NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Forrest Ray Olson

Hospitalist Physician · Chico, CA

Forrest Ray Olson is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Chico, California, and NPI 1760434799, issued on May 17, 2006. Check the license (California A71016, 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 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1760434799
Name
Forrest Ray Olson
Primary taxonomy
Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
License number
A71016 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
100 Independence Cir, Chico, CA 95973
Phone
(530) 899-0134
Enumerated
May 17, 2006
Record last updated
Jul 31, 2023
Fax
(530) 899-0142
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20070709000337); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Medical College Of Wisconsin, 1998
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 100 Independence Cir

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

  1. Maureen Breese, FNPCommunity Health Nurse Practitioner1750329645
  2. Kevin Brown, M.D.Hospitalist Physician1376597609
  3. Kirk Casey, MDSports Medicine (Emergency Medicine) Physician1972568467
  4. Stephanie Consiglio, FNPNurse Practitioner1518575687
  5. Laura De La Cruz, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1144616251
  6. Emily Dennis, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1972459113

Verify Forrest Ray Olson 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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34% more Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024

698 Medicare Part D claims for 216 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 19 claims were for opioids.

  1. Forrest Olson698
  2. Specialty average521

Most prescribed

  1. Metoprolol Succinate36 claims
  2. Eliquis32 claims
  3. Potassium Chloride30 claims
  4. Furosemide28 claims
  5. Pantoprazole Sodium26 claims
  6. Ciprofloxacin Hcl21 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): 76.7 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 score58.2
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%56.9
  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. Enloe Medical CenterChico, CA

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

Forrest Ray Olson among 3,099 hospitalist physician records in California

Forrest Ray Olson is one of 3,099 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in California. 90% 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 2% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 2% of these records are older, 73% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • Graduated1998 · median 2010 among the 2,505 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2023 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Hospitalist Physician providers in California

There are 3,099 hospitalist physician records in California.

The 8 hospitalist physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Kevin Brown, M.D.Chico, CA 959731376597609
  2. Harpreet TiwanaChico, CA 959731902038292
  3. Harmandeep TiwanaChico, CA 959731740413780
  4. Sukhdeep Kaur, MDParadise, CA 959691164736708
  5. Pallavkumar Patel, M.D.Paradise, CA 959691194986919
  6. Eric Stokmanis, M.D.Paradise, CA 959691700819588
  7. Andre VenturiniParadise, CA 959691992978290
  8. Duke Ha, D.O.Oroville, CA 959661376981118

Common questions

What is Forrest Ray Olson's NPI number?

Forrest Ray Olson's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1760434799, issued on May 17, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Forrest Ray Olson located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 100 Independence Cir, Chico, CA, 95973. Phone: (530) 899-0134. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Forrest Ray Olson's license?

NPPES lists California license number A71016, 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 Forrest Ray Olson prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Forrest Ray Olson had 698 Medicare Part D claims for 216 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Forrest Ray Olson's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 76.7 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.