Michelle Busching, PA-C
Physician Assistant · La Jolla, CA
Michelle Busching, PA-C is a physician assistant with a practice address in La Jolla, California, and NPI 1720598808, issued on Oct 3, 2017. Check the license (California 54908, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Michelle Busching
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- 54908 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3855 Health Sciences Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037
- Phone
- (858) 822-6193
- Enumerated
- Oct 3, 2017
- Record last updated
- Nov 21, 2017 (not updated in 9 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20171129001755); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 3855 Health Sciences Drive
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Verify Michelle Busching in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license 54908Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
51% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
410 Medicare Part D claims for 143 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 18% of claims. 27 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Letrozole48 claims
- Anastrozole47 claims
- Exemestane41 claims
- Verzenio25 claims
- Tamoxifen Citrate22 claims
- Gabapentin18 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: $664.69
7 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC. 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
- 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).
136 physician assistant records list a practice address in La Jolla
They are 136 of the 3,648 NPPES records with a practice address in La Jolla, and 14,451 physician assistant records in California.
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Common questions
What is Michelle Busching, PA-C's NPI number?
Michelle Busching, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1720598808, issued on Oct 3, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Michelle Busching, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3855 Health Sciences Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92037. Phone: (858) 822-6193. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Michelle Busching, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists California license number 54908, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Michelle Busching, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Michelle Busching, PA-C had 410 Medicare Part D claims for 143 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.