James Puffer
Family Medicine Physician · Santa Monica, CA
James Puffer is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Santa Monica, California, and NPI 1699889840, issued on Aug 17, 2006. Check the license (California G36090, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- James Puffer
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- G36090 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1920 Colorado Ave, Santa Monica, CA 90404
- Phone
- (310) 319-4700
- Enumerated
- Aug 17, 2006
- Record last updated
- Feb 8, 2010 (not updated in 16 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 00G360900 CA
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify James Puffer in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
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- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Industry payments in 2024: $100.00
1 payment: grant; the largest payer was Djo, LLC. 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.
James Puffer among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California
James Puffer 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 updated2010 · 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).
192 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Santa Monica
They are 192 of the 5,151 NPPES records with a practice address in Santa Monica, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is James Puffer's NPI number?
James Puffer's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1699889840, issued on Aug 17, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is James Puffer located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1920 Colorado Ave, Santa Monica, CA, 90404. Phone: (310) 319-4700. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify James Puffer's license?
NPPES lists California license number G36090, 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.
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.