NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Edson Enrique Carias

Internal Medicine Physician · Santa Monica, CA

Edson Enrique Carias is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Santa Monica, California, and NPI 1538559257, issued on Feb 2, 2015. Check the license (California A181971, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1538559257
Name
Edson Enrique Carias
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License numbers
A181971 CA
R7962 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1250 16TH St # C2304, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Phone
(310) 319-4698
Enumerated
Feb 2, 2015
Record last updated
Dec 6, 2023
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20231109000948); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School, 2015
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 1250 16TH St # C2304

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Farid Abdelmalak, M.D.Hospitalist Physician1912392937
  2. Rasha Ahmed, DOInternal Medicine Physician1932631793
  3. Kaye Alpasan, NPNurse Practitioner1245098821
  4. Ishan Asokan, MD, MSCInternal Medicine Physician1699204271
  5. Rose Bates, NPNurse Practitioner1194263129
  6. Wossen Belachew, MDHospitalist Physician1831532266

Verify Edson Enrique Carias in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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94% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024

175 Medicare Part D claims for 53 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Edson Carias175
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Dextrose In Water17 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): 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.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score82.9
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%66.7
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%100.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. 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).

Edson Enrique Carias among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California

Edson Enrique Carias is one of 17,696 internal medicine physician 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 2015, is newer than 76% of them.

  • NPI issued2015 · 76% of these records are older, 21% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
  • Graduated2015 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2023 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

168 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Santa Monica

They are 168 of the 5,151 NPPES records with a practice address in Santa Monica, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Robert Ashley, MDSanta Monica, CA 904041780628487
  2. Mitchell Becker, M.D.Santa Monica, CA 904041922033935
  3. Chiquita Flowers, M.D.Santa Monica, CA 904041972595700
  4. Glenn Gorlitsky, M.D.Santa Monica, CA 904041881625143
  5. Oscar Hernandez, M.D.Santa Monica, CA 904041699706952
  6. Mark McGowan, MDSanta Monica, CA 904041720015902
  7. Alex Messina, MDSanta Monica, CA 904041902867823
  8. Mark Nachman, MDSanta Monica, CA 904041104803683

Common questions

What is Edson Enrique Carias's NPI number?

Edson Enrique Carias's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1538559257, issued on Feb 2, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Edson Enrique Carias located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1250 16TH St # C2304, Santa Monica, CA, 90404. Phone: (310) 319-4698. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Edson Enrique Carias's license?

NPPES lists California license number A181971, 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 Edson Enrique Carias prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Edson Enrique Carias had 175 Medicare Part D claims for 53 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Edson Enrique Carias'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.