Joseph Ricci, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
Medical Physician Assistant · Santa Maria, CA
Joseph Ricci, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT is a medical physician assistant with a practice address in Santa Maria, California, and NPI 1649685280, issued on Jun 23, 2014. Check the license (California 51681, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joseph Ricci
- Credential
- PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
- Primary taxonomy
- Medical Physician Assistant 363AM0700X
- License number
- 51681 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA 93454
- Phone
- (805) 739-3000
- Enumerated
- Jun 23, 2014
- Record last updated
- Jun 23, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20140821002888); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Joseph Ricci in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license 51681Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
47% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average medical physician assistant in 2024
608 Medicare Part D claims for 344 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,148 among the 23,801 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 27 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Mupirocin76 claims
- Clobetasol Propionate34 claims
- Fluorouracil34 claims
- Cephalexin30 claims
- Prednisone28 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate27 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): 94.6 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: $760.15
31 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Biotech, Inc. The 16,165 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,055.00 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
- J Robert West MD IncNewport Beach, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Joseph Ricci among 3,376 medical physician assistant records in California
Joseph Ricci, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT is one of 3,376 medical physician assistant records with a practice address in California. 69% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2014, is newer than 58% of them.
- NPI issued2014 · 58% of these records are older, 38% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 69% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 40% of these records are
- Graduated2014 · median 2012 among the 1,347 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363AM0700X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
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- Cristine Fernandez, P.A.-CSanta Maria, CA 934541851480057
- Priscilla McGee, PA-CSanta Maria, CA 934541124267141
- Debora Moore, PA CSanta Maria, CA 934541992798706
- Scarlett Okerblom-Sincoff, PA-CSanta Maria, CA 934541467804880
- Steve Osani, PA-C, FAAPASanta Maria, CA 934541124286893
Common questions
What is Joseph Ricci, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT's NPI number?
Joseph Ricci, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1649685280, issued on Jun 23, 2014. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joseph Ricci, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA, 93454. Phone: (805) 739-3000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joseph Ricci, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT's license?
NPPES lists California license number 51681, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Joseph Ricci, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joseph Ricci, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT had 608 Medicare Part D claims for 344 beneficiaries; the average among medical physician assistant prescribers was 1,148. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Joseph Ricci, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 94.6 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.