Douglas Sears, M.D.
Specialist · Encino, CA
Douglas Sears, M.D. is a specialist with a practice address in Encino, California, and NPI 1720062664, issued on Dec 5, 2005. Check the license (California G69828, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Douglas Sears
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Specialist 174400000X
- License number
- G69828 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 16055 Ventura Blvd, Encino, CA 91436
- Phone
- (818) 784-8481
- Enumerated
- Dec 5, 2005
- Record last updated
- Feb 7, 2023
- Fax
- (818) 784-8471
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Douglas Sears in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license G69828Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3% more Medicare Part D claims than the average specialist in 2024
1,423 Medicare Part D claims for 113 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,380 among the 8,233 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 21% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Alprazolam123 claims
- Clonazepam95 claims
- Temazepam68 claims
- Sertraline Hcl66 claims
- Lorazepam57 claims
- Duloxetine Hcl47 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $6,630.99
55 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Bausch Health US, LLC. The 5,844 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,760.79 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.
Douglas Sears among 5,749 specialist records in California
Douglas Sears, M.D. is one of 5,749 specialist records with a practice address in California. 30% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 93% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 30% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 19% of these records are
- Record last updated2023 · 77% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 174400000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
27 specialist records list a practice address in Encino
They are 27 of the 3,136 NPPES records with a practice address in Encino, and 5,749 specialist records in California.
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Common questions
What is Douglas Sears, M.D.'s NPI number?
Douglas Sears, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1720062664, issued on Dec 5, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Douglas Sears, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 16055 Ventura Blvd, Encino, CA, 91436. Phone: (818) 784-8481. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Douglas Sears, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number G69828, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Douglas Sears, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Douglas Sears, M.D. had 1,423 Medicare Part D claims for 113 beneficiaries; the average among specialist prescribers was 1,380. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions 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.