Nita Paintal, MD
Psychiatry Physician · La Mesa, CA
Nita Paintal, MD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in La Mesa, California, and NPI 1497795223, issued on Jun 8, 2006. Check the license (California A61220, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Nita Paintal
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- A61220 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4700 Spring St Ste 220, La Mesa, CA 91942
- Phone
- (855) 501-1004
- Enumerated
- Jun 8, 2006
- Record last updated
- May 1, 2026
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060707000228); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 4700 Spring St Ste 220
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Carly Blalack, LCSW, PPSClinical Social Worker1871801803
Verify Nita Paintal in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A61220Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
8.5 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average psychiatry physician in 2024
8,471 Medicare Part D claims for 684 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 4% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Quetiapine Fumarate711 claims
- Trazodone Hcl561 claims
- Bupropion Xl525 claims
- Sertraline Hcl525 claims
- Alprazolam445 claims
- Duloxetine Hcl382 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: $70.34
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 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
- Mark David Levine MD Professional CorporationLa Mesa, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Nita Paintal among 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California
Nita Paintal, MD is one of 8,673 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in California. 67% 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 2% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 2% of these records are older, 67% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 38% of these records are
- Graduated1988 · median 2005 among the 3,295 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Psychiatry Physician providers in California
There are 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California.
All 8,673 in California → Every provider in La Mesa → Psychiatry Physician nationwide →
The 8 psychiatry physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Jorge Barrera, MDLa Mesa, CA 919421356360945
- Samuel Etchie, M.D.La Mesa, CA 919421124039052
- Krauz Ganadjian, MDLa Mesa, CA 919421043372394
- Karl Jacobs, M.D.La Mesa, CA 919421669676524
- Stephen Kaiser, M.D.La Mesa, CA 919421245677624
- Vladimir Khalafian, M.D.La Mesa, CA 919421164718367
- Andrey Khalafian, MDLa Mesa, CA 919421780028183
- Charles Lewis, M.D.La Mesa, CA 919421346271194
Common questions
What is Nita Paintal, MD's NPI number?
Nita Paintal, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1497795223, issued on Jun 8, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Nita Paintal, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4700 Spring St Ste 220, La Mesa, CA, 91942. Phone: (855) 501-1004. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Nita Paintal, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A61220, 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 Nita Paintal, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Nita Paintal, MD had 8,471 Medicare Part D claims for 684 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.