Mark S. Wallace, MD
Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician · San Diego, CA
Mark S. Wallace, MD is a pain medicine (anesthesiology) physician with a practice address in San Diego, California, and NPI 1427098102, issued on Jun 8, 2006. Check the license (California G72906, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Mark S. Wallace
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician 207LP2900X
- License number
- G72906 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Ucsd Medical Center, San Diego, CA 92103
- Phone
- (619) 543-5720
- Enumerated
- Jun 8, 2006
- Record last updated
- Aug 21, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 00G729060 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20101208000219); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Creighton University School Of Medicine, 1987
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Mark S. Wallace in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license G72906Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
81% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average pain medicine (anesthesiology) physician in 2024
333 Medicare Part D claims for 69 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,750 among the 2,982 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 8% of claims. 175 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Duloxetine Hcl40 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl32 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen29 claims
- Gabapentin25 claims
- Tizanidine Hcl21 claims
- Morphine Sulfate Er19 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $15,499.22
27 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC. The 2,789 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,225.41 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
- Regents OF The University OF CaliforniaSan Diego, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Mark S. Wallace among 536 pain medicine (anesthesiology) physician records in California
Mark S. Wallace, MD is one of 536 pain medicine (anesthesiology) physician records with a practice address in California. 83% 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, 57% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 68% of these records are
- Graduated1987 · median 2004 among the 367 with a school on file
- Record last updated2018 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207LP2900X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician providers in California
There are 536 pain medicine (anesthesiology) physician records in California.
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- Jessica Oswald, MDSan Diego, CA 921031427315118
- Nathaniel Schuster, M.D.San Diego, CA 921031861781205
- Alicja Steiner, M.D.San Diego, CA 921011851309314
- John Gillick, MD, MPHSan Diego, CA 921071609845700
- Michael Huntley, MDSan Diego, CA 921081295762078
Common questions
What is Mark S. Wallace, MD's NPI number?
Mark S. Wallace, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1427098102, issued on Jun 8, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Mark S. Wallace, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Ucsd Medical Center, San Diego, CA, 92103. Phone: (619) 543-5720. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Mark S. Wallace, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number G72906, 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 S. Wallace, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Mark S. Wallace, MD had 333 Medicare Part D claims for 69 beneficiaries; the average among pain medicine (anesthesiology) physician prescribers was 1,750. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Mark S. Wallace, MD's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.