Patrica Anne Schechter, D.O.
Family Medicine Physician · Atascadero, CA
Patrica Anne Schechter, D.O. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Atascadero, California, and NPI 1386641306, issued on Jul 5, 2005. Check the license (California 20A5387, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Patrica Anne Schechter
- Credential
- D.O.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 20A5387 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 7619 Morro RD, Atascadero, CA 93422
- Phone
- (805) 461-7144
- Enumerated
- Jul 5, 2005
- Record last updated
- Jul 5, 2023
- Fax
- (805) 461-7141
- Medicaid ID
- 00AX53870 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20051230000465); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 7619 Morro RD
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Verify Patrica Anne Schechter in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license 20A5387Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
54% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
1,614 Medicare Part D claims for 128 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 138 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium84 claims
- Olmesartan Medoxomil61 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen59 claims
- Zolpidem Tartrate51 claims
- Alprazolam50 claims
- Allopurinol46 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: $500.63
34 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- David B. HammerTempleton, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Patrica Anne Schechter among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California
Patrica Anne Schechter, D.O. is one of 17,133 family 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 94% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated1986 · median 2005 among the 10,652 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
21 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Atascadero
They are 21 of the 992 NPPES records with a practice address in Atascadero, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Patrica Anne Schechter, D.O.'s NPI number?
Patrica Anne Schechter, D.O.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1386641306, issued on Jul 5, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Patrica Anne Schechter, D.O. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7619 Morro RD, Atascadero, CA, 93422. Phone: (805) 461-7144. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Patrica Anne Schechter, D.O.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number 20A5387, 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 Patrica Anne Schechter, D.O. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Patrica Anne Schechter, D.O. had 1,614 Medicare Part D claims for 128 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.