Renee Banta Hook, D.O.
Family Medicine Physician · Watsonville, CA
Renee Banta Hook, D.O. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Watsonville, California, and NPI 1811051386, issued on Dec 20, 2006. Check the license (California 20A7526, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Renee Banta Hook
- Credential
- D.O.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 20A7526 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1430 Freedom Blvd, Watsonville, CA 95076
- Phone
- (831) 763-8400
- Enumerated
- Dec 20, 2006
- Record last updated
- Feb 19, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040318000811); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- At Still University Of Health Sciences, College Of Osteo Med, Kirksville, 1998
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1430 Freedom Blvd
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Verify Renee Banta Hook in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license 20A7526Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
96% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
154 Medicare Part D claims for 109 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Azithromycin16 claims
- Cephalexin13 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 87.2 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.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $35.44
2 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
- County OF Santa CruzSanta Cruz, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Renee Banta Hook among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California
Renee Banta Hook, 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 2006, is newer than 6% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 6% of these records are older, 59% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated1998 · median 2005 among the 10,652 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 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).
48 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Watsonville
They are 48 of the 1,044 NPPES records with a practice address in Watsonville, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Renee Banta Hook, D.O.'s NPI number?
Renee Banta Hook, D.O.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1811051386, issued on Dec 20, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Renee Banta Hook, D.O. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1430 Freedom Blvd, Watsonville, CA, 95076. Phone: (831) 763-8400. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Renee Banta Hook, D.O.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number 20A7526, 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 Renee Banta Hook, D.O. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Renee Banta Hook, D.O. had 154 Medicare Part D claims for 109 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Renee Banta Hook, D.O.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 87.2 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.