NPI registry status
Active
2026 NPPES data Family Medicine Physician NPI 1659389419 DO
Verify on CMS → Julie Wei Shatzel, DO
Family Medicine Physician in Palo Alto, California.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 150,125 in Family Medicine Physician, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.
Federal data, no proprietary rating.
We show these CMS records as-is - no composite score, no star rating, no editorial opinion layered on top.
Prescribing volume
432
Medicare Part D claims · 15 beneficiaries · Family Medicine Physician avg: 4K
Generic prescribing
68%
generic claims · 32% brand-name · higher generic rates reduce patient out-of-pocket costs
MIPS score
96.5/100
▲ 13 pts above national avg 83.5 · Exceptional
Industry payments
$17.91
1 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File, 2024
What the federal data shows
Julie Wei Shatzel, DO reported a CMS MIPS final score of 96.5/100 - above the 83.5 national average - and filed 432 Medicare Part D claims in 2024.
- 96.5/100
- MIPS score · +13 vs avg
- 432
- Part D claims, 2024
- 68%
- generic prescribing
- Likely
- board-certified (heuristic)
Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.
Federal trust snapshot
What official records show about Julie Wei Shatzel, DO
Federal records show an active NPI with both Medicare prescribing volume and a measured CMS quality score — objective registry data, not patient reviews.
- Verified
NPI registry status
Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1659389419), first enumerated 08/04/2006.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 432 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.
Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF
- Reported
CMS quality reporting (MIPS)
Reported a CMS MIPS final score of 96.5/100 in the Quality Payment Program — a federal quality measure, not a patient review.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program
- Reported
Board certification signal
Heuristic suggests board-certified status based on ABMS-eligible specialty taxonomy plus active CMS participation signals — not a direct ABMS verification.
- Reported
Hospital affiliations
2 CMS Care Compare hospital affiliations on record — practice footprint from the Doctors and Clinicians file.
Source: CMS Care Compare
- Reported
Industry payment transparency
$17.91 in reported industry payments (1 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.
Source: CMS Open Payments
- State context
State board disciplinary context
California statewide board action statistics are published annually — these figures describe aggregate state activity, not Julie Wei Shatzel, DO's individual license status. Verify directly with the state medical board.
Source: MBC annual report 2023
- Not in federal data
Individual sanction lookup
PlainDoctor does not publish per-provider disciplinary determinations. Confirm current license and any individual actions through the state medical board or FSMB verification service.
Source: State medical board / FSMB
This trust snapshot summarizes only what appears in federal CMS/NPPES public records. It is not a composite score, star rating, patient review, or clinical recommendation. PlainDoctor never fabricates reviews or AggregateRating schema.
CMS NPPES provider registry desk
NPI 1659389419 · Family Medicine Physician
NPI-10 · ENUM-LEGACY · TAX-MEGA · MIPS-ELITE · RX-LIGHT · BOOK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH
- NPI-10 1659389419
- ENUM-LEGACY 2006
- TAX-MEGA 150K Family Medicine
- MIPS-ELITE 96.5/100
- RX-LIGHT 432
- BOOK-MID 16,272 in California
- PHOTO-FINISH Wendy Cicek Steiger · ±0.0
MIPS final-score neighbourhood
Same-specialty nationwide peers by CMS final score, not geographic proximity
- Wei Shatzel · th…
Wei Shatzel · this provider
96.5 MIPS pts
- Josh Ostrue · hi…
Josh Ostrue
96.5 MIPS pts
- Wendy Cicek Stei…
Wendy Cicek Steiger
96.5 MIPS pts
- Reyn Higa · near
Reyn Higa
96.5 MIPS pts
- Ryan Nicholas · …
Ryan Nicholas
96.5 MIPS pts
What this shows Nearest measured MIPS peers for this NUCC specialty (2023 performance year).
Julie Wei Shatzel, DO's MIPS score vs every measured U.S. clinician
CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) final score, 2023, the federal quality measure. Clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded.
