Ernest Louis Prudente, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Santa Monica, CA
Ernest Louis Prudente, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Santa Monica, California, and NPI 1033136510, issued on Jul 17, 2006. Check the license (California A70659, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ernest Louis Prudente
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- A70659 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2121 Wilshire Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90403
- Phone
- (310) 829-7762
- Enumerated
- Jul 17, 2006
- Record last updated
- Nov 13, 2025
- Fax
- (310) 447-9972
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100524000714); may accept Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Hahnemann University College Of Medicine, 1998
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Ernest Louis Prudente in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A70659Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
1% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
3,155 Medicare Part D claims for 216 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims. 12 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Rosuvastatin Calcium222 claims
- Losartan Potassium172 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium153 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate141 claims
- Zolpidem Tartrate94 claims
- Olmesartan Medoxomil89 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: $437.54
14 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Amgen Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- Westside Internal MedicineSanta Monica, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ernest Louis Prudente among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California
Ernest Louis Prudente, MD 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 2006, is newer than 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 56% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1998 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 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.
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Common questions
What is Ernest Louis Prudente, MD's NPI number?
Ernest Louis Prudente, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1033136510, issued on Jul 17, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ernest Louis Prudente, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2121 Wilshire Blvd, Santa Monica, CA, 90403. Phone: (310) 829-7762. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ernest Louis Prudente, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A70659, 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 Ernest Louis Prudente, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ernest Louis Prudente, MD had 3,155 Medicare Part D claims for 216 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.