Franco Song Seo, M.D.
Psychiatry Physician · Bakersfield, CA
Franco Song Seo, M.D. is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Bakersfield, California, and NPI 1609027788, issued on Oct 7, 2008. Check the license (California A114440, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Franco Song Seo
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- A114440 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 8329 Brimhall Road, Bakersfield, CA 93312
- Phone
- (661) 431-1555
- Enumerated
- Oct 7, 2008
- Record last updated
- Oct 10, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (661) 471-2410
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20120709000119); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 8329 Brimhall Road
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Verify Franco Song Seo in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A114440Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
82% more Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
1,817 Medicare Part D claims for 141 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Quetiapine Fumarate174 claims
- Gabapentin121 claims
- Escitalopram Oxalate114 claims
- Sertraline Hcl113 claims
- Clonazepam107 claims
- Buspirone Hcl94 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): 91.5 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.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $843.25
27 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Neuronetics, Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 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
- Kern Psychiatric Health And Wellness Center IncBakersfield, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Franco Song Seo among 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California
Franco Song Seo, M.D. is one of 8,673 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in California. 67% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2008, is newer than 52% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 52% of these records are older, 43% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 38% of these records are
- Graduated2001 · median 2005 among the 3,295 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
109 psychiatry physician records list a practice address in Bakersfield
They are 109 of the 11,539 NPPES records with a practice address in Bakersfield, and 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California.
All 8,673 in California → Every provider in Bakersfield → Psychiatry Physician nationwide →
The 8 psychiatry physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Ashhar Bhurgri, M.D.Bakersfield, CA 933121932580925
- Danilo Fernandez, MDBakersfield, CA 933121114030467
- Gerard Fernando, M.D.Bakersfield, CA 933121750645024
- Ravi Goklaney, MDBakersfield, CA 933121437212636
- Mehr Karamat, MDBakersfield, CA 933121518253285
- Iyengar Malini, M.D.Bakersfield, CA 933121699842633
- Adam Shafer, D.O.Bakersfield, CA 933121427451384
- Rizwana Shaheen, MDBakersfield, CA 933121174584098
Common questions
What is Franco Song Seo, M.D.'s NPI number?
Franco Song Seo, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1609027788, issued on Oct 7, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Franco Song Seo, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 8329 Brimhall Road, Bakersfield, CA, 93312. Phone: (661) 431-1555. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Franco Song Seo, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A114440, 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 Franco Song Seo, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Franco Song Seo, M.D. had 1,817 Medicare Part D claims for 141 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Franco Song Seo, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 91.5 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.