97 ≥ 82nd percentile 82% of 454,083 measured providers are in lower value bands
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more measured providers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
The percentile is a conservative whole-score-point band: it counts only measured clinicians in lower score bands. A CMS MIPS metric is not a recommendation or a clinical-quality rating by PlainDoctor. See methodology § corpus placement.
Source CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) · 2023
Where Julie Wei Shatzel, DO sits
This provider among family medicine physician peers
Across the 21,266 family medicine physician providers who report both Medicare Part D prescribing and a MIPS quality score, Julie Wei Shatzel, DO writes more Part D claims than 22% of them and scores higher on MIPS quality than 85% - placing this provider in the lower-volume, high-quality quadrant. Volume reflects patient-panel size and specialty, not quality; the two axes are independent.
Each dot is one family medicine physician peer from a representative sample of 60; the gold marker is Julie Wei Shatzel, DO. Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber data and the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, 2023.
✓
Board certification likely (heuristic, not verified)
Julie Wei Shatzel, DO practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + MIPS quality reporting + 2 hospital affiliations - signals consistent with board-certified status. For verified board certification, see CertificationMatters.org (the official ABMS public lookup).
What does the federal data show about Julie Wei Shatzel, DO?
High performer (top quartile)Primary specialty
Family Medicine Physician
Medicare Part D claims
432 88% vs specialty avg
MIPS final score
96.5/100 13 pts vs avg
Specialty distribution in California
How Family Medicine Physician compares to other specialties among California providers
Medicare quality performance, MIPS
Julie Wei Shatzel, DO's 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Family Medicine Physician national average
- MIPS Final Score
- 96.5/100
- vs 83.5 national avg · 2023 performance year
How MIPS and board certification work
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.
Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).
Practice Address
Provider Details
| NPI | 1659389419 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Family Medicine Physician |
| Credentials | DO |
| Gender | Female |
| NPI Issued | 08/04/2006 |
CMS Quality Score (MIPS)
Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.
96.5085
Final Score
Measured-score avg: 83.5
80.342
Quality
100
Promoting Interoperability
Reporting: Alternative Payment Model
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where Julie Wei Shatzel, DO bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" - a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.
Dignity Health Medical Foundation
Folsom, CA
Sutter Bay Medical Foundation
Palo Alto, CA
Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).
Industry payments received (2024) - CMS Open Payments transparency data
The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for Julie Wei Shatzel, DO. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$18
Largest payer
Daiichi Sankyo Inc.
Most common payment type
Food and Beverage
Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias, they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.
License & disciplinary context - California MBC 2023 annual report
Aggregate state board data only, NOT a determination of any individual provider's status. The figures below describe statewide disciplinary activity across all ~150K California medical licensees in 2023 - they are NOT specific to Julie Wei Shatzel, DO. To verify Julie Wei Shatzel, DO's current license status, search the MBC public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.
576
Total board actions, California 2023
Across 556 cases
3.84
Actions per 1,000 licensees
California statewide rate
probation
Most common action type
186 cases
MBC publishes annual disciplinary statistics as part of public-record reporting under each state's Administrative Procedure Act. See the full breakdown by action type and year on the California disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.
Brand vs generic prescribing mix · Above average
Julie Wei Shatzel, DO - brand share 32.0%
Family Medicine Physician average
32% brand-name claims vs 68% generic, on 432 2024 Medicare Part D claims.
The federal Medicare Part D Generic Dispensing Rate national benchmark sits near 90% generic / 10% brand for primary-care prescribers, per CMS Office of the Actuary 2024 estimates. Higher brand share is common in specialty prescribing where generic equivalents are not available.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.
