NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Joseph D. Bettencourt, MD

Family Medicine Physician · Paso Robles, CA

Joseph D. Bettencourt, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Paso Robles, California, and NPI 1396796215, issued on May 15, 2006. Check the license (California A067264, 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 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1396796215
Name
Joseph D. Bettencourt
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
License number
A067264 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
2120 Golden Hill Road, Paso Robles, CA 93446
Phone
(805) 434-2240
Enumerated
May 15, 2006
Record last updated
Sep 19, 2023
Fax
(805) 434-0102
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20100201000006); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of Southern California Keck School Of Medicine, 1996
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
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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  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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3.0 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024

10,714 Medicare Part D claims for 699 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims. 139 claims were for opioids.

  1. Joseph Bettencourt10,714
  2. Specialty average3,544

Most prescribed

  1. Rosuvastatin Calcium1,174 claims
  2. Amlodipine Besylate749 claims
  3. Lisinopril688 claims
  4. Levothyroxine Sodium541 claims
  5. Losartan Potassium459 claims
  6. Metoprolol Succinate458 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: $40.01

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Boston Scientific Corporation. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Joseph Bettencourt$40.01
  2. Specialty average$902.55

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. David B. HammerTempleton, CA

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

Joseph D. Bettencourt among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California

Joseph D. Bettencourt, MD is one of 17,133 family 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 2006, is newer than 6% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 6% of these records are older, 59% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
  • Graduated1996 · median 2005 among the 10,652 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2023 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

11 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Paso Robles

They are 11 of the 382 NPPES records with a practice address in Paso Robles, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.

The 8 family medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Bruce Barnett, M.D.Paso Robles, CA 934461497773675
  2. Abduselam Barre, MDPaso Robles, CA 934461356542245
  3. Craig Brown, M.D.Paso Robles, CA 934461891038535
  4. Angelo Chavez Guerrero, M.D.Paso Robles, CA 934461235465774
  5. Aaron Collins, D.O.Paso Robles, CA 934461396904736
  6. Robert Dingler, M.D.Paso Robles, CA 934461194712653
  7. Scott Greaves, MDPaso Robles, CA 934461750377974
  8. Rhys Jones, M.D.Paso Robles, CA 934461457394538

Common questions

What is Joseph D. Bettencourt, MD's NPI number?

Joseph D. Bettencourt, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1396796215, issued on May 15, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Joseph D. Bettencourt, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2120 Golden Hill Road, Paso Robles, CA, 93446. Phone: (805) 434-2240. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Joseph D. Bettencourt, MD's license?

NPPES lists California license number A067264, 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 D. Bettencourt, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Joseph D. Bettencourt, MD had 10,714 Medicare Part D claims for 699 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.