Lee F. Carter, MD
Cardiovascular Disease Physician · Newport Beach, CA
Lee F. Carter, MD is a cardiovascular disease physician with a practice address in Newport Beach, California, and NPI 1801904388, issued on Aug 26, 2006. Check the license (California G65924, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Lee F. Carter
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Cardiovascular Disease Physician 207RC0000X
- License number
- G65924 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 351 Hospital RD Ste 307, Newport Beach, CA 92663
- Phone
- (949) 612-8108
- Enumerated
- Aug 26, 2006
- Record last updated
- Aug 19, 2024
- Fax
- (949) 612-8048
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040401001011); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of California, Irvine, California College Of Medicine, 1987
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Lee F. Carter in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license G65924Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
48% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average cardiovascular disease physician in 2024
1,598 Medicare Part D claims for 230 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,078 among the 20,728 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 28% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Eliquis143 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium127 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium126 claims
- Repatha Sureclick107 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate91 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate79 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: $1,057.36
39 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 16,686 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,819.56 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.
Lee F. Carter among 2,574 cardiovascular disease physician records in California
Lee F. Carter, MD is one of 2,574 cardiovascular disease physician records with a practice address in California. 83% 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 10% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 10% of these records are older, 45% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 68% of these records are
- Graduated1987 · median 1999 among the 1,742 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 63% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RC0000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers in California
There are 2,574 cardiovascular disease physician records in California.
All 2,574 in California → Every provider in Newport Beach → Cardiovascular Disease Physician nationwide →
The 8 cardiovascular disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Thomas Benvenuti, MDNewport Beach, CA 926631699708966
- Darel Benvenuti, MDNewport Beach, CA 926631912915364
- Jeffrey Bruss, M.D.Newport Beach, CA 926631942290309
- Bonnie Gainer, M.D.Newport Beach, CA 926631972592319
- Richard Haskell, M.D.Newport Beach, CA 926631992794465
- Neala Hunter, M.D.Newport Beach, CA 926631952390395
- Dipti Itchhaporia, MDNewport Beach, CA 926631316990070
- Desmond Levin, M.D.Newport Beach, CA 926631730178807
Common questions
What is Lee F. Carter, MD's NPI number?
Lee F. Carter, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1801904388, issued on Aug 26, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Lee F. Carter, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 351 Hospital RD Ste 307, Newport Beach, CA, 92663. Phone: (949) 612-8108. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Lee F. Carter, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number G65924, 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 Lee F. Carter, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Lee F. Carter, MD had 1,598 Medicare Part D claims for 230 beneficiaries; the average among cardiovascular disease physician prescribers was 3,078. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Lee F. Carter, 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.