NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Ralph C. Wang, MD

Emergency Medicine Physician · Oakland, CA

Ralph C. Wang, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Oakland, California, and NPI 1497724132, issued on Mar 15, 2006. Check the license (California A78496, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1497724132
Name
Ralph C. Wang
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License number
A78496 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1411 East 31St Street, Oakland, CA 94602
Phone
(209) 342-2300
Enumerated
Mar 15, 2006
Record last updated
Jul 13, 2026
Fax
(209) 524-4240
Medicaid ID
00A784960 CA
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20040511000584); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Tufts University School Of Medicine, 2000
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 1411 East 31St Street

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

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  2. Helen Driscoll, MDInternal Medicine Physician1720168230
  3. Ahmed Elattma, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1750141776
  4. Joshua ElyOral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Dentist)1528430121
  5. Linda Engelstad, MDAllergy & Immunology (Internal Medicine) Physician1710997374
  6. Dena Fisher, MSWClinical Social Worker1962685156

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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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81% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024

43 Medicare Part D claims for 30 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Ralph Wang43
  2. Specialty average226

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): 74.5 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.

  1. Qualitynot scored (reweighted)
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%46.7
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%76.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. University OF California San FranciscoSan Francisco, CA

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Ralph C. Wang among 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California

Ralph C. Wang, MD is one of 7,751 emergency 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 2006, is newer than 4% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 4% of these records are older, 60% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
  • Graduated2000 · median 2011 among the 4,560 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2026 · 59% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

247 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Oakland

They are 247 of the 18,558 NPPES records with a practice address in Oakland, and 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California.

The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. David English, MDOakland, CA 946021275514325
  2. Bradley Frazee, MDOakland, CA 946021447241765
  3. Jocelyn Freeman, MDOakland, CA 946021194716498
  4. Jared Greenholz, MDOakland, CA 946021417930520
  5. Cherie Hargis, MDOakland, CA 946021821079377
  6. Abraha Kidane, PAOakland, CA 946021942291265
  7. Stephen Miller, MDOakland, CA 946021750363727
  8. Andrew Nothmann, MDOakland, CA 946021518949585

Common questions

What is Ralph C. Wang, MD's NPI number?

Ralph C. Wang, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1497724132, issued on Mar 15, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Ralph C. Wang, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1411 East 31St Street, Oakland, CA, 94602. Phone: (209) 342-2300. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Ralph C. Wang, MD's license?

NPPES lists California license number A78496, 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 Ralph C. Wang, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Ralph C. Wang, MD had 43 Medicare Part D claims for 30 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Ralph C. Wang, MD's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 74.5 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.