Luther Arms
Psychiatry Physician · San Francisco, CA
Luther Arms is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in San Francisco, California, and NPI 1518345941, issued on May 18, 2015. Check the license (California A157473, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Luther Arms
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- A157473 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1001 Potrero Ave, San Francisco, CA 94110
- Phone
- (628) 206-8426
- Enumerated
- May 18, 2015
- Record last updated
- Dec 4, 2023
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20220901001361); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of California, Davis School Of Medicine, 2017
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1001 Potrero Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Luther Arms in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A157473Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
7% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
927 Medicare Part D claims for 36 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Olanzapine104 claims
- Haloperidol Decanoate59 claims
- Benztropine Mesylate40 claims
- Divalproex Sodium Er35 claims
- Trazodone Hcl35 claims
- Lurasidone Hcl34 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- University OF California San FranciscoSan Francisco, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Luther Arms among 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California
Luther Arms 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 2015, is newer than 74% of them.
- NPI issued2015 · 74% of these records are older, 23% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 38% of these records are
- Graduated2017 · median 2005 among the 3,295 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 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).
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Common questions
What is Luther Arms's NPI number?
Luther Arms's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1518345941, issued on May 18, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Luther Arms located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1001 Potrero Ave, San Francisco, CA, 94110. Phone: (628) 206-8426. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Luther Arms's license?
NPPES lists California license number A157473, 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 Luther Arms prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Luther Arms had 927 Medicare Part D claims for 36 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.