John G. Issa, MD
Hospitalist Physician · Long Beach, CA
John G. Issa, MD is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Long Beach, California, and NPI 1043233976, issued on Jul 25, 2006. Check the license (California A48968, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- John G. Issa
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License number
- A48968 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5150 E Pacific Coast Hwy, Long Beach, CA 90804
- Phone
- (562) 491-9883
- Enumerated
- Jul 25, 2006
- Record last updated
- Aug 1, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100301000438); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify John G. Issa 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
8.9 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average hospitalist physician in 2024
4,656 Medicare Part D claims for 279 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 48 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium293 claims
- Eliquis173 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate156 claims
- Clopidogrel126 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium119 claims
- Furosemide114 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: $19.75
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. The 7,324 providers of this specialty with any payment received $494.84 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 GroupLos Alamitos, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
John G. Issa among 3,099 hospitalist physician records in California
John G. Issa, MD is one of 3,099 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in California. 90% 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, 73% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 81% of these records are
- Graduated1988 · median 2010 among the 2,505 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Hospitalist Physician providers in California
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Common questions
What is John G. Issa, MD's NPI number?
John G. Issa, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1043233976, issued on Jul 25, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is John G. Issa, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5150 E Pacific Coast Hwy, Long Beach, CA, 90804. Phone: (562) 491-9883. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify John G. Issa, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A48968, 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 John G. Issa, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, John G. Issa, MD had 4,656 Medicare Part D claims for 279 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. 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.