Joseph Escobar, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Los Angeles, CA
Joseph Escobar, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Los Angeles, California, and NPI 1356846620, issued on Mar 28, 2018. Check the license (California A173567, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joseph Escobar
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- A173567 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1300 N Vermont Ave Ste 610, Los Angeles, CA 90027
- Phone
- (818) 268-5536
- Enumerated
- Mar 28, 2018
- Record last updated
- Sep 8, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20211129002369); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Joseph Escobar in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A173567Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
80% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
722 Medicare Part D claims for 108 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate62 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium30 claims
- Losartan Potassium23 claims
- Lisinopril20 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium20 claims
- Hydrochlorothiazide19 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: $241.98
6 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Lilly USA, LLC. 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 Escobar among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California
Joseph Escobar, 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 2018, is newer than 82% of them.
- NPI issued2018 · 82% of these records are older, 15% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated2018 · median 2005 among the 10,652 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 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).
829 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Los Angeles
They are 829 of the 69,537 NPPES records with a practice address in Los Angeles, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Joseph Escobar, MD's NPI number?
Joseph Escobar, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1356846620, issued on Mar 28, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joseph Escobar, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1300 N Vermont Ave Ste 610, Los Angeles, CA, 90027. Phone: (818) 268-5536. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joseph Escobar, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A173567, 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 Escobar, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joseph Escobar, MD had 722 Medicare Part D claims for 108 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.