Dorothy E. Hairston, M.D.
Hospitalist Physician · National City, CA
Dorothy E. Hairston, M.D. is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in National City, California, and NPI 1114973633, issued on May 26, 2006. Check the license (California A78226, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Dorothy E. Hairston
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License number
- A78226 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2400 E 4TH St, National City, CA 91950
- Phone
- (619) 472-4690
- Enumerated
- May 26, 2006
- Record last updated
- May 1, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050921000394); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Dorothy E. Hairston in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A78226Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
6.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average hospitalist physician in 2024
3,197 Medicare Part D claims for 282 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 21% of claims. 42 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium225 claims
- Eliquis129 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium120 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium118 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate116 claims
- Gabapentin72 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): 94.5 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: $45.24
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Zoll Services LLC (a/k/a Zoll LifeCor Corp). The 7,324 providers of this specialty with any payment received $494.84 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 2 group practices
- Dorothy E Hairston M D A Professional CorporationNational City, CA
- Paradise Valley Medical Group IncNational City, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Dorothy E. Hairston among 3,099 hospitalist physician records in California
Dorothy E. Hairston, M.D. 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 2006, is newer than 2% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 2% of these records are older, 73% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 81% of these records are
- Graduated1993 · median 2010 among the 2,505 with a school on file
- Record last updated2012 · 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 Dorothy E. Hairston, M.D.'s NPI number?
Dorothy E. Hairston, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1114973633, issued on May 26, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Dorothy E. Hairston, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2400 E 4TH St, National City, CA, 91950. Phone: (619) 472-4690. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Dorothy E. Hairston, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A78226, 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 Dorothy E. Hairston, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Dorothy E. Hairston, M.D. had 3,197 Medicare Part D claims for 282 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Dorothy E. Hairston, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 94.5 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.