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
42% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
4,503 Medicare Part D claims for 469 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 18% of claims. 40 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate208 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium177 claims
- Eliquis155 claims
- Carvedilol136 claims
- Mirtazapine123 claims
- Tamsulosin Hcl114 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): 100 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: $525.81
23 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. 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.
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
- Noble Physicians Medical Group Corp IncLos Angeles, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
David Benjamin Lalezari among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California
David Benjamin Lalezari, 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 2011, is newer than 66% of them.
- NPI issued2011 · 66% of these records are older, 32% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2008 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 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).
136 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in West Hollywood
They are 136 of the 2,619 NPPES records with a practice address in West Hollywood, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is David Benjamin Lalezari, MD's NPI number?
David Benjamin Lalezari, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1093094427, issued on Aug 16, 2011. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is David Benjamin Lalezari, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 8737 Beverly Blvd Ste 301, West Hollywood, CA, 90048. Phone: (323) 765-1500. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify David Benjamin Lalezari, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A117709, 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 Benjamin Lalezari, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, David Benjamin Lalezari, MD had 4,503 Medicare Part D claims for 469 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is David Benjamin Lalezari, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 100 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.