James Ezra Sheppard, DO
Family Medicine Physician · Los Alamitos, CA
James Ezra Sheppard, DO is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Los Alamitos, California, and NPI 1255686044, issued on Jul 17, 2012. Check the license (California 20A 12325, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- James Ezra Sheppard
- Credential
- DO
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 20A 12325 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3700 Katella Ave Ste D, Los Alamitos, CA 90720
- Phone
- (562) 855-2700
- Enumerated
- Jul 17, 2012
- Record last updated
- Feb 14, 2024
- Fax
- (562) 855-2710
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20120831000411); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify James Ezra Sheppard in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license 20A 12325Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
58% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
1,488 Medicare Part D claims for 137 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium134 claims
- Lisinopril72 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium68 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate56 claims
- Omeprazole53 claims
- Benazepril Hcl44 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $13.80
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Prohealth Partners, A Medical GroupLong Beach, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
James Ezra Sheppard among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California
James Ezra Sheppard, DO 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 2012, is newer than 66% of them.
- NPI issued2012 · 66% of these records are older, 32% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated2009 · median 2005 among the 10,652 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 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).
18 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Los Alamitos
They are 18 of the 1,035 NPPES records with a practice address in Los Alamitos, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.
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- Nancy Helms, PACLos Alamitos, CA 907201407878143
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- Gregory Kimura, MDLos Alamitos, CA 907201962421958
Common questions
What is James Ezra Sheppard, DO's NPI number?
James Ezra Sheppard, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1255686044, issued on Jul 17, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is James Ezra Sheppard, DO located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3700 Katella Ave Ste D, Los Alamitos, CA, 90720. Phone: (562) 855-2700. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify James Ezra Sheppard, DO's license?
NPPES lists California license number 20A 12325, 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 James Ezra Sheppard, DO prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, James Ezra Sheppard, DO had 1,488 Medicare Part D claims for 137 beneficiaries; 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.