Margaret Chen, M.D
Internal Medicine Physician · Escondido, CA
Margaret Chen, M.D is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Escondido, California, and NPI 1659305084, issued on Jul 10, 2006. Check the license (California A61751, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Margaret Chen
- Credential
- M.D
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- A61751 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 460 N Elm St, Escondido, CA 92025
- Phone
- (760) 737-2000
- Enumerated
- Jul 10, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (760) 737-2039
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060120000870); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Tufts University School Of Medicine, 1995
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 460 N Elm St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Anmar AlhaddadPhysician Assistant1780573634
- Lucy Artman, PA-CPhysician Assistant1962213116
- Michael Avila, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1962936450
- Ruth Bravo, NPNurse Practitioner1013938224
- Betty Brown, NPNurse Practitioner1659394716
- Samantha Chambers, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1851768667
Verify Margaret Chen in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A61751Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
11% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
3,541 Medicare Part D claims for 290 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 17% of claims. 47 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium238 claims
- Metformin Hcl207 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate163 claims
- Lisinopril159 claims
- Simvastatin152 claims
- Ozempic120 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: $146.91
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. 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 one group practice
- Neighborhood HealthcareEscondido, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Margaret Chen among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California
Margaret Chen, 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 2006, is newer than 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 56% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1995 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 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).
44 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Escondido
They are 44 of the 3,509 NPPES records with a practice address in Escondido, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Margaret Chen, M.D's NPI number?
Margaret Chen, M.D's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1659305084, issued on Jul 10, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Margaret Chen, M.D located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 460 N Elm St, Escondido, CA, 92025. Phone: (760) 737-2000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Margaret Chen, M.D's license?
NPPES lists California license number A61751, 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 Margaret Chen, M.D prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Margaret Chen, M.D had 3,541 Medicare Part D claims for 290 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.