Puja Chitkara, M.D
Specialist · Chula Vista, CA
Puja Chitkara, M.D is a specialist with a practice address in Chula Vista, California, and NPI 1871718189, issued on Apr 13, 2007. Check the license (California A97619, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Puja Chitkara
- Credential
- M.D
- Primary taxonomy
- Specialist 174400000X
- License number
- A97619 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 765 Medical Center CT, Chula Vista, CA 91911
- Phone
- (619) 623-3000
- Enumerated
- Apr 13, 2007
- Record last updated
- Nov 19, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (619) 623-3001
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070727000734); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 765 Medical Center CT
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Marco Ambriz Vazquez, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1780542381
- Francisco Anguiano, M.D.Specialist1215921697
- Isabel Baratta, MDPediatrics Physician1851362875
- Sandra Buffington-Sucec, R.N.P.Obstetrics & Gynecology Nurse Practitioner1780730804
- Irene Chang, MDPediatrics Physician1790756799
- Natasha Grippen, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1790582369
Verify Puja Chitkara in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license A97619Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
39% more Medicare Part D claims than the average specialist in 2024
1,919 Medicare Part D claims for 542 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,380 among the 8,233 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate332 claims
- Prednisone270 claims
- Methotrexate219 claims
- Folic Acid71 claims
- Alendronate Sodium55 claims
- Orencia Clickject54 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $21,822.15
207 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Genzyme Corporation. The 5,844 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,760.79 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
- Puja Chitkara, MD, A Medical CorporationChula Vista, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Puja Chitkara among 5,749 specialist records in California
Puja Chitkara, M.D is one of 5,749 specialist records with a practice address in California. 30% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 40% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 40% of these records are older, 44% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 30% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 19% of these records are
- Graduated1997 · median 1989 among the 1,075 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 77% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 174400000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Specialist providers in California
There are 5,749 specialist records in California.
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The 8 specialist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Francisco Anguiano, M.D.Chula Vista, CA 919111215921697
- Lori Arnold, M.D.,F.A.C.O.GChula Vista, CA 919111740341957
- Ashenafe GedragoChula Vista, CA 919111184544348
- Steven Gettelfinger, PTChula Vista, CA 919111902042963
- Mauricio Levine, M.D.Chula Vista, CA 919111407833031
- Gordon Montgomery, M.D.Chula Vista, CA 919111144226234
- Angela Rackley, MSWChula Vista, CA 919111366617540
- Fred Schnepper, MDChula Vista, CA 919111710966155
Common questions
What is Puja Chitkara, M.D's NPI number?
Puja Chitkara, M.D's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1871718189, issued on Apr 13, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Puja Chitkara, M.D located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 765 Medical Center CT, Chula Vista, CA, 91911. Phone: (619) 623-3000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Puja Chitkara, M.D's license?
NPPES lists California license number A97619, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Puja Chitkara, M.D prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Puja Chitkara, M.D had 1,919 Medicare Part D claims for 542 beneficiaries; the average among specialist prescribers was 1,380. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Puja Chitkara, M.D's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.