Eliot S. Light, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Pacific Grove, CA
Eliot S. Light, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Pacific Grove, California, and NPI 1942382577, issued on Oct 20, 2006. Check the license (California C40086, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Eliot S. Light
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- C40086 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 621 Forest Ave, Pacific Grove, CA 93950
- Phone
- (831) 649-1011
- Enumerated
- Oct 20, 2006
- Record last updated
- Sep 30, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (831) 373-8201
- Medicaid ID
- 00G400860 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100706000678); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of California, Irvine, California College Of Medicine, 1980
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Eliot S. Light in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license C40086Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
37% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
4,860 Medicare Part D claims for 273 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 11% of claims. 222 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium218 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium204 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium158 claims
- Gabapentin157 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen133 claims
- Losartan Potassium125 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 72.7 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $168.74
17 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- Pacific Grove Family Medicine IncPacific Grove, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Eliot S. Light among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California
Eliot S. Light, MD is one of 17,133 family medicine 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, 59% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated1980 · median 2005 among the 10,652 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
8 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Pacific Grove
They are 8 of the 217 NPPES records with a practice address in Pacific Grove, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Eliot S. Light, MD's NPI number?
Eliot S. Light, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1942382577, issued on Oct 20, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Eliot S. Light, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 621 Forest Ave, Pacific Grove, CA, 93950. Phone: (831) 649-1011. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Eliot S. Light, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number C40086, 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 Eliot S. Light, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Eliot S. Light, MD had 4,860 Medicare Part D claims for 273 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Eliot S. Light, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 72.7 of 100. 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.