Jose Bernardo Contreras, M.D.
Pulmonary Disease Physician · Fountain Valley, CA
Jose Bernardo Contreras, M.D. is a pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in Fountain Valley, California, and NPI 1629490438, issued on Jan 14, 2014. Check the license (California C196192, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Jose Bernardo Contreras
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Pulmonary Disease Physician 207RP1001X
- License number
- C196192 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 18837 Brookhurst St Ste 110, Fountain Valley, CA 92708
- Phone
- (714) 462-3688
- Enumerated
- Jan 14, 2014
- Record last updated
- Jun 10, 2025
- Fax
- (714) 462-9220
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20240715003618); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 18837 Brookhurst St Ste 110
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Sana FazalbhoyCommunity Health Worker1568153245
- Derek NovidaMarriage & Family Therapist1417076688
- Jacqueline Ormerod, BA, BA HONORSMental Health Counselor1518141118
- Renuka Patel, M.D.Psychiatry Physician1104817147
- Caitlyn SchallmannClinical Social Worker1770192494
Verify Jose Bernardo Contreras in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license C196192Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
67% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average pulmonary disease physician in 2024
464 Medicare Part D claims for 147 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,425 among the 11,596 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 59% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa115 claims
- Breo Ellipta55 claims
- Advair Hfa30 claims
- Trelegy Ellipta27 claims
- Anoro Ellipta21 claims
- Wixela Inhub19 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: $610.37
25 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. The 8,806 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,159.88 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 2 group practices
- Inpatient Specialists OF California PCLong Beach, CA
- UC RegentsOrange, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Jose Bernardo Contreras among 1,443 pulmonary disease physician records in California
Jose Bernardo Contreras, M.D. is one of 1,443 pulmonary disease physician records with a practice address in California. 84% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2014, is newer than 80% of them.
- NPI issued2014 · 80% of these records are older, 17% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 74% of these records are
- Graduated2011 · median 2002 among the 1,061 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RP1001X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Pulmonary Disease Physician providers in California
There are 1,443 pulmonary disease physician records in California.
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The 8 pulmonary disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Manoochehr Abadian Sharifabad, M.D.Fountain Valley, CA 927081164655817
- Malaygiri Aparnath, MDFountain Valley, CA 927081497937460
- Thomas AsciutoFountain Valley, CA 927081649298852
- Abhishek Bhardwaj, M.D.Fountain Valley, CA 927081578844783
- Prakash Bondade, M.D.Fountain Valley, CA 927081457310583
- Hoang Le, M.D.Fountain Valley, CA 927081104886241
- Ramesh Patel, M.D.Fountain Valley, CA 927081235327644
- Samarjit Singh, MDFountain Valley, CA 927081689786139
Common questions
What is Jose Bernardo Contreras, M.D.'s NPI number?
Jose Bernardo Contreras, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1629490438, issued on Jan 14, 2014. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Jose Bernardo Contreras, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 18837 Brookhurst St Ste 110, Fountain Valley, CA, 92708. Phone: (714) 462-3688. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Jose Bernardo Contreras, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number C196192, 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 Jose Bernardo Contreras, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Jose Bernardo Contreras, M.D. had 464 Medicare Part D claims for 147 beneficiaries; the average among pulmonary disease physician prescribers was 1,425. 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.