NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Ronald Wayne Appel, LCSW

Clinical Social Worker · Los Angeles, CA

Ronald Wayne Appel, LCSW is a clinical social worker with a practice address in Los Angeles, California, and NPI 1538288154, issued on Mar 28, 2007. Check the license (California LCS18342, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the federal record below is the public data PlainDoctor holds for this provider.

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1538288154
Name
Ronald Wayne Appel
Credential
LCSW
Primary taxonomy
Clinical Social Worker 1041C0700X
License number
LCS18342 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1200 Colton St, Los Angeles, CA 90026
Phone
(213) 580-6446
Enumerated
Mar 28, 2007
Record last updated
Aug 12, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 1200 Colton St

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

  1. Maria Elgueta, LCSWClinical Social Worker1215210836
  2. Sandra Lopez, L.C.S.W.Clinical Social Worker1073746707
  3. Lenore Pallares, MSWClinical Social Worker1730462367

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  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
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  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
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Ronald Wayne Appel among 36,261 clinical social worker records in California

Ronald Wayne Appel, LCSW is one of 36,261 clinical social worker records with a practice address in California. 6% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does not. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 9% of them.

  • NPI issued2007 · 9% of these records are older, 76% newer
  • In a Medicare fileNo · 6% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 11% of these records are
  • Record last updated2011 · 45% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 1041C0700X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

4,806 clinical social worker records list a practice address in Los Angeles

They are 4,806 of the 69,537 NPPES records with a practice address in Los Angeles, and 36,261 clinical social worker records in California. No Medicare prescribing, quality score, industry payment or hospital affiliation is published for this NPI.

The 8 clinical social worker records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Robyn Harrod, LCSWLos Angeles, CA 900261528266194
  2. Sara Jimenez McSweyn, MSWLos Angeles, CA 900261760688337
  3. Janice Kanellis, LCSWLos Angeles, CA 900261972629178
  4. Esperanza Madrigal, M.S.W.Los Angeles, CA 900261053431395
  5. Lanning Melville, LCSW BCDLos Angeles, CA 900261477659662
  6. Ilene Miner, LCSWLos Angeles, CA 900261700868395
  7. Jeremy O'Brien, LCSW, MSWLos Angeles, CA 900261285828541
  8. Eric Pierce, L.C.S.W.Los Angeles, CA 900261992885537

Common questions

What is Ronald Wayne Appel, LCSW's NPI number?

Ronald Wayne Appel, LCSW's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1538288154, issued on Mar 28, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Ronald Wayne Appel, LCSW located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1200 Colton St, Los Angeles, CA, 90026. Phone: (213) 580-6446. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Ronald Wayne Appel, LCSW's license?

NPPES lists California license number LCS18342, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity 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. 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.