Sara Joanne Sameshima
Physician Assistant · Los Gatos, CA
Sara Joanne Sameshima is a physician assistant with a practice address in Los Gatos, California, and NPI 1720576473, issued on Apr 27, 2018. Check the license (California PA55622, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Sara Joanne Sameshima
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- PA55622 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 15400 Los Gatos Blvd, Los Gatos, CA 95032
- Phone
- (408) 730-6200
- Enumerated
- Apr 27, 2018
- Record last updated
- Dec 3, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20180820003488); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Sara Joanne Sameshima in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license PA55622Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
26% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
618 Medicare Part D claims for 329 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 19% of claims. 11 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag Sulf161 claims
- Omeprazole95 claims
- Famotidine59 claims
- Nortriptyline Hcl32 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium20 claims
- Lubiprostone15 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 94.6 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.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $1,808.09
62 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie 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.
Bills Medicare through 2 group practices
- Cep