NPI registry status
Active
2026 NPPES data Mental Health Counselor NPI 1164452272 M.D.
Verify on CMS → Gurpreet Ahluwalia, M.D.
Mental Health Counselor in San Diego, California.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 301,691 in Mental Health Counselor, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.
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Prescribing volume
1K
Medicare Part D claims · 56 beneficiaries · Mental Health Counselor avg: 1K
Generic prescribing
82%
generic claims · 18% brand-name · higher generic rates reduce patient out-of-pocket costs
Industry payments
$2.0K
61 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File, 2024
What the federal data shows
Gurpreet Ahluwalia, M.D. filed 1,134 Medicare Part D claims in 2024 as a Mental Health Counselor in San Diego, California, prescribing 82% generic.
- 1K
- Part D claims, 2024
- 82%
- generic prescribing
- $2.0K
- industry payments (Sunshine Act)
- ≥77th
- pct by Part D claim volume (lower-bound band)
Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.
Federal trust snapshot
What official records show about Gurpreet Ahluwalia, M.D.
Federal records show an active NPI with Medicare Part D prescribing activity — verifiable registry data, not a proprietary rating.
- Verified
NPI registry status
Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1164452272), first enumerated 07/04/2006.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 1,134 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.
Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF
- Reported
Hospital affiliations
1 CMS Care Compare hospital affiliation on record — practice footprint from the Doctors and Clinicians file.
Source: CMS Care Compare
- Reported
Industry payment transparency
$2.0K in reported industry payments (61 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.
Source: CMS Open Payments
- State context
State board disciplinary context
California statewide board action statistics are published annually — these figures describe aggregate state activity, not Gurpreet Ahluwalia, M.D.'s individual license status. Verify directly with the state medical board.
Source: MBC annual report 2023
- Not in federal data
Individual sanction lookup
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Source: State medical board / FSMB
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CMS NPPES provider registry desk
NPI 1164452272 · Mental Health Counselor
NPI-10 · ENUM-LEGACY · TAX-MEGA · RX-MID · BOOK-MID · PHOTO-ENUM
- NPI-10 1164452272
- ENUM-LEGACY 2006
- TAX-MEGA 302K Mental Health
- RX-MID 1,134
- BOOK-MID 35,738 in California
- PHOTO-ENUM Eileen Dykeman · 2006
Gurpreet Ahluwalia, M.D.'s Medicare Part D volume vs every U.S. prescriber
Total Medicare Part D claims, 2024, across all CMS prescribers nationally
1,134 ≥ 77th percentile 77% of 1,416,883 prescribers are in lower value bands
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more prescribers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
The percentile is a conservative 100-claim band: it counts only prescribers in lower claim-volume bands. Medicare Part D claim volume is activity context, not a quality measure or recommendation. See methodology § corpus placement.
Source CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File · 2024
What does the federal data show about Gurpreet Ahluwalia, M.D.?
Quality data not reportedPrimary specialty
Mental Health Counselor
Medicare Part D claims
1,134 4% vs specialty avg
Specialty distribution in California
How Mental Health Counselor compares to other specialties among California providers
Board certification
Not published by CMS
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How MIPS and board certification work
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.
Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).
Practice Address
Provider Details
| NPI | 1164452272 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Mental Health Counselor |
| Credentials | M.D. |
| Gender | Male |
| NPI Issued | 07/04/2006 |
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where Gurpreet Ahluwalia, M.D. bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" - a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.
County OF San Diego
San Diego, CA
Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).
Industry payments received (2024) - CMS Open Payments transparency data
The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for Gurpreet Ahluwalia, M.D.. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$2.0K
Largest payer
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.)
Most common payment type
Food and Beverage
Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias, they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.
License & disciplinary context - California MBC 2023 annual report
Aggregate state board data only, NOT a determination of any individual provider's status. The figures below describe statewide disciplinary activity across all ~150K California medical licensees in 2023 - they are NOT specific to Gurpreet Ahluwalia, M.D.. To verify Gurpreet Ahluwalia, M.D.'s current license status, search the MBC public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.
576
Total board actions, California 2023
Across 556 cases
3.84
Actions per 1,000 licensees
California statewide rate
probation
Most common action type
186 cases
MBC publishes annual disciplinary statistics as part of public-record reporting under each state's Administrative Procedure Act. See the full breakdown by action type and year on the California disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.
Brand vs generic prescribing mix · Typical
Gurpreet Ahluwalia, M.D. - brand share 18.0%
Mental Health Counselor average
18% brand-name claims vs 82% generic, on 1,134 2024 Medicare Part D claims.
