Louis Hernandez, M.D.
Family Medicine Physician · Madera, CA
Louis Hernandez, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Madera, California, and NPI 1730295189, issued on Aug 21, 2006. Check the license (California 00A444470, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Louis Hernandez
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 00A444470 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 405 Riverside Dr, Madera, CA 93638
- Phone
- (559) 661-0247
- Enumerated
- Aug 21, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 26, 2017 (not updated in 9 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (559) 661-0744
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110815000250); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Louis Hernandez in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license 00A444470Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.6 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
9,248 Medicare Part D claims for 526 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 21% of claims. 115 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium654 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate576 claims
- Metformin Hcl432 claims
- Lisinopril394 claims
- Losartan Potassium306 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium246 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: $773.92
39 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was GlaxoSmithKline, 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.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Louis Hernandez among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California
Louis Hernandez, M.D. 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 2006, is newer than 6% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 6% of these records are older, 59% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated1988 · median 2005 among the 10,652 with a school on file
- Record last updated2017 · 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).
Family Medicine Physician providers in California
There are 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.
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The 8 family medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Kenneth Bernstein, M.D.Madera, CA 936381366425357
- Carolina Gutierrez GarciaMadera, CA 936381063039055
- Sidra Khan, M.DMadera, CA 936381235507351
- Joel Ramirez, M.D.Madera, CA 936381124356829
- Shaheen Sarthaj, MDMadera, CA 936381750933248
- Valerie Williams, M.D.Madera, CA 936381306562186
- Kayhan Bangash, MDMadera, CA 936371285071894
- Michael Bohlman, M.D.Madera, CA 936371386756799
Common questions
What is Louis Hernandez, M.D.'s NPI number?
Louis Hernandez, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1730295189, issued on Aug 21, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Louis Hernandez, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 405 Riverside Dr, Madera, CA, 93638. Phone: (559) 661-0247. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Louis Hernandez, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number 00A444470, 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 Hernandez, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Louis Hernandez, M.D. had 9,248 Medicare Part D claims for 526 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.