Donald Scott Paulsen, PA
Surgical Physician Assistant · Modesto, CA
Donald Scott Paulsen, PA is a surgical physician assistant with a practice address in Modesto, California, and NPI 1497895775, issued on Feb 7, 2007. Check the license (California 16036, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Donald Scott Paulsen
- Credential
- PA
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgical Physician Assistant 363AS0400X
- License number
- 16036 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1001 Sylvan Ave Ste A, Modesto, CA 95350
- Phone
- (209) 422-6120
- Enumerated
- Feb 7, 2007
- Record last updated
- May 7, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080527000211); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1001 Sylvan Ave Ste A
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Donald Scott Paulsen in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license 16036Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Industry payments in 2024: $389.12
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Medtronic, Inc. The 7,578 providers of this specialty with any payment received $703.95 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
- Central California Bariatric Surgery A Medical CorporationModesto, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Donald Scott Paulsen among 1,075 surgical physician assistant records in California
Donald Scott Paulsen, PA is one of 1,075 surgical physician assistant 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 2007, is newer than 26% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 26% of these records are older, 59% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated2001 · median 2012 among the 649 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 53% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363AS0400X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgical Physician Assistant providers in California
There are 1,075 surgical physician assistant records in California.
All 1,075 in California → Every provider in Modesto → Surgical Physician Assistant nationwide →
The 8 surgical physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Anna Davila, PAModesto, CA 953501205079514
- David Fisher, PA-CModesto, CA 953501356406904
- David Nisley, PA-CModesto, CA 953501710044888
- Donna Pryor, PA-CModesto, CA 953501639145386
- Larry Hicks, PAModesto, CA 953521568453801
- Jeremy Hill, PAMerced, CA 953481649326349
- Jennifer Zimmerman, P.A.-CModesto, CA 953521417042870
- Karen Barbe, PAModesto, CA 953551184084980
Common questions
What is Donald Scott Paulsen, PA's NPI number?
Donald Scott Paulsen, PA's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1497895775, issued on Feb 7, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Donald Scott Paulsen, PA located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1001 Sylvan Ave Ste A, Modesto, CA, 95350. Phone: (209) 422-6120. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Donald Scott Paulsen, PA's license?
NPPES lists California license number 16036, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity 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.