NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Jeffrey Robert Merz-Herrala, MD

Emergency Medicine Physician · San Francisco, CA

Jeffrey Robert Merz-Herrala, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in San Francisco, California, and NPI 1619505120, issued on Mar 30, 2020. Check the license (California A184839, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1619505120
Name
Jeffrey Robert Merz-Herrala
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License number
A184839 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
520 Illinois St, San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone
(415) 353-9188
Enumerated
Mar 30, 2020
Record last updated
Sep 23, 2025
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20231114002791); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Harvard Medical School, 2020
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 520 Illinois St

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Ada Edwards, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1053869073
  2. Ixel GarciaPhysical Therapist1417831850
  3. Sagar Kadakia, DOFamily Medicine Physician1154909240
  4. Jirayut Latthivongskorn, MD, MPHFamily Medicine Physician1508422403
  5. James Radford, DO, DCFamily Medicine Physician1023188026
  6. Natalie Rosekrans, DPTPhysical Therapist1609707132

Verify Jeffrey Robert Merz-Herrala in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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65% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024

79 Medicare Part D claims for 49 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Jeffrey Merz-Herrala79
  2. Specialty average226

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: $29.73

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was TerSera Therapeutics LLC. 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.

  1. Jeffrey Merz-Herrala$29.73
  2. Specialty average$953.79

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Bills Medicare through 4 group practices

  1. Permanente Medical Group IncSan Leandro, CA
  2. University Anesthesia Medical GroupSan Francisco, CA
  3. University OF California San FranciscoSan Francisco, CA
  4. University OF California Sfgh Medical GroupSan Francisco, CA

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Jeffrey Robert Merz-Herrala among 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California

Jeffrey Robert Merz-Herrala, MD 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 2020, is newer than 88% of them.

  • NPI issued2020 · 88% of these records are older, 8% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
  • Graduated2020 · median 2011 among the 4,560 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2025 · 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).

Emergency Medicine Physician providers in California

There are 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California.

The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Michael Burg, MDSan Francisco, CA 941431497713150
  2. Laura Catena, MDSan Francisco, CA 941431225089568
  3. Christopher Fee, MDSan Francisco, CA 941431992762207
  4. Susan Lambe, MDSan Francisco, CA 941431588628598
  5. Matthew Lewin, MD, PHDSan Francisco, CA 941431043269277
  6. Daniel McDermott, MDSan Francisco, CA 941431316996556
  7. Jay Menaker, M.D.San Francisco, CA 941431568437176
  8. Lance Montauk, MDSan Francisco, CA 941431902862840

Common questions

What is Jeffrey Robert Merz-Herrala, MD's NPI number?

Jeffrey Robert Merz-Herrala, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1619505120, issued on Mar 30, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Jeffrey Robert Merz-Herrala, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 520 Illinois St, San Francisco, CA, 94143. Phone: (415) 353-9188. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Jeffrey Robert Merz-Herrala, MD's license?

NPPES lists California license number A184839, 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 Jeffrey Robert Merz-Herrala, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Jeffrey Robert Merz-Herrala, MD had 79 Medicare Part D claims for 49 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.