Joseph Friedrich, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Torrance, CA
Joseph Friedrich, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Torrance, California, and NPI 1194212357, issued on Apr 13, 2018. Check the license (California A163996, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joseph Friedrich
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- A163996 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Harbor-Ucla Medical Center, Torrance, CA 90509
- Phone
- (310) 222-2345
- Enumerated
- Apr 13, 2018
- Record last updated
- Jul 6, 2022
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20201207001501); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Georgetown University School Of Medicine, 2018
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Joseph Friedrich in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A163996Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
15% more Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
261 Medicare Part D claims for 174 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 30 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Cefdinir37 claims
- Naproxen32 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl28 claims
- Azithromycin14 claims
- Famotidine12 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass11 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: $13.92
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 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
- Torrance Emergency Physicians IncTorrance, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Joseph Friedrich among 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California
Joseph Friedrich, MD is one of 7,751 emergency 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 81% of them.
- NPI issued2018 · 81% of these records are older, 15% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated2018 · median 2011 among the 4,560 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 59% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
197 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Torrance
They are 197 of the 8,901 NPPES records with a practice address in Torrance, and 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Joseph Friedrich, MD's NPI number?
Joseph Friedrich, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1194212357, issued on Apr 13, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joseph Friedrich, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Harbor-Ucla Medical Center, Torrance, CA, 90509. Phone: (310) 222-2345. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joseph Friedrich, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A163996, 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 Friedrich, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joseph Friedrich, MD had 261 Medicare Part D claims for 174 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.