Mustafa Adam Alwash, M.D
Hospitalist Physician · San Diego, CA
Mustafa Adam Alwash, M.D is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in San Diego, California, and NPI 1679936439, issued on Mar 30, 2016. Check the license (California 160516, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Mustafa Adam Alwash
- Credential
- M.D
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License number
- 160516 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 7901 Frost St, San Diego, CA 92123
- Phone
- (858) 541-0181
- Enumerated
- Mar 30, 2016
- Record last updated
- Aug 21, 2023
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20190815001683); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Mustafa Adam Alwash in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license 160516Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
About as many Medicare Part D claims as the average hospitalist physician in 2024
519 Medicare Part D claims for 203 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 38 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa29 claims
- Cefuroxime28 claims
- Furosemide20 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium19 claims
- Prednisone18 claims
- Bumetanide16 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 73.6 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $157.35
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 7,324 providers of this specialty with any payment received $494.84 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 3 group practices
- Emergency And Acute Care Medical CorporationSan Diego, CA
- Family Health Centers OF San Diego IncSan Diego, CA
- Focus ON Health IncSan Diego, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Mustafa Adam Alwash among 3,099 hospitalist physician records in California
Mustafa Adam Alwash, M.D is one of 3,099 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in California. 90% 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 70% of them.
- NPI issued2016 · 70% of these records are older, 26% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 81% of these records are
- Graduated2011 · median 2010 among the 2,505 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Mustafa Adam Alwash, M.D's NPI number?
Mustafa Adam Alwash, M.D's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1679936439, issued on Mar 30, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Mustafa Adam Alwash, M.D located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7901 Frost St, San Diego, CA, 92123. Phone: (858) 541-0181. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Mustafa Adam Alwash, M.D's license?
NPPES lists California license number 160516, 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 Mustafa Adam Alwash, M.D prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Mustafa Adam Alwash, M.D had 519 Medicare Part D claims for 203 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Mustafa Adam Alwash, M.D's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 73.6 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.