Joseph Paul Shepherd
Medical Physician Assistant · San Diego, CA
Joseph Paul Shepherd is a medical physician assistant with a practice address in San Diego, California, and NPI 1437657020, issued on Jan 29, 2018. Check the license (California 55304, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joseph Paul Shepherd
- Primary taxonomy
- Medical Physician Assistant 363AM0700X
- License number
- 55304 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 823 Gateway Center Way, San Diego, CA 92102
- Phone
- (619) 515-2300
- Enumerated
- Jan 29, 2018
- Record last updated
- Feb 15, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20180206000975); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Joseph Paul Shepherd in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license 55304Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
66% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average medical physician assistant in 2024
386 Medicare Part D claims for 81 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,148 among the 23,801 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium50 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate21 claims
- Omeprazole16 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa15 claims
- Ozempic13 claims
- Famotidine12 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: $254.04
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abiomed. 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
- Family Health Centers OF San Diego IncSan Diego, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Joseph Paul Shepherd among 3,376 medical physician assistant records in California
Joseph Paul Shepherd 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 2018, is newer than 71% of them.
- NPI issued2018 · 71% of these records are older, 26% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 69% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 40% of these records are
- Graduated2017 · median 2012 among the 1,347 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 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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Common questions
What is Joseph Paul Shepherd's NPI number?
Joseph Paul Shepherd's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1437657020, issued on Jan 29, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joseph Paul Shepherd located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 823 Gateway Center Way, San Diego, CA, 92102. Phone: (619) 515-2300. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joseph Paul Shepherd's license?
NPPES lists California license number 55304, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Joseph Paul Shepherd prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joseph Paul Shepherd had 386 Medicare Part D claims for 81 beneficiaries; the average among medical physician assistant prescribers was 1,148. 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.