Maneesh Suresh Penkar, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Torrance, CA
Maneesh Suresh Penkar, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Torrance, California, and NPI 1639480247, issued on Jun 29, 2010. Check the license (California C167686, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Maneesh Suresh Penkar
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License numbers
- C167686 CA
2013-01695 NC
LL32972 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3701 Skypark Dr Ste 105, Torrance, CA 90505
- Phone
- (310) 373-1400
- Enumerated
- Jun 29, 2010
- Record last updated
- May 27, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (310) 791-7977
- Medicaid IDs
- NC1887 SC
1639480247 NC - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20200728003223); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Maneesh Suresh Penkar in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license C167686Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
44% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
1,764 Medicare Part D claims for 363 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 65 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate67 claims
- Meloxicam67 claims
- Losartan Potassium62 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium54 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium53 claims
- Cephalexin46 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: $44.32
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Pfizer Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- Beach Cities Internal MedicineTorrance, CA
- Maneesh Suresh Penkar MD IncTorrance, CA
- William E Kim MD IncTorrance, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Maneesh Suresh Penkar among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California
Maneesh Suresh Penkar, M.D. is one of 17,696 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2010, is newer than 63% of them.
- NPI issued2010 · 63% of these records are older, 34% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2010 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
231 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Torrance
They are 231 of the 8,901 NPPES records with a practice address in Torrance, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Maneesh Suresh Penkar, M.D.'s NPI number?
Maneesh Suresh Penkar, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1639480247, issued on Jun 29, 2010. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Maneesh Suresh Penkar, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3701 Skypark Dr Ste 105, Torrance, CA, 90505. Phone: (310) 373-1400. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Maneesh Suresh Penkar, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number C167686, 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 Maneesh Suresh Penkar, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Maneesh Suresh Penkar, M.D. had 1,764 Medicare Part D claims for 363 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.