David Joseph Panek, MD
Hospitalist Physician · Santa Monica, CA
David Joseph Panek, MD is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Santa Monica, California, and NPI 1932669421, issued on Mar 21, 2019. Check the license (California A177744, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- David Joseph Panek
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License number
- A177744 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1250 16TH St, Santa Monica, CA 90404
- Phone
- (310) 319-4698
- Enumerated
- Mar 21, 2019
- Record last updated
- Sep 14, 2022
- Fax
- (310) 319-4908
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20220707000691); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of California, Irvine, California College Of Medicine, 2019
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify David Joseph Panek in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A177744Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
87% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
66 Medicare Part D claims for 21 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Bills Medicare through 2 group practices
- Superior Hospitalist Medical Group IncLos Angeles, CA
- 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).
David Joseph Panek among 3,099 hospitalist physician records in California
David Joseph Panek, MD is one of 3,099 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in California. 90% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2019, is newer than 81% of them.
- NPI issued2019 · 81% of these records are older, 15% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 81% of these records are
- Graduated2019 · median 2010 among the 2,505 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is David Joseph Panek, MD's NPI number?
David Joseph Panek, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1932669421, issued on Mar 21, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is David Joseph Panek, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1250 16TH St, Santa Monica, CA, 90404. Phone: (310) 319-4698. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify David Joseph Panek, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A177744, 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 Joseph Panek, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, David Joseph Panek, MD had 66 Medicare Part D claims for 21 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is David Joseph Panek, MD'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.