Mark Needham, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Santa Monica, CA
Mark Needham, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Santa Monica, California, and NPI 1578590659, issued on Jun 26, 2006. Check the license (California G48491, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Mark Needham
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- G48491 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 901 Wilshire Blvd FL 3, Santa Monica, CA 90401
- Phone
- (310) 315-7900
- Enumerated
- Jun 26, 2006
- Record last updated
- Apr 19, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (310) 829-8903
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20071227000503); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Clvlnd Clinic Lerner College Of Med Of Case Wstn Rsv University, 1981
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Mark Needham in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license G48491Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
6% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
3,763 Medicare Part D claims for 346 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 99 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium238 claims
- Losartan Potassium168 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate127 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium124 claims
- Zolpidem Tartrate107 claims
- Tamsulosin Hcl106 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: $272.93
8 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Amgen Inc. 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 one group practice
- Providence Saint Johns Medical FoundationSanta Monica, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Mark Needham among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California
Mark Needham, MD 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
- Graduated1981 · median 2005 among the 10,652 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 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).
192 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Santa Monica
They are 192 of the 5,151 NPPES records with a practice address in Santa Monica, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Mark Needham, MD's NPI number?
Mark Needham, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1578590659, issued on Jun 26, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Mark Needham, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 901 Wilshire Blvd FL 3, Santa Monica, CA, 90401. Phone: (310) 315-7900. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Mark Needham, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number G48491, 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 Mark Needham, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Mark Needham, MD had 3,763 Medicare Part D claims for 346 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.