Joseph A. Cruz, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Pismo Beach, CA
Joseph A. Cruz, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Pismo Beach, California, and NPI 1598769929, issued on Jun 13, 2005. Check the license (California A49080, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joseph A. Cruz
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- A49080 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2 James Way, Pismo Beach, CA 93449
- Phone
- (805) 773-7440
- Enumerated
- Jun 13, 2005
- Record last updated
- Nov 28, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (805) 773-7448
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Joseph A. Cruz in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A49080Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Industry payments in 2024: $33.98
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Inari Medical, Inc. 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.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Joseph A. Cruz among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California
Joseph A. Cruz, 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 94% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 62% of these records are
- Record last updated2012 · 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).
23 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Pismo Beach
They are 23 of the 240 NPPES records with a practice address in Pismo Beach, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Joseph A. Cruz, MD's NPI number?
Joseph A. Cruz, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1598769929, issued on Jun 13, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joseph A. Cruz, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2 James Way, Pismo Beach, CA, 93449. Phone: (805) 773-7440. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joseph A. Cruz, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A49080, 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.
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.