Mark Salama, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Palm Desert, CA
Mark Salama, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Palm Desert, California, and NPI 1811570302, issued on May 3, 2021. Check the license (California A194239, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Mark Salama
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- A194239 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 78120 Wildcat Dr, Palm Desert, CA 92211
- Phone
- (760) 340-2682
- Enumerated
- May 3, 2021
- Record last updated
- Aug 16, 2024
- Fax
- (760) 773-9695
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20240830003253); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Mark Salama in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A194239Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
65% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
1,256 Medicare Part D claims for 317 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims. 11 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium115 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate66 claims
- Losartan Potassium59 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium55 claims
- Lisinopril51 claims
- Eliquis35 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: $110.47
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Revance Therapeutics, 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.
One hospital affiliation
- Eisenhower Medical CenterRancho Mirage, CA · Acute Care Hospitals4 of 5 stars
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through); hospitals matched to CMS Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.
Mark Salama among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California
Mark Salama, 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 2021, is newer than 91% of them.
- NPI issued2021 · 91% of these records are older, 6% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated2021 · median 2005 among the 10,652 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 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).
30 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Palm Desert
They are 30 of the 1,495 NPPES records with a practice address in Palm Desert, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.
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The 8 family medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Reham Attia, M.D.Palm Desert, CA 922111639453905
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- Aurora Benson, D.O.Palm Desert, CA 922111053435032
- Mark Benson, D.O.Palm Desert, CA 922111760506745
- Mark Dela Cruz, MDPalm Desert, CA 922111932266103
- Janet Kerrigan, DOPalm Desert, CA 922111952377954
- Frank Kerrigan, DOPalm Desert, CA 922111730155730
- Mira May Magsino, MDPalm Desert, CA 922111831487883
Common questions
What is Mark Salama, MD's NPI number?
Mark Salama, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1811570302, issued on May 3, 2021. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Mark Salama, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 78120 Wildcat Dr, Palm Desert, CA, 92211. Phone: (760) 340-2682. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Mark Salama, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A194239, 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 Salama, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Mark Salama, MD had 1,256 Medicare Part D claims for 317 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.