NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Samuel Ricardo Saenz, MD, MPH

Psychiatry Physician · Stanford, CA

Samuel Ricardo Saenz, MD, MPH is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Stanford, California, and NPI 1841794278, issued on Mar 21, 2018. Check the license (California A163558, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1841794278
Name
Samuel Ricardo Saenz
Credential
MD, MPH
Primary taxonomy
Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
License number
A163558 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA 94305
Phone
(650) 723-4000
Enumerated
Mar 21, 2018
Record last updated
Apr 30, 2024
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20221207003079); accepts Medicare assignment
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Verify Samuel Ricardo Saenz in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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97% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024

25 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Samuel Saenz25
  2. Specialty average1,000

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): 76.5 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.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score74.3
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%44.0
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%100.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

One hospital affiliation

  1. Stanford Health CareStanford, CA · Acute Care Hospitals5 of 5 stars

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through); hospitals matched to CMS Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.

Samuel Ricardo Saenz among 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California

Samuel Ricardo Saenz, MD, MPH is one of 8,673 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in California. 67% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2018, is newer than 82% of them.

  • NPI issued2018 · 82% of these records are older, 15% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 38% of these records are
  • Graduated2018 · median 2005 among the 3,295 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2024 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

116 psychiatry physician records list a practice address in Stanford

They are 116 of the 5,606 NPPES records with a practice address in Stanford, and 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California.

The 8 psychiatry physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Bibi Das, MDStanford, CA 943051528012374
  2. Sidney Edsall, MDPalo Alto, CA 943051588626469
  3. Douglas Levinson, M.D.Stanford, CA 943051104830207
  4. Alan Louie, M.D.Stanford, CA 943051881616340
  5. Elizabeth Mahler, MDStanford, CA 943051033216999
  6. Douglas Noordsy, MDStanford, CA 943051336236330
  7. Terry Osback, MDStanford, CA 943051356446827
  8. Jennifer Pien-Wong, MDStanford, CA 943051699702456

Common questions

What is Samuel Ricardo Saenz, MD, MPH's NPI number?

Samuel Ricardo Saenz, MD, MPH's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1841794278, issued on Mar 21, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Samuel Ricardo Saenz, MD, MPH located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305. Phone: (650) 723-4000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Samuel Ricardo Saenz, MD, MPH's license?

NPPES lists California license number A163558, 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 Samuel Ricardo Saenz, MD, MPH prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Samuel Ricardo Saenz, MD, MPH had 25 Medicare Part D claims; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Samuel Ricardo Saenz, MD, MPH's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 76.5 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.