Sara Amen, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · San Diego, CA
Sara Amen, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in San Diego, California, and NPI 1356091383, issued on Mar 24, 2022. Check the license (California A187342, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Sara Amen
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- A187342 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4077 5TH Ave # Mer17, San Diego, CA 92103
- Phone
- (619) 686-3800
- Enumerated
- Mar 24, 2022
- Record last updated
- Jul 13, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20240722001836); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Sara Amen in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A187342Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
52% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
109 Medicare Part D claims for 80 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 17 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Ondansetron Hcl15 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen12 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: $37.31
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Baxter Healthcare. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 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.
Bills Medicare through 3 group practices
- Pacific Emergency Providers A Prof CorpSan Diego, CA
- Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group IncSan Diego, CA
- Team Physicians OF Southern California Medical Group IncOceanside, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Sara Amen among 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California
Sara Amen, 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 2022, is newer than 95% of them.
- NPI issued2022 · 95% of these records are older, 2% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated2022 · median 2011 among the 4,560 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 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).
Emergency Medicine Physician providers in California
There are 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California.
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The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Carolyn Barber, MDSan Diego, CA 921031750325502
- Anthony Bielawski, M.D.San Diego, CA 921031528038346
- Colleen Campbell, MDSan Diego, CA 921031669416483
- Richard Childers, M.D.San Diego, CA 921031902876220
- Michelle Daniel, MDSan Diego, CA 921031801879861
- Julian Lis, M.D.San Diego, CA 921031932100062
- Leslie Mukau, MDSan Diego, CA 921031578526026
- Sassan Naderi, M.D.San Diego, CA 921031811987936
Common questions
What is Sara Amen, MD's NPI number?
Sara Amen, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1356091383, issued on Mar 24, 2022. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Sara Amen, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4077 5TH Ave # Mer17, San Diego, CA, 92103. Phone: (619) 686-3800. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Sara Amen, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A187342, 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 Sara Amen, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Sara Amen, MD had 109 Medicare Part D claims for 80 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.