Jorge A. Carrera, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Encinitas, CA
Jorge A. Carrera, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Encinitas, California, and NPI 1184728586, issued on Sep 7, 2006. Check the license (California G58033, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Jorge A. Carrera
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- G58033 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 285 N. EL Camino Real, Encinitas, CA 92024
- Phone
- (760) 635-1777
- Enumerated
- Sep 7, 2006
- Record last updated
- May 11, 2009 (not updated in 17 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (760) 635-1779
- Medicaid ID
- 00G58033 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20090413000391); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Illinois College Of Med (Chi/Peor/Rock/Chm-Urb), 1985
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 285 N. EL Camino Real
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Jorge A. Carrera in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license G58033Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
41% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
1,888 Medicare Part D claims for 183 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 17% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium152 claims
- Metformin Hcl115 claims
- Lisinopril103 claims
- Losartan Potassium87 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate70 claims
- Fluticasone Propionate65 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: $28.78
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was ViiV Healthcare Company. 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.
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
- Centro DE Salud DE LA Comunidad DE San Ysidro, Inc.Escondido, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Jorge A. Carrera among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California
Jorge A. Carrera, MD is one of 17,696 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 79% 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 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 56% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1985 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
- Record last updated2009 · 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 California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
63 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Encinitas
They are 63 of the 1,874 NPPES records with a practice address in Encinitas, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Jorge A. Carrera, MD's NPI number?
Jorge A. Carrera, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1184728586, issued on Sep 7, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Jorge A. Carrera, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 285 N. EL Camino Real, Encinitas, CA, 92024. Phone: (760) 635-1777. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Jorge A. Carrera, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number G58033, 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 Jorge A. Carrera, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Jorge A. Carrera, MD had 1,888 Medicare Part D claims for 183 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.