Ron L. Hood, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Sonora, CA
Ron L. Hood, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Sonora, California, and NPI 1730292483, issued on Aug 16, 2006. Check the license (California G51017, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ron L. Hood
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- G51017 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 101 Hospital Road, Sonora, CA 95370
- Phone
- (209) 533-7100
- Enumerated
- Aug 16, 2006
- Record last updated
- Apr 2, 2008 (not updated in 18 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 00G510170 CA
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 101 Hospital Road
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Verify Ron L. Hood in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license G51017Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
70% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
68 Medicare Part D claims for 52 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 11 claims were for opioids.
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.
Ron L. Hood among 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California
Ron L. Hood, 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 fileNo · 59% of these records are
- 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).
14 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Sonora
They are 14 of the 629 NPPES records with a practice address in Sonora, and 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California.
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- Michael Forster, MDSonora, CA 953701821101577
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Common questions
What is Ron L. Hood, MD's NPI number?
Ron L. Hood, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1730292483, issued on Aug 16, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ron L. Hood, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 101 Hospital Road, Sonora, CA, 95370. Phone: (209) 533-7100. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ron L. Hood, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number G51017, 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 Ron L. Hood, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ron L. Hood, MD had 68 Medicare Part D claims for 52 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.