NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Ernesto Tan Salas, M.D.

Internal Medicine Physician · Murrieta, CA

Ernesto Tan Salas, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Murrieta, California, and NPI 1841380565, issued on Oct 13, 2006. Check the license (California A053434, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1841380565
Name
Ernesto Tan Salas
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License number
A053434 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
24703 Monroe Ave Ste B, Murrieta, CA 92562
Phone
(702) 579-3203
Enumerated
Oct 13, 2006
Record last updated
Feb 9, 2026
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20120404000750); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Texas Tech University Health Science Center School Of Medicine, 1995
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
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 24703 Monroe Ave Ste B

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

  1. Rose Ruiz-Flores, P.A.Medical Physician Assistant1477745768
  2. Barbara Shuman, RN, FNP, CNSRegistered Nurse1295110708

Verify Ernesto Tan Salas 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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27% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024

2,320 Medicare Part D claims for 256 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 19 claims were for opioids.

  1. Ernesto Salas2,320
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium174 claims
  2. Losartan Potassium140 claims
  3. Amlodipine Besylate112 claims
  4. Metformin Hcl98 claims
  5. Simvastatin75 claims
  6. Levothyroxine Sodium64 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: $36.58

2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals 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.

  1. Ernesto Salas$36.58
  2. Specialty average$1,303.06

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

  1. Healthcare Partners Affiliates Medical GroupMurrieta, CA

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Ernesto Tan Salas among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California

Ernesto Tan Salas, M.D. 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
  • Graduated1995 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2026 · 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).

41 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Murrieta

They are 41 of the 2,999 NPPES records with a practice address in Murrieta, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Jason Black, M.D.Murrieta, CA 925621073587887
  2. Jack Dinh, M.D.Murrieta, CA 925621356366876
  3. Daniel Dress, M.D.Murrieta, CA 925621699771022
  4. Jeffrey Edmunds, D.O., M.S., R.D.Murrieta, CA 925621376737601
  5. Donald Kimes, D.O.Murrieta, CA 925621538181086
  6. Mark Mueller, MDMurrieta, CA 925621083607295
  7. Abayomi Odubela, M.D.Murrieta, CA 925621922108877
  8. Richard Reynolds, MDMurrieta, CA 925621477518520

Common questions

What is Ernesto Tan Salas, M.D.'s NPI number?

Ernesto Tan Salas, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1841380565, issued on Oct 13, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Ernesto Tan Salas, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 24703 Monroe Ave Ste B, Murrieta, CA, 92562. Phone: (702) 579-3203. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Ernesto Tan Salas, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists California license number A053434, 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 Ernesto Tan Salas, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Ernesto Tan Salas, M.D. had 2,320 Medicare Part D claims for 256 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.