Francis Joseph Charlton, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · San Francisco, CA
Francis Joseph Charlton, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in San Francisco, California, and NPI 1548339104, issued on Nov 7, 2006. Check the license (California G37652, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Francis Joseph Charlton
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- G37652 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2645 Ocean Ave Ste 208, San Francisco, CA 94132
- Phone
- (415) 585-7880
- Enumerated
- Nov 7, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (415) 585-7149
- Medicaid ID
- 00G376520 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100724000158); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Georgetown University School Of Medicine, 1977
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Francis Joseph Charlton in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license G37652Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
48% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
4,694 Medicare Part D claims for 423 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims. 123 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Rosuvastatin Calcium316 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium191 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium166 claims
- Losartan Potassium152 claims
- Tamsulosin Hcl152 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate143 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: $1,234.01
57 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was ViiV Healthcare Company. 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
- Mercy Doctors Medical Group, IncSan Francisco, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Francis Joseph Charlton among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California
Francis Joseph Charlton, 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
- Graduated1977 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 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).
1,318 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in San Francisco
They are 1,318 of the 38,143 NPPES records with a practice address in San Francisco, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Francis Joseph Charlton, M.D.'s NPI number?
Francis Joseph Charlton, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1548339104, issued on Nov 7, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Francis Joseph Charlton, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2645 Ocean Ave Ste 208, San Francisco, CA, 94132. Phone: (415) 585-7880. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Francis Joseph Charlton, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number G37652, 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 Francis Joseph Charlton, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Francis Joseph Charlton, M.D. had 4,694 Medicare Part D claims for 423 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.