Richard Zoraster, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Whittier, CA
Richard Zoraster, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Whittier, California, and NPI 1316974074, issued on Jun 27, 2006. Check the license (California G47823, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard Zoraster
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- G47823 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 12401 Washington Blvd, Whittier, CA 90602
- Phone
- (562) 698-0811
- Enumerated
- Jun 27, 2006
- Record last updated
- Sep 11, 2008 (not updated in 18 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (818) 587-2493
- Medicaid ID
- 00G478230 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110319000032); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of California, Geffen School Of Medicine, 1981
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Richard Zoraster in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license G47823Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
63% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
84 Medicare Part D claims for 48 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Intercommunity Emergency Medical GroupWhittier, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Richard Zoraster among 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California
Richard Zoraster, 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
- Graduated1981 · median 2011 among the 4,560 with a school on file
- Record last updated2008 · 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).
48 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Whittier
They are 48 of the 2,836 NPPES records with a practice address in Whittier, and 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Richard Zoraster, MD's NPI number?
Richard Zoraster, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1316974074, issued on Jun 27, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard Zoraster, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 12401 Washington Blvd, Whittier, CA, 90602. Phone: (562) 698-0811. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard Zoraster, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number G47823, 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 Richard Zoraster, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard Zoraster, MD had 84 Medicare Part D claims for 48 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.