Michael Tam
Physician Assistant · Berkeley, CA
Michael Tam is a physician assistant with a practice address in Berkeley, California, and NPI 1619529518, issued on Jul 10, 2019. Check the license (California PA61646, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Michael Tam
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License numbers
- PA61646 CA
085-008017 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2850 Telegraph Ave Ste 120, Berkeley, CA 94705
- Phone
- (510) 204-8140
- Enumerated
- Jul 10, 2019
- Record last updated
- May 6, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20250514001771); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Michael Tam in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license PA61646Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
60% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
330 Medicare Part D claims for 45 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 132 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen88 claims
- Gabapentin61 claims
- Cyclobenzaprine Hcl27 claims
- Buprenorphine23 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: $191.49
8 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Boston Scientific Corporation. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 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
- Sutter Bay Medical FoundationCastro Valley, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Michael Tam among 14,451 physician assistant records in California
Michael Tam is one of 14,451 physician assistant records with a practice address in California. 75% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2019, is newer than 56% of them.
- NPI issued2019 · 56% of these records are older, 38% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 50% of these records are
- Graduated2020 · median 2018 among the 7,214 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 40% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Physician Assistant providers in California
There are 14,451 physician assistant records in California.
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The 8 physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Sabra Daly, PABerkeley, CA 947051043271448
- Cody Dam, PA-CBerkeley, CA 947051568172583
- Broheen Elias, PA-CBerkeley, CA 947051164586681
- Jordan Faulkner, MSPAS, PA-CBerkeley, CA 947051689111759
- Lucas FogartyBerkeley, CA 947051033676622
- Juliana Fritz, PA-CBerkeley, CA 947051912561689
Common questions
What is Michael Tam's NPI number?
Michael Tam's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1619529518, issued on Jul 10, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Michael Tam located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2850 Telegraph Ave Ste 120, Berkeley, CA, 94705. Phone: (510) 204-8140. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Michael Tam's license?
NPPES lists California license number PA61646, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Michael Tam prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Michael Tam had 330 Medicare Part D claims for 45 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. 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.