Michelle Zhang
Pulmonary Disease Physician · Encinitas, CA
Michelle Zhang is a pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in Encinitas, California, and NPI 1538521422, issued on Mar 22, 2016. Check the license (California A163284, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Michelle Zhang
- Primary taxonomy
- Pulmonary Disease Physician 207RP1001X
- License number
- A163284 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 354 Santa FE Dr, Encinitas, CA 92024
- Phone
- (760) 633-6507
- Enumerated
- Mar 22, 2016
- Record last updated
- Apr 19, 2022
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20210813001685); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Boston University School Of Medicine, 2016
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Michelle Zhang in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A163284Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
46% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average pulmonary disease physician in 2024
764 Medicare Part D claims for 206 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,425 among the 11,596 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 58% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa87 claims
- Prednisone81 claims
- Trelegy Ellipta68 claims
- Eliquis66 claims
- Breztri Aerosphere36 claims
- Xarelto31 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: $640.69
25 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 8,806 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,159.88 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 2 group practices
- Acute Care Associates IncEncinitas, CA
- Scott A Eisman MD IncEncinitas, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Michelle Zhang among 1,443 pulmonary disease physician records in California
Michelle Zhang is one of 1,443 pulmonary disease physician records with a practice address in California. 84% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2016, is newer than 86% of them.
- NPI issued2016 · 86% of these records are older, 11% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 74% of these records are
- Graduated2016 · median 2002 among the 1,061 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RP1001X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Pulmonary Disease Physician providers in California
There are 1,443 pulmonary disease physician records in California.
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The 8 pulmonary disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Dennis Amundson, DOEncinitas, CA 920241477524403
- Scott Eisman, M.D.Encinitas, CA 920241275511420
- Kevin Fussell, M.D.Encinitas, CA 920241164404901
- William Hooper, MDEncinitas, CA 920241720052988
- Andrew Hsing, M.D.Encinitas, CA 920241790769131
- Alisha Kabadi, MDEncinitas, CA 920241356838957
- Michael Miller, MDEncinitas, CA 920241790342699
- Robert Savage, M.D.Encinitas, CA 920241881694891
Common questions
What is Michelle Zhang's NPI number?
Michelle Zhang's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1538521422, issued on Mar 22, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Michelle Zhang located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 354 Santa FE Dr, Encinitas, CA, 92024. Phone: (760) 633-6507. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Michelle Zhang's license?
NPPES lists California license number A163284, 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 Zhang prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Michelle Zhang had 764 Medicare Part D claims for 206 beneficiaries; the average among pulmonary disease physician prescribers was 1,425. 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.