Kathy Palatnik
Surgery Physician · El Segundo, CA
Kathy Palatnik is a surgery physician with a practice address in El Segundo, California, and NPI 1467767939, issued on Aug 9, 2010. Check the license (California A120567, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kathy Palatnik
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- A120567 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 222 N Pacific Coast Hwy Ste 2175, El Segundo, CA 90245
- Phone
- (877) 878-3289
- Enumerated
- Aug 9, 2010
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 222 N Pacific Coast Hwy Ste 2175
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Thuy Cao, MDSurgery Physician1306307848
- Gonzalo Cruz-Schiavone, M.D.Surgery Physician1578953485
- Kimberly Cuenca, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1568213270
- Thinh Dang, DPMStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1619618725
- Victoria DesimoneNurse Practitioner1144876244
- Tara Frazier, NPGerontology Nurse Practitioner1659926384
Verify Kathy Palatnik in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A120567Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS, AOA, NCCPA, AANPNot checked
11% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
155 Medicare Part D claims for 44 beneficiaries, against an average of 174 among the 21,427 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Clotrimazole-Betamethasone24 claims
- Ketoconazole21 claims
- Mupirocin21 claims
- Triamcinolone Acetonide20 claims
- Fluocinonide12 claims
- Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim11 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 Medicare quality 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: $89.18
1 payment, mostly food and beverage; the largest payer was Mimedx Group, Inc.. The 19,002 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,758.86 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.
One hospital or facility affiliation
- Robert Marriott Medical CorpPasadena, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians affiliations; Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.
9 surgery physician records list a El Segundo practice address
They are 9 of the 5,178 NPPES records with a El Segundo practice address, and 3,381 surgery physician records in California.
All 9 in El Segundo → All 3,381 in California → Every provider in El Segundo →
Other surgery physician records in California
- Oliver Aalami, M.D.Stanford, CA1225229024
- Shahram Aarabi, MDOakland, CA1972700458
- Miriam Abaunza, M.D.Los Angeles, CA1538470778
- Benjamin Abbadessa, M.D.San Diego, CA1255593612
- Abdul-Rahman Abdel-ReheemLos Angeles, CA1831770437
- Sandy Abdelkedous, MDFresno, CA1306093109
- Hana Abdirahman, MDTemecula, CA1265288112
- Sherwin Abdoli, MDPetaluma, CA1508386442
- Michael Abdulian, MDGlendale, CA1649469628
- Mhdshafic Abdulkarim, MDOrange, CA1750174249
Common questions
What is Kathy Palatnik's NPI number?
Kathy Palatnik's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1467767939, issued on Aug 9, 2010. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kathy Palatnik located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 222 N Pacific Coast Hwy Ste 2175, El Segundo, CA, 90245. Phone: (877) 878-3289. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kathy Palatnik's license?
NPPES lists California license number A120567, 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 Kathy Palatnik prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kathy Palatnik had 155 Medicare Part D claims for 44 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 174. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Kathy Palatnik's Medicare quality 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), loaded Aug 27, 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.
Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 27, 2026.