Louis Anthony Fontana, M.D.
Psychiatry Physician · Chula Vista, CA
Louis Anthony Fontana, M.D. is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Chula Vista, California, and NPI 1780734343, issued on Jan 12, 2007. Check the license (California G49072, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Louis Anthony Fontana
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- G49072 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 678 Third Ave, Chula Vista, CA 91910
- Phone
- (909) 838-3836
- Enumerated
- Jan 12, 2007
- Record last updated
- Jun 26, 2024
- Fax
- (619) 271-0644
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20131111000828); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Michigan State University College Of Human Medicine, 1980
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 678 Third Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Louis Anthony Fontana in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license G49072Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
21% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
793 Medicare Part D claims for 91 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Sertraline Hcl106 claims
- Risperidone66 claims
- Aripiprazole57 claims
- Buspirone Hcl53 claims
- Venlafaxine Hcl Er48 claims
- Olanzapine44 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: $1,006.60
8 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 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
- Centro DE Salud DE LA Comunidad DE San Ysidro, Inc.Chula Vista, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Louis Anthony Fontana among 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California
Louis Anthony Fontana, M.D. is one of 8,673 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in California. 67% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 33% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 33% of these records are older, 48% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 38% of these records are
- Graduated1980 · median 2005 among the 3,295 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Psychiatry Physician providers in California
There are 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California.
All 8,673 in California → Every provider in Chula Vista → Psychiatry Physician nationwide →
The 8 psychiatry physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Ankur Bindal, M.D., M.P.HChula Vista, CA 919101588820880
- Jared BlommelChula Vista, CA 919101841753712
- Craig Brown, MDChula Vista, CA 919101730239989
- Thomas Dixon, MD, PHDChula Vista, CA 919101144883190
- Tomonori Fukui, M.D.Chula Vista, CA 919101366519670
- Henry Kane, M.D.Chula Vista, CA 919101609839273
- Yaroslav Kushnir, M.D.Chula Vista, CA 919101730274176
- Russell Lim, M.D.Chula Vista, CA 919101831173970
Common questions
What is Louis Anthony Fontana, M.D.'s NPI number?
Louis Anthony Fontana, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1780734343, issued on Jan 12, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Louis Anthony Fontana, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 678 Third Ave, Chula Vista, CA, 91910. Phone: (909) 838-3836. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Louis Anthony Fontana, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number G49072, 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 Louis Anthony Fontana, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Louis Anthony Fontana, M.D. had 793 Medicare Part D claims for 91 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.