Howard Herbert Frankel, MD PHD
Family Medicine Physician · Hunington Beach, CA
Howard Herbert Frankel, MD PHD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Hunington Beach, California, and NPI 1881661452, issued on Mar 2, 2006. Check the license (California C29229, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Howard Herbert Frankel
- Credential
- MD PHD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License numbers
- C29229 CA
D0001772 MD
MD5619 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 6651 Cory Drive, Hunington Beach, CA 92647
- Phone
- (714) 842-6970
- Enumerated
- Mar 2, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 13, 2026
- Fax
- (714) 842-6970
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
8 nearest family medicine physician records → All 17,133 in California → Look up another NPI →
Verify Howard Herbert Frankel in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license C29229Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
99% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
26 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $176.73
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Inari Medical, Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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.
Howard Herbert Frankel among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California
Howard Herbert Frankel, MD PHD is one of 17,133 family 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 2006, is newer than 6% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 6% of these records are older, 59% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 62% of these records are
- Record last updated2026 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Family Medicine Physician providers in California
There are 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.
All 17,133 in California → Family Medicine Physician nationwide →
The 8 family medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Bassil Aish, MDHuntington Beach, CA 926471124015888
- Philip Chan, MDHuntington Beach, CA 926471619095528
- Erica Chang, MDHuntington Beach, CA 926471992922645
- Rosemary Donaldson-Ford, MDHuntington Beach, CA 926471659399301
- Richard Enns, M.D.Huntington Beach, CA 926471891866950
- Nahid Eskandari, MDHuntington Beach, CA 926471528277233
- Julia Heng, MDHuntington Beach, CA 926471720175326
- Frank Marino, MDHuntington Beach, CA 926471235299298
Common questions
What is Howard Herbert Frankel, MD PHD's NPI number?
Howard Herbert Frankel, MD PHD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1881661452, issued on Mar 2, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Howard Herbert Frankel, MD PHD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6651 Cory Drive, Hunington Beach, CA, 92647. Phone: (714) 842-6970. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Howard Herbert Frankel, MD PHD's license?
NPPES lists California license number C29229, 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 Howard Herbert Frankel, MD PHD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Howard Herbert Frankel, MD PHD had 26 Medicare Part D claims; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
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.