NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

John D. Scala, MD

Internal Medicine Physician · Centennial, CO

John D. Scala, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Centennial, Colorado, and NPI 1972506160, issued on May 23, 2005. Check the license (Colorado 48613, as entered in NPPES) on the Colorado Medical Board; 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
1972506160
Name
John D. Scala
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License numbers
48613 CO
036096720 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
13111 E Briarwood Ave Ste 210, Centennial, CO 80112
Phone
(720) 463-0010
Enumerated
May 23, 2005
Record last updated
Mar 26, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(303) 593-2120
Medicaid IDs
75734044 CO
036096720 IL
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20180417001697); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of Illinois College Of Med (Chi/Peor/Rock/Chm-Urb), 1995
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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Verify John D. Scala in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersColorado Medical Board
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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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2% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024

3,119 Medicare Part D claims for 246 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 8% of claims. 79 claims were for opioids.

  1. John Scala3,119
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium277 claims
  2. Levothyroxine Sodium160 claims
  3. Amlodipine Besylate125 claims
  4. Lisinopril100 claims
  5. Tamsulosin Hcl99 claims
  6. Metformin Hcl87 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: $383.46

19 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. John Scala$383.46
  2. Specialty average$1,303.06

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

  1. Scala Medical PCCentennial, CO

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

John D. Scala among 2,046 internal medicine physician records in Colorado

John D. Scala, MD is one of 2,046 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Colorado. 71% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.

  • NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 90% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 71% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 53% of these records are
  • Graduated1995 · median 2006 among the 1,090 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2018 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Colorado practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Internal Medicine Physician providers in Colorado

There are 2,046 internal medicine physician records in Colorado.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Alan Aboaf, MDCentennial, CO 801121003866393
  2. Arthur Burroughs, MDCentennial, CO 801121770533911
  3. Thomas Gilmer, M.D.Centennial, CO 801121750331930
  4. John Harris, MDCentennial, CO 801121730206434
  5. Jae Lee, DO LLCCentennial, CO 801121114918588
  6. John Pack, MDCentennial, CO 801121184654972
  7. Sindhura PisipatiGreenwood Village, CO 801121336644988
  8. Vaishnavi Pochineni, MDGreenwood Village, CO 801121982037206

Common questions

What is John D. Scala, MD's NPI number?

John D. Scala, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1972506160, issued on May 23, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is John D. Scala, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 13111 E Briarwood Ave Ste 210, Centennial, CO, 80112. Phone: (720) 463-0010. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify John D. Scala, MD's license?

NPPES lists Colorado license number 48613, as entered by the provider. Search the Colorado Medical Board at https://dpo.colorado.gov/Medical. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does John D. Scala, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, John D. Scala, MD had 3,119 Medicare Part D claims for 246 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.