Kenneth Mensch, MD
Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician · Capitola, CA
Kenneth Mensch, MD is an orthopaedic hand surgery physician with a practice address in Capitola, California, and NPI 1538556576, issued on Apr 16, 2015. Check the license (California A172840, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kenneth Mensch
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician 207XS0106X
- License number
- A172840 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4140 Jade St Ste 100, Capitola, CA 95010
- Phone
- (831) 475-4024
- Enumerated
- Apr 16, 2015
- Record last updated
- Sep 21, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20210713001785); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Vermont College Of Medicine, 2015
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 4140 Jade St Ste 100
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Kenneth Mensch in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A172840Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
42% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average orthopaedic hand surgery physician in 2024
107 Medicare Part D claims for 80 beneficiaries, against an average of 186 among the 2,203 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of claims. 62 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen29 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl21 claims
- Ibuprofen17 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: $511.50
9 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Axogen. The 1,819 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,529.86 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Golden State Orthopedics And SpineCapitola, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Kenneth Mensch among 288 orthopaedic hand surgery physician records in California
Kenneth Mensch, MD is one of 288 orthopaedic hand surgery physician records with a practice address in California. 85% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2015, is newer than 86% of them.
- NPI issued2015 · 86% of these records are older, 11% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 85% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 74% of these records are
- Graduated2015 · median 2004 among the 214 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 59% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207XS0106X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician providers in California
There are 288 orthopaedic hand surgery physician records in California.
All 288 in California → Every provider in Capitola → Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician nationwide →
The 8 orthopaedic hand surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Rajveen Sendher, MD, FRCSC, MHSCCampbell, CA 950081003191396
- Casimir Dowd, MDLos Gatos, CA 950301720303530
- Reginald McCoy, M.D.Los Gatos, CA 950301902957178
- Delaney Keane, DOLos Gatos, CA 950321689137879
- Tung Le, MDSanta Clara, CA 950511609955343
- David Nelson, M.D.Greenbrae, CA 949041033220850
- Stephanie Gancarczyk, M.D.San Jose, CA 951191467746024
- Katherine Gray, M.D.San Jose, CA 951191265631741
Common questions
What is Kenneth Mensch, MD's NPI number?
Kenneth Mensch, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1538556576, issued on Apr 16, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kenneth Mensch, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4140 Jade St Ste 100, Capitola, CA, 95010. Phone: (831) 475-4024. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kenneth Mensch, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A172840, 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 Kenneth Mensch, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kenneth Mensch, MD had 107 Medicare Part D claims for 80 beneficiaries; the average among orthopaedic hand surgery physician prescribers was 186. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Kenneth Mensch, MD'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.