George Jeffrey Ventro, M.D.
Surgical Critical Care Physician · San Diego, CA
George Jeffrey Ventro, M.D. is a surgical critical care physician with a practice address in San Diego, California, and NPI 1548604648, issued on Apr 19, 2013. Check the license (California A169299, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- George Jeffrey Ventro
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgical Critical Care Physician 2086S0102X
- License number
- A169299 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 200 W Arbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92103
- Phone
- (800) 926-8273
- Enumerated
- Apr 19, 2013
- Record last updated
- Aug 24, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20210907003278); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Wayne State University School Of Medicine, 2013
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify George Jeffrey Ventro in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A169299Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
23% more Medicare Part D claims than the average surgical critical care physician in 2024
79 Medicare Part D claims for 44 beneficiaries, against an average of 64 among the 606 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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): 85.2 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: $178.81
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Intuitive Surgical, Inc. The 1,092 providers of this specialty with any payment received $2,183.62 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 2 group practices
- Faculty Physicians And Surgeons OF LlusmLoma Linda, CA
- University Surgeons OF Orange A Medical GroupOrange, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
George Jeffrey Ventro among 160 surgical critical care physician records in California
George Jeffrey Ventro, M.D. is one of 160 surgical critical care 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 2013, is newer than 67% of them.
- NPI issued2013 · 67% of these records are older, 31% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 79% of these records are
- Graduated2013 · median 2009 among the 127 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 37% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2086S0102X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgical Critical Care Physician providers in California
There are 160 surgical critical care physician records in California.
All 160 in California → Every provider in San Diego → Surgical Critical Care Physician nationwide →
The 8 surgical critical care physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Julie Dierksheide, MDSan Diego, CA 921031346465168
- Sara Edwards, MDSan Diego, CA 921031548550510
- Sean Hickey, MDSan Diego, CA 921031952669699
- Leslie Kobayashi, M.D.San Diego, CA 921031255501474
- Amy Liepert, MDSan Diego, CA 921031366611972
- Bruce Potenza, MDSan Diego, CA 921031548281496
- Jarrett Santorelli, M.D.San Diego, CA 921031033529201
- Matthew Tadlock, MDSan Diego, CA 921031881666956
Common questions
What is George Jeffrey Ventro, M.D.'s NPI number?
George Jeffrey Ventro, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1548604648, issued on Apr 19, 2013. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is George Jeffrey Ventro, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 200 W Arbor Dr, San Diego, CA, 92103. Phone: (800) 926-8273. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify George Jeffrey Ventro, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A169299, 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 George Jeffrey Ventro, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, George Jeffrey Ventro, M.D. had 79 Medicare Part D claims for 44 beneficiaries; the average among surgical critical care physician prescribers was 64. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is George Jeffrey Ventro, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 85.2 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.