NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Kevin Howard Schachter, MD

Family Medicine Physician · Fountain Valley, CA

Kevin Howard Schachter, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Fountain Valley, California, and NPI 1013411636, issued on Mar 19, 2018. Check the license (California A167082, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1013411636
Name
Kevin Howard Schachter
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
License number
A167082 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
8970 Warner Ave, Fountain Valley, CA 92708
Phone
(714) 477-8400
Enumerated
Mar 19, 2018
Record last updated
Jan 16, 2023
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20210816001516); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Oakland Univ, William Beaumont School Of Medicine, 2018
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 8970 Warner Ave

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Afdal Allam, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1053486605
  2. Marcus Angulo, N.PFamily Nurse Practitioner1124486568
  3. Sharmeline Curameng, MSN, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1891116588
  4. Long Hua, MDInternal Medicine Physician1376046185
  5. Catherine Nguyen-Loh, DOFamily Medicine Physician1558828848

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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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53% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024

5,436 Medicare Part D claims for 516 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims. 122 claims were for opioids.

  1. Kevin Schachter5,436
  2. Specialty average3,544

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium392 claims
  2. Amlodipine Besylate196 claims
  3. Losartan Potassium194 claims
  4. Omeprazole153 claims
  5. Trazodone Hcl147 claims
  6. Levothyroxine Sodium145 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.

The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 84.4 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score90.7
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%57.4
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%100.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $153.42

3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Lilly USA, LLC. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Kevin Schachter$153.42
  2. Specialty average$902.55

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

  1. Hoag ClinicFountain Valley, CA

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Kevin Howard Schachter among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California

Kevin Howard Schachter, MD is one of 17,133 family medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2018, is newer than 82% of them.

  • NPI issued2018 · 82% of these records are older, 15% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
  • Graduated2018 · median 2005 among the 10,652 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2023 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

51 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Fountain Valley

They are 51 of the 2,190 NPPES records with a practice address in Fountain Valley, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.

The 8 family medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Arfa Babaknia, M.D.Fountain Valley, CA 927081205826849
  2. Hung-Chuan Cheng, M.D.Fountain Valley, CA 927081053389023
  3. Brian Coyne, M.D.Fountain Valley, CA 927081457306334
  4. Nasrin Damoui, MDFountain Valley, CA 927081841295326
  5. Robert Devereaux, MDFountain Valley, CA 927081043264781
  6. David Dunckel, MDFountain Valley, CA 927081518957794
  7. Edgar Fernandez, DOFountain Valley, CA 927081033157235
  8. Jo Lieberman Pan, MDFountain Valley, CA 927081598756090

Common questions

What is Kevin Howard Schachter, MD's NPI number?

Kevin Howard Schachter, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1013411636, issued on Mar 19, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Kevin Howard Schachter, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 8970 Warner Ave, Fountain Valley, CA, 92708. Phone: (714) 477-8400. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Kevin Howard Schachter, MD's license?

NPPES lists California license number A167082, 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 Howard Schachter, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Kevin Howard Schachter, MD had 5,436 Medicare Part D claims for 516 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Kevin Howard Schachter, MD's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 84.4 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

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.

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