Joann L. Totah, PA
Medical Physician Assistant · Poway, CA
Joann L. Totah, PA is a medical physician assistant with a practice address in Poway, California, and NPI 1962579425, issued on Nov 29, 2006. Check the license (California PA13882, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joann L. Totah
- Credential
- PA
- Primary taxonomy
- Medical Physician Assistant 363AM0700X
- License number
- PA13882 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 15644 Pomerado RD, Poway, CA 92064
- Phone
- (858) 592-7045
- Enumerated
- Nov 29, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 2, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20160127001175); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Joann L. Totah in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license PA13882Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
54% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average medical physician assistant in 2024
523 Medicare Part D claims for 357 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,148 among the 23,801 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 11 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Ciclopirox81 claims
- Cefadroxil41 claims
- Amoxicillin34 claims
- Doxycycline Monohydrate27 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa23 claims
- Prednisone22 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Southern California Permanente Medical GroupSan Diego, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Joann L. Totah among 3,376 medical physician assistant records in California
Joann L. Totah, PA is one of 3,376 medical physician assistant records with a practice address in California. 69% 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 2% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 2% of these records are older, 80% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 69% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 40% of these records are
- Graduated1992 · median 2012 among the 1,347 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363AM0700X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Medical Physician Assistant providers in California
There are 3,376 medical physician assistant records in California.
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The 8 medical physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Maria Aceves, PA-CPoway, CA 920641710973862
- Katherine Bradshaw-Smith, PHYSICIAN ASST CERTPoway, CA 920641235214602
- Baharak Forouzan, PAPoway, CA 920641427421569
- Kayla Schmidt, PA-C, MPAPPoway, CA 920641760863443
- Gary Chiswick, P.A.San Marcos, CA 920691174964001
- Claudia Salazar, PA-SSan Marcos, CA 920691649906108
- Jamie Spence, PA-CSan Marcos, CA 920691518133032
- Jodi Tarutis, PA-CSan Marcos, CA 920691124138169
Common questions
What is Joann L. Totah, PA's NPI number?
Joann L. Totah, PA's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1962579425, issued on Nov 29, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joann L. Totah, PA located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 15644 Pomerado RD, Poway, CA, 92064. Phone: (858) 592-7045. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joann L. Totah, PA's license?
NPPES lists California license number PA13882, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Joann L. Totah, PA prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joann L. Totah, PA had 523 Medicare Part D claims for 357 beneficiaries; the average among medical physician assistant prescribers was 1,148. 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.