NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

John Charles Stein, MD

Emergency Medicine Physician · Novato, CA

John Charles Stein, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Novato, California, and NPI 1942284898, issued on Dec 5, 2005. Check the license (California A68197, 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 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1942284898
Name
John Charles Stein
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License number
A68197 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
180 Rowland Way, Novato, CA 94945
Phone
(209) 342-2300
Enumerated
Dec 5, 2005
Record last updated
Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(209) 524-4240
Medicaid ID
00A681970 CA
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20050208000273); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Geisel School Of Medicine At Dartmouth, 1997
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 180 Rowland Way

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

  1. Michael Abbo, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1205819042
  2. Jacob Adams, DOCritical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician1558595090
  3. Daniel Ames, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1902162456
  4. Richard Bodony, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1225011422
  5. William Budge, M.D.Cardiovascular Disease Physician1326137464
  6. Crystal Chang, M.D.Diagnostic Radiology Physician1518253012

Verify John Charles Stein 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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2.7 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average emergency medicine physician in 2024

605 Medicare Part D claims for 407 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 84 claims were for opioids.

  1. John Stein605
  2. Specialty average226

Most prescribed

  1. Prednisone58 claims
  2. Cephalexin57 claims
  3. Azithromycin50 claims
  4. Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen44 claims
  5. Albuterol Sulfate Hfa36 claims
  6. Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass34 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.

No measured MIPS final score for 2023

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $49.35

2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. 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. John Stein$49.35
  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 one group practice

  1. San Francisco Emergency Medical AssociatesSan Francisco, CA

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

John Charles Stein among 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California

John Charles Stein, 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.

  • NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 96% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
  • Graduated1997 · median 2011 among the 4,560 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2007 · 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 Abbo, MDNovato, CA 949451205819042
  2. Richard Bodony, MDNovato, CA 949451225011422
  3. Wendy Cole, MDNovato, CA 949451366426637
  4. Timothy Gee, MDNovato, CA 949451952384695
  5. Heather Lucas Ehmer, D.O.Novato, CA 949451558393678
  6. George Rygg, MDNovato, CA 949451487637518
  7. Lauren Bence, M.D.Mill Valley, CA 949411336471697
  8. John Elliott, MDMill Valley, CA 949411043224280

Common questions

What is John Charles Stein, MD's NPI number?

John Charles Stein, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1942284898, issued on Dec 5, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is John Charles Stein, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 180 Rowland Way, Novato, CA, 94945. Phone: (209) 342-2300. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify John Charles Stein, MD's license?

NPPES lists California license number A68197, 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 Charles Stein, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, John Charles Stein, MD had 605 Medicare Part D claims for 407 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is John Charles Stein, MD's MIPS final score?

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.

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.