NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Michelle A. Charfen, M.D.

Emergency Medicine Physician · Santa Monica, CA

Michelle A. Charfen, M.D. is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Santa Monica, California, and NPI 1588602486, issued on Jun 3, 2006. Check the license (California A81309, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1588602486
Name
Michelle A. Charfen
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License number
A81309 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1250 16TH St, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Phone
(310) 319-4000
Enumerated
Jun 3, 2006
Record last updated
Sep 19, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(405) 751-3183
Medicaid ID
00A813090 CA
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20040820000679); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Harvard Medical School, 2001
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 1250 16TH St

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Melanie Altamirano-CariagaNurse Practitioner1588060198
  2. Miguel Arellano, NPNurse Practitioner1295460806
  3. Jason Bahk, M.D.Hospitalist Physician1245573187
  4. Christopher BelfourEmergency Medicine Physician1518259837
  5. Umesh Bhagia, MDSurgery Physician1568468528
  6. Cassandra Blaylock, NPHematology & Oncology Physician1588043400

Verify Michelle A. Charfen in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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2.9 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average emergency medicine physician in 2024

659 Medicare Part D claims for 388 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Michelle Charfen659
  2. Specialty average226

Most prescribed

  1. Cephalexin75 claims
  2. Doxycycline Hyclate65 claims
  3. Albuterol Sulfate Hfa46 claims
  4. Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass42 claims
  5. Prednisone37 claims
  6. Fluticasone Propionate31 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.

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Torrance Health Association IncManhattan Beach, CA

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Michelle A. Charfen among 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California

Michelle A. Charfen, M.D. is one of 7,751 emergency 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 2006, is newer than 4% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 4% of these records are older, 60% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
  • Graduated2001 · median 2011 among the 4,560 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2012 · 59% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Emergency Medicine Physician providers in California

There are 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California.

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The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Isaac Bash, MDSanta Monica, CA 904041619934643
  2. Victor Candioty, MDSanta Monica, CA 904041437116472
  3. Edward Cotner, MDSanta Monica, CA 904041023074044
  4. Patricia Drum-Lal, PACSanta Monica, CA 904041639136674
  5. Walid Ghurabi, D.O.Santa Monica, CA 904041073566931
  6. Daniel Grossman, MDSanta Monica, CA 904041386601326
  7. Amy Kijner, PASanta Monica, CA 904041235197849
  8. Russ Kino, MDSanta Monica, CA 904041699732636

Common questions

What is Michelle A. Charfen, M.D.'s NPI number?

Michelle A. Charfen, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1588602486, issued on Jun 3, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Michelle A. Charfen, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1250 16TH St, Santa Monica, CA, 90404. Phone: (310) 319-4000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Michelle A. Charfen, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists California license number A81309, 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 Michelle A. Charfen, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Michelle A. Charfen, M.D. had 659 Medicare Part D claims for 388 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.

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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.