Michele R. Staunton, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Mission Viejo, CA
Michele R. Staunton, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Mission Viejo, California, and NPI 1659358646, issued on Dec 29, 2005. Check the license (California G68004, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Michele R. Staunton
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- G68004 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 26800 Crown Valley Pkwy, Mission Viejo, CA 92691
- Phone
- (949) 364-6000
- Enumerated
- Dec 29, 2005
- Record last updated
- Jan 28, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (949) 364-3213
- Medicaid ID
- 00G680040 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050922001259); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Vanderbilt University School Of Medicine, 1988
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Michele R. Staunton in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license G68004Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
70% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
968 Medicare Part D claims for 79 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims. 26 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate66 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium58 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium51 claims
- Zolpidem Tartrate41 claims
- Lorazepam36 claims
- Lisinopril23 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: $36.56
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Sanofi-Aventis U.S. 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
- Providence Medical FoundationFullerton, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Michele R. Staunton among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California
Michele R. Staunton, 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 95% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1988 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
- Record last updated2013 · 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).
58 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Mission Viejo
They are 58 of the 2,156 NPPES records with a practice address in Mission Viejo, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Michele R. Staunton, M.D.'s NPI number?
Michele R. Staunton, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1659358646, issued on Dec 29, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Michele R. Staunton, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 26800 Crown Valley Pkwy, Mission Viejo, CA, 92691. Phone: (949) 364-6000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Michele R. Staunton, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number G68004, 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 Michele R. Staunton, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Michele R. Staunton, M.D. had 968 Medicare Part D claims for 79 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.