Kevin Burton Merkes, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Poway, CA
Kevin Burton Merkes, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Poway, California, and NPI 1760578744, issued on Oct 5, 2006. Check the license (California A77209, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kevin Burton Merkes
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- A77209 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 15525 Pomerado RD Ste A1, Poway, CA 92064
- Phone
- (858) 485-6444
- Enumerated
- Oct 5, 2006
- Record last updated
- Aug 8, 2025
- Fax
- (858) 485-0371
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20051108000754); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Loma Linda University School Of Medicine, 2000
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 15525 Pomerado RD Ste A1
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Kevin Burton Merkes in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A77209Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
86% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
5,910 Medicare Part D claims for 495 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 242 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium357 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium289 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate278 claims
- Lisinopril220 claims
- Hydrochlorothiazide196 claims
- Losartan Potassium173 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: $1,513.63
72 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Lilly USA, LLC. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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 2 group practices
- Focus ON Health IncPoway, CA
- North County Internists Medical CorporationPoway, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Kevin Burton Merkes among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California
Kevin Burton Merkes, MD is one of 17,696 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 79% 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 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 56% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2000 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
23 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Poway
They are 23 of the 1,306 NPPES records with a practice address in Poway, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Kevin Burton Merkes, MD's NPI number?
Kevin Burton Merkes, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1760578744, issued on Oct 5, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kevin Burton Merkes, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 15525 Pomerado RD Ste A1, Poway, CA, 92064. Phone: (858) 485-6444. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kevin Burton Merkes, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A77209, 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 Kevin Burton Merkes, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kevin Burton Merkes, MD had 5,910 Medicare Part D claims for 495 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.