Grant Nelson, M.D.
Emergency Medicine Physician · Palm Springs, CA
Grant Nelson, M.D. is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Palm Springs, California, and NPI 1407296783, issued on Jul 1, 2013. Check the license (California A149143, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Grant Nelson
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License numbers
- A149143 CA
4301103910 MI
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1150 N Indian Canyon Dr, Palm Springs, CA 92262
- Phone
- (760) 323-6511
- Enumerated
- Jul 1, 2013
- Record last updated
- Apr 4, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20170629002045); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Wayne State University School Of Medicine, 2013
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Grant Nelson in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A149143Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
79% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
47 Medicare Part D claims for 33 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 11 claims were for opioids.
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): 94.6 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: $3,550.00
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was long term medical supply or device loan; the largest payer was Exo Imaging, Inc. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 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
- Cep America - CaliforniaJoshua Tree, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Grant Nelson among 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California
Grant Nelson, M.D. is one of 7,751 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 81% 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 66% of them.
- NPI issued2013 · 66% of these records are older, 31% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated2013 · median 2011 among the 4,560 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 59% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
63 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Palm Springs
They are 63 of the 1,917 NPPES records with a practice address in Palm Springs, and 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Grant Nelson, M.D.'s NPI number?
Grant Nelson, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1407296783, issued on Jul 1, 2013. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Grant Nelson, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1150 N Indian Canyon Dr, Palm Springs, CA, 92262. Phone: (760) 323-6511. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Grant Nelson, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A149143, 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 Grant Nelson, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Grant Nelson, M.D. had 47 Medicare Part D claims for 33 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Grant Nelson, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 94.6 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.