Joseph Alukal, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Riverside, CA
Joseph Alukal, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Riverside, California, and NPI 1801270699, issued on Jul 12, 2015. Check the license (California A174820, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joseph Alukal
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License numbers
- A174820 CA
MT208098 PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3390 University Ave Ste 100, Riverside, CA 92501
- Phone
- (844) 827-8000
- Enumerated
- Jul 12, 2015
- Record last updated
- Jun 28, 2023
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20251011000519); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Joseph Alukal in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A174820Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
94% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
198 Medicare Part D claims for 77 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Eliquis16 claims
- Furosemide13 claims
- Cephalexin12 claims
- Tamsulosin Hcl12 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium11 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 58.9 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $552.71
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Enterra Medical, Inc. 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
- Medstar Medical Group II LLCWashington, DC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Joseph Alukal among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California
Joseph Alukal, M.D. 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 2015, is newer than 76% of them.
- NPI issued2015 · 76% of these records are older, 21% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2014 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 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).
187 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Riverside
They are 187 of the 13,893 NPPES records with a practice address in Riverside, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Joseph Alukal, M.D.'s NPI number?
Joseph Alukal, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1801270699, issued on Jul 12, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joseph Alukal, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3390 University Ave Ste 100, Riverside, CA, 92501. Phone: (844) 827-8000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joseph Alukal, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A174820, 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 Joseph Alukal, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joseph Alukal, M.D. had 198 Medicare Part D claims for 77 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Joseph Alukal, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 58.9 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.