Registry data as of Aug 27, 2026

Glenn Balfour, M.D.

Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Physician · Carlsbad, CA

Glenn Balfour, M.D. is a spinal cord injury medicine physician with a practice address in Carlsbad, California, and NPI 1104931542, issued on Aug 19, 2006. Check the license (California A86632, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, loaded Aug 27, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordas of Aug 27, 2026
1104931542
Name
Glenn Balfour
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Physician 2081P0004X
License number
A86632 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
785 Grand Ave Ste 218, Carlsbad, CA 92008
Phone
(442) 500-8851
Enumerated
Aug 19, 2006
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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  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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Statewide context: the Medical Board of California reported 374 disciplinary actions in FY 2022-23. California discipline data →

67% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average spinal cord injury medicine physician in 2024

208 Medicare Part D claims for 40 beneficiaries, against an average of 639 among the 123 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 19% of claims. 12 claims were for opioids.

  1. Glenn Balfour208
  2. Specialty average639

Most prescribed

  1. Memantine Hcl19 claims
  2. Donepezil Hcl15 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 Medicare quality score for 2023: 0 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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 score0.0
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%
  4. Improvement activities0 of 40 points · 15%0.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $218.58

8 payments, mostly food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc.. The 68 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,723.77 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Glenn Balfour$218.58
  2. Specialty average$4,723.77

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Physician providers in California

There are 35 spinal cord injury medicine physician records in California.

Other spinal cord injury medicine physician records in California

  1. Muhammad Akbar, MDClovis, CA1235187766
  2. Ziyad Ayyoub, M.D.Paramount, CA1356451579
  3. Christopher Boudakian, D.O.Los Angeles, CA1396005849
  4. Rhonda Caldwell-Williams, MDOakland, CA1629163340
  5. Valerie Chavez-Arom, MDOrange, CA1558858696
  6. Daun Chung, D.O.Los Angeles, CA1043444797
  7. Kevin Gerhart, MD/PHDSan Diego, CA1083653588
  8. Michael Gruba, M.D.Anaheim, CA1487745808
  9. Ramin Hazany, M.D.Inglewood, CA1225043185
  10. Alice Hon, MDLong Beach, CA1548586639

Common questions

What is Glenn Balfour, M.D.'s NPI number?

Glenn Balfour, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1104931542, issued on Aug 19, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Glenn Balfour, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 785 Grand Ave Ste 218, Carlsbad, CA, 92008. Phone: (442) 500-8851. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Glenn Balfour, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists California license number A86632, 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 Glenn Balfour, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Glenn Balfour, M.D. had 208 Medicare Part D claims for 40 beneficiaries; the average among spinal cord injury medicine physician prescribers was 639. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Glenn Balfour, M.D.'s Medicare quality score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 0 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), loaded Aug 27, 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.

Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 27, 2026.