Luis Arturo Vera
Family Medicine Physician · Palm Springs, CA
Luis Arturo Vera is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Palm Springs, California, and NPI 1962936237, issued on Apr 13, 2017. Check the license (California A179188, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Luis Arturo Vera
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- A179188 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1150 N Indian Canyon Dr, Palm Springs, CA 92262
- Phone
- (760) 323-6511
- Enumerated
- Apr 13, 2017
- Record last updated
- Jun 25, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230913002757); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Temple University School Of Medicine, 2017
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Luis Arturo Vera in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A179188Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
87% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
472 Medicare Part D claims for 140 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 21 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium29 claims
- Ondansetron Odt25 claims
- Gabapentin21 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate20 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen19 claims
- Losartan Potassium19 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): 83.6 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.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $33.84
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Zoll Services LLC (a/k/a Zoll LifeCor Corp). 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.
Bills Medicare through 3 group practices
- Desert Group Services PCJoshua Tree, CA
- Desert Trauma Surgeons IncIndio, CA
- First Choice Physician PartnersPalm Springs, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Luis Arturo Vera among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California
Luis Arturo Vera 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 2017, is newer than 79% of them.
- NPI issued2017 · 79% of these records are older, 18% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated2017 · median 2005 among the 10,652 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 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).
63 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Palm Springs
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Common questions
What is Luis Arturo Vera's NPI number?
Luis Arturo Vera's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1962936237, issued on Apr 13, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Luis Arturo Vera located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1150 N Indian Canyon Dr, Palm Springs, CA, 92262. Phone: (760) 323-6511. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Luis Arturo Vera's license?
NPPES lists California license number A179188, 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 Luis Arturo Vera prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Luis Arturo Vera had 472 Medicare Part D claims for 140 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Luis Arturo Vera's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 83.6 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.
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.