Dean T. Noritake, MD
Rheumatology Physician · Pasadena, CA
Dean T. Noritake, MD is a rheumatology physician with a practice address in Pasadena, California, and NPI 1477514495, issued on Mar 29, 2006. Check the license (California G49215, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Dean T. Noritake
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Rheumatology Physician 207RR0500X
- License number
- G49215 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 301 S Fair Oaks Ave Ste 101, Pasadena, CA 91105
- Phone
- (626) 296-2910
- Enumerated
- Mar 29, 2006
- Record last updated
- Sep 9, 2024
- Fax
- (626) 296-2920
- Medicaid ID
- 00G492151 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20051031000717); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Yale University School Of Medicine, 1981
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Dean T. Noritake in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license G49215Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
5% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average rheumatology physician in 2024
1,873 Medicare Part D claims for 277 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,978 among the 6,301 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 92 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Methotrexate307 claims
- Prednisone252 claims
- Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate131 claims
- Celecoxib91 claims
- Leucovorin Calcium78 claims
- Tramadol Hcl74 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $2,806.87
105 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Amgen Inc. The 4,486 providers of this specialty with any payment received $8,538.33 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
- American Arthritis And Rheumatology Associates-CA PCLos Angeles, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Dean T. Noritake among 926 rheumatology physician records in California
Dean T. Noritake, MD is one of 926 rheumatology 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 6% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 6% of these records are older, 55% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 69% of these records are
- Graduated1981 · median 2003 among the 641 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 62% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RR0500X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Rheumatology Physician providers in California
There are 926 rheumatology physician records in California.
All 926 in California → Every provider in Pasadena → Rheumatology Physician nationwide →
The 8 rheumatology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- David Brown, MDPasadena, CA 911051689710055
- Stratos Christianakis, M.D.Pasadena, CA 911051831114008
- Roodabeh Koolaee, DOPasadena, CA 911051316250525
- Brian Oconnor, MDPasadena, CA 911051770641870
- Vickram Reehal, M.D.Pasadena, CA 911051235347188
- Darice Yang, M.D.Pasadena, CA 911051427255454
- Irene Tong, M.D.Pasadena, CA 911071962439299
- Dan La, MDTujunga, CA 910421437178274
Common questions
What is Dean T. Noritake, MD's NPI number?
Dean T. Noritake, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1477514495, issued on Mar 29, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Dean T. Noritake, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 301 S Fair Oaks Ave Ste 101, Pasadena, CA, 91105. Phone: (626) 296-2910. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Dean T. Noritake, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number G49215, 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 Dean T. Noritake, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Dean T. Noritake, MD had 1,873 Medicare Part D claims for 277 beneficiaries; the average among rheumatology physician prescribers was 1,978. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Dean T. Noritake, MD's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.