Rita Karen Tafoya, PA
Physician Assistant · South Gate, CA
Rita Karen Tafoya, PA is a physician assistant with a practice address in South Gate, California, and NPI 1467567370, issued on Aug 20, 2006. Check the license (California PA11452, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Rita Karen Tafoya
- Credential
- PA
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- PA11452 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 9401 Long Beach Blvd, South Gate, CA 90280
- Phone
- (323) 582-8612
- Enumerated
- Aug 20, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (323) 567-9784
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Rita Karen Tafoya in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license PA11452Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.8 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average physician assistant in 2024
3,189 Medicare Part D claims for 219 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 11% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium331 claims
- Metformin Hcl273 claims
- Diclofenac Sodium189 claims
- Lisinopril140 claims
- Omeprazole140 claims
- Gabapentin98 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: $82.70
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 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.
Rita Karen Tafoya among 14,451 physician assistant records in California
Rita Karen Tafoya, PA is one of 14,451 physician assistant records with a practice address in California. 75% 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 1% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 1% of these records are older, 87% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 50% of these records are
- Record last updated2007 · 40% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
16 physician assistant records list a practice address in South Gate
They are 16 of the 466 NPPES records with a practice address in South Gate, and 14,451 physician assistant records in California.
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Common questions
What is Rita Karen Tafoya, PA's NPI number?
Rita Karen Tafoya, PA's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1467567370, issued on Aug 20, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Rita Karen Tafoya, PA located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 9401 Long Beach Blvd, South Gate, CA, 90280. Phone: (323) 582-8612. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Rita Karen Tafoya, PA's license?
NPPES lists California license number PA11452, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Rita Karen Tafoya, PA prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Rita Karen Tafoya, PA had 3,189 Medicare Part D claims for 219 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. 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.