Nicholas Klimberg, MD
Pulmonary Disease Physician · Salinas, CA
Nicholas Klimberg, MD is a pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in Salinas, California, and NPI 1225490188, issued on Mar 22, 2016. Check the license (California A152442, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Nicholas Klimberg
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Pulmonary Disease Physician 207RP1001X
- License number
- A152442 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1033 Los Palos Dr, Salinas, CA 93901
- Phone
- (831) 757-2058
- Enumerated
- Mar 22, 2016
- Record last updated
- Jan 4, 2024
- Fax
- (831) 757-0232
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20240105004331); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- New York Medical College, 2016
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1033 Los Palos Dr
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Verify Nicholas Klimberg in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A152442Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
66% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average pulmonary disease physician in 2024
491 Medicare Part D claims for 128 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,425 among the 11,596 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 53% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa85 claims
- Trelegy Ellipta49 claims
- Fluticasone Propionate45 claims
- Prednisone27 claims
- Anoro Ellipta23 claims
- Montelukast Sodium21 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: $762.16
35 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. 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 one group practice
- Svmhs ClinicsSalinas, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Nicholas Klimberg among 1,443 pulmonary disease physician records in California
Nicholas Klimberg, MD 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 updated2024 · 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
- Mario Cole, MDSalinas, CA 939011356328991
- Frank Ganzhorn, MDSalinas, CA 939011164473807
- Kelsey Gray, M.D.Salinas, CA 939011174660450
- Mark Klein, MDSalinas, CA 939011093718165
- Minh Le, MDSalinas, CA 939011508252180
- John Rinderknecht, MDSalinas, CA 939011194728261
- Stephen Crawford, M.D.Salinas, CA 939061922035914
- Chad Medawar, D.O.Salinas, CA 939061962662700
Common questions
What is Nicholas Klimberg, MD's NPI number?
Nicholas Klimberg, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1225490188, issued on Mar 22, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Nicholas Klimberg, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1033 Los Palos Dr, Salinas, CA, 93901. Phone: (831) 757-2058. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Nicholas Klimberg, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A152442, 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 Nicholas Klimberg, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Nicholas Klimberg, MD had 491 Medicare Part D claims for 128 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.