Kala Swamynathan, M.D.
Specialist · Stockton, CA
Kala Swamynathan, M.D. is a specialist with a practice address in Stockton, California, and NPI 1427029768, issued on Jan 26, 2006. Check the license (California A63877, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kala Swamynathan
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Specialist 174400000X
- License number
- A63877 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1805 N California St, Stockton, CA 95204
- Phone
- (209) 948-5515
- Enumerated
- Jan 26, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 31, 2008 (not updated in 18 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (209) 948-9321
- Medicaid ID
- 00A638771 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050308000655); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Kala Swamynathan in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license A63877Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
25% more Medicare Part D claims than the average specialist in 2024
1,723 Medicare Part D claims for 475 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,380 among the 8,233 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 51% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost471 claims
- Dorzolamide-Timolol197 claims
- Azelastine Hcl107 claims
- Lumigan84 claims
- Timolol Maleate78 claims
- Brimonidine Tartrate71 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $530.66
18 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Biotissue Holdings Inc. The 5,844 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,760.79 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
- Gagnon Vision Medical Group IncPleasanton, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Kala Swamynathan among 5,749 specialist records in California
Kala Swamynathan, M.D. is one of 5,749 specialist records with a practice address in California. 30% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 7% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 7% of these records are older, 60% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 30% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 19% of these records are
- Graduated1988 · median 1989 among the 1,075 with a school on file
- Record last updated2008 · 77% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 174400000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Specialist providers in California
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Common questions
What is Kala Swamynathan, M.D.'s NPI number?
Kala Swamynathan, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1427029768, issued on Jan 26, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kala Swamynathan, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1805 N California St, Stockton, CA, 95204. Phone: (209) 948-5515. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kala Swamynathan, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A63877, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Kala Swamynathan, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kala Swamynathan, M.D. had 1,723 Medicare Part D claims for 475 beneficiaries; the average among specialist prescribers was 1,380. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Kala Swamynathan, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.