The federal Medicare Part D Generic Dispensing Rate national benchmark sits near 90% generic / 10% brand for primary-care prescribers, per CMS Office of the Actuary 2024 estimates. Higher brand share is common in specialty prescribing where generic equivalents are not available.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.
1,134
Total Claims
$640K
Total Drug Cost
56
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 1,206.633
- Total Day Supply
- 35,294
- Brand vs Generic
- 18% brand / 82% generic
- Brand Drug Cost
- $614K
- Generic Drug Cost
- $26K
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 53.2 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 1.47
- Gender Split
- 52% female / 48% male
- Age Distribution
- <65: 39, 65-74: 16, 75-84: N/A, 85+: N/A
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What Gurpreet Ahluwalia, M.D. prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024
- Quetiapine Fumarate
Quetiapine Fumarate
85 claims
- Trazodone Hcl
Trazodone Hcl
75 claims
- Olanzapine
Olanzapine
69 claims
- Bupropion Xl
Bupropion Xl
66 claims
- Abilify Maintena
Abilify Maintena
52 claims
- Gabapentin
Gabapentin
49 claims
- Caplyta
Caplyta
47 claims
- Fluoxetine Hcl
Fluoxetine Hcl
42 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Quetiapine Fumarate | 85 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 75 |
| Olanzapine | 69 |
| Bupropion Xl Bupropion Hcl | 66 |
| Abilify Maintena Aripiprazole | 52 |
| Gabapentin | 49 |
| Caplyta Lumateperone Tosylate | 47 |
| Fluoxetine Hcl | 42 |
| Aripiprazole | 40 |
| Buspirone Hcl | 39 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
Mental Health Counselor Overview
How Gurpreet Ahluwalia, M.D. fits within the Mental Health Counselor landscape nationally.
301,691
Mental Health Counselor Providers in US
55
States with Mental Health Counselor
1,086
Avg Claims per Provider
Gurpreet Ahluwalia, M.D.'s 1,134 claims are above the specialty average of 1,086.
Nationwide Mental Health Counselor peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Ahluwalia, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Same NPPES enumeration year (2006)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Mental Health Counselor Providers in California
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in California, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Ahluwalia.
One of 35,738 Mental Health Counselor providers enrolled in California, 5 are shown here.
Rita A Wilborne
MHRS
San Jose, CA
Katie Aab
Salinas, CA
Kayla Aanerud
B.A.
Rio Linda, CA
La Shaun Aaron
Camarillo, CA
Tamika Aaron
Inglewood, CA
Compare Mental Health Counselor nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Gurpreet Ahluwalia, M.D.'s specialty? ▼
Gurpreet Ahluwalia, M.D. specializes in Mental Health Counselor and practices in San Diego, California. Credentials: M.D..
How much does Gurpreet Ahluwalia, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Gurpreet Ahluwalia, M.D. wrote 1,134 Medicare Part D claims totaling $640K in drug costs for 56 beneficiaries.
Where is Gurpreet Ahluwalia, M.D. located? ▼
Gurpreet Ahluwalia, M.D. is located at 1250 MORENA BLVD, San Diego, CA, 92110. Phone: (619) 692-8750.
What is Gurpreet Ahluwalia, M.D.'s NPI number? ▼
Gurpreet Ahluwalia, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1164452272, issued on 07/04/2006.
Does Gurpreet Ahluwalia, M.D. prescribe more brand-name or generic drugs? ▼
Gurpreet Ahluwalia, M.D.'s prescribing is 18% brand-name and 82% generic drugs by claim count, with $614K in brand drug costs.
How many Mental Health Counselor providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 301,691 Mental Health Counselor providers across 55 states in the US. The average Mental Health Counselor provider writes 1,086 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Gurpreet Ahluwalia, M.D. prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, Gurpreet Ahluwalia, M.D.'s most frequently prescribed drugs include Quetiapine Fumarate, Trazodone Hcl, Olanzapine. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Gurpreet Ahluwalia, M.D. accept Medicare? ▼
Gurpreet Ahluwalia, M.D. appears in CMS Medicare data with 1,134 Part D claims and 56 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Gurpreet Ahluwalia, M.D.'s credentials? ▼
Gurpreet Ahluwalia, M.D.'s NPI is 1164452272 with credentials M.D.. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.
Data Sources
View source datasets and methodology notes
- Provider Directory
- CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
- Specialty Classification
- NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
- Prescribing Data
- CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2024). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
- Limitations
- Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.
See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.
Data as of August 2026 (NPPES) / 2024 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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