432
Total Claims
$16K
Total Drug Cost
15
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 443
- Total Day Supply
- 12,510
- Brand vs Generic
- 32% brand / 68% generic
- Brand Drug Cost
- $12K
- Generic Drug Cost
- $4K
- Antibiotic Claims
- 21
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 84.4 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 0.99
- Age Distribution
- <65: 0, 65-74: N/A, 75-84: N/A, 85+: N/A
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What Julie Wei Shatzel, DO prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024
- Levothyroxine Sodium
Levothyroxine Sodium
88 claims
- Gabapentin 31
Gabapentin
31 claims
- Sertraline Hcl 26
Sertraline Hcl
26 claims
- Potassium Chloride 24
Potassium Chloride
24 claims
- Vascepa 22
Vascepa
22 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate 16
Amlodipine Besylate
16 claims
- Digoxin 13
Digoxin
13 claims
- Ezetimibe 13
Ezetimibe
13 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 88 |
| Gabapentin | 31 |
| Sertraline Hcl | 26 |
| Potassium Chloride | 24 |
| Vascepa Icosapent Ethyl | 22 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 16 |
| Digoxin | 13 |
| Ezetimibe | 13 |
| Metformin Hcl | 13 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 13 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
Family Medicine Physician Overview
How Julie Wei Shatzel, DO fits within the Family Medicine Physician landscape nationally.
150,125
Family Medicine Physician Providers in US
56
States with Family Medicine Physician
3,519
Avg Claims per Provider
Julie Wei Shatzel, DO's 432 claims are below the specialty average of 3,519.
Nationwide Family Medicine Physician peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Wei Shatzel, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Similar MIPS final score
Nearest same-specialty clinicians by CMS MIPS final score (96.5 here).
Same NPPES enumeration year (2006)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Family Medicine Physician Providers in California
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in California, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Wei Shatzel.
One of 16,272 Family Medicine Physician providers enrolled in California, 5 are shown here.
Dr. Omer Aba-Omer
MD
Santa Monica, CA
Dr. Michelle Ababa
MD
Wilmington, CA
Dr. Anna Tzeitel Abalos
MD
Roseville, CA
Dr. Adan Abarca
MD
Anaheim, CA
Dr. Vanessa Abarca
DO
Ventura, CA
Compare Family Medicine Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Julie Wei Shatzel, DO's specialty? ▼
Julie Wei Shatzel, DO specializes in Family Medicine Physician and practices in Palo Alto, California. Credentials: DO.
How much does Julie Wei Shatzel, DO prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Julie Wei Shatzel, DO wrote 432 Medicare Part D claims totaling $16K in drug costs for 15 beneficiaries.
What is Julie Wei Shatzel, DO's Medicare quality score? ▼
Julie Wei Shatzel, DO has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 96.5/100 (Quality: 80.3). The average MIPS Final Score across the 454,083 clinicians with at least one published category score is 83.5; clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded from that average. Source: CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 2023.
Where is Julie Wei Shatzel, DO located? ▼
Julie Wei Shatzel, DO is located at 795 EL CAMINO REAL, Palo Alto, CA, 94301. Phone: (650) 853-2984.
What is Julie Wei Shatzel, DO's NPI number? ▼
Julie Wei Shatzel, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1659389419, issued on 08/04/2006.
Does Julie Wei Shatzel, DO prescribe more brand-name or generic drugs? ▼
Julie Wei Shatzel, DO's prescribing is 32% brand-name and 68% generic drugs by claim count, with $12K in brand drug costs.
How many Family Medicine Physician providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 150,125 Family Medicine Physician providers across 56 states in the US. The average Family Medicine Physician provider writes 3,519 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Julie Wei Shatzel, DO prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, Julie Wei Shatzel, DO's most frequently prescribed drugs include Levothyroxine Sodium, Gabapentin, Sertraline Hcl. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Julie Wei Shatzel, DO accept Medicare? ▼
Julie Wei Shatzel, DO appears in CMS Medicare data with 432 Part D claims and 15 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Julie Wei Shatzel, DO's credentials? ▼
Julie Wei Shatzel, DO's NPI is 1659389419 with credentials DO. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.
Data Sources
View source datasets and methodology notes
- Provider Directory
- CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
- Specialty Classification
- NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
- Prescribing Data
- CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2024). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
- Quality Performance
- CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) - 2023 performance year.
- Limitations
- Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.
See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.
Data as of August 2026 (NPPES) / 2024 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Disclaimer: Data from CMS NPPES and Medicare Part D. PlainDoctor does not rate or rank providers. Provider information is self-reported and may not be current. Always verify information directly with the provider. About · Methodology
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