NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Joseph Albright, DPM

Primary Podiatric Medicine Podiatrist · Watsonville, CA

Joseph Albright, DPM is a primary podiatric medicine podiatrist with a practice address in Watsonville, California, and NPI 1568991073, issued on Jun 8, 2017. Check the license (California E5736, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1568991073
Name
Joseph Albright
Credential
DPM
Primary taxonomy
Primary Podiatric Medicine Podiatrist 213EP1101X
License number
E5736 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
47 Penny LN Ste 1, Watsonville, CA 95076
Phone
(831) 728-8844
Enumerated
Jun 8, 2017
Record last updated
Nov 9, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20210611002134); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Kent State University College Of Podiatric Medicine, 2017
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 47 Penny LN Ste 1

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

  1. William Hopkins, DPMPrimary Podiatric Medicine Podiatrist1679625636
  2. Joshua Mitnick, DPMFoot Surgery Podiatrist1811006596

Verify Joseph Albright in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
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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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58% more Medicare Part D claims than the average primary podiatric medicine podiatrist in 2024

532 Medicare Part D claims for 204 beneficiaries, against an average of 336 among the 566 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 3% of claims. 40 claims were for opioids.

  1. Joseph Albright532
  2. Specialty average336

Most prescribed

  1. Meloxicam93 claims
  2. Cephalexin51 claims
  3. Doxycycline Hyclate48 claims
  4. Mupirocin41 claims
  5. Terbinafine Hcl36 claims
  6. Methylprednisolone33 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: $461.15

7 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Alafair Biosciences, Inc. The 385 providers of this specialty with any payment received $2,997.17 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Joseph Albright$461.15
  2. Specialty average$2,997.17

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. Bay Area Foot Care IncWatsonville, CA

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

Joseph Albright among 86 primary podiatric medicine podiatrist records in California

Joseph Albright, DPM is one of 86 primary podiatric medicine podiatrist records with a practice address in California. 73% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2017, is newer than 88% of them.

  • NPI issued2017 · 88% of these records are older, 10% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 73% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
  • Graduated2017 · median 1999 among the 57 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2021 · 64% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 213EP1101X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Primary Podiatric Medicine Podiatrist providers in California

There are 86 primary podiatric medicine podiatrist records in California.

The 8 primary podiatric medicine podiatrist records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. William Hopkins, DPMWatsonville, CA 950761679625636
  2. Nicole Surdock, D.P.M.Watsonville, CA 950761174674436
  3. Igal Palma, DPMStockton, CA 952061033759709
  4. Deepshikha Gupta-Schunck, D.P.M.Stockton, CA 952091437112620
  5. Thomas Fitzgerald, DPMRohnert Park, CA 949281841231834
  6. Teresa Van Woy, DPMSan Pablo, CA 948061124182316
  7. Manpreet Brar, DPMTurlock, CA 953801619117181
  8. Linh Huynh, DPMTurlock, CA 953801063475614

Common questions

What is Joseph Albright, DPM's NPI number?

Joseph Albright, DPM's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1568991073, issued on Jun 8, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Joseph Albright, DPM located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 47 Penny LN Ste 1, Watsonville, CA, 95076. Phone: (831) 728-8844. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Joseph Albright, DPM's license?

NPPES lists California license number E5736, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Joseph Albright, DPM prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Joseph Albright, DPM had 532 Medicare Part D claims for 204 beneficiaries; the average among primary podiatric medicine podiatrist prescribers was 336. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Joseph Albright, DPM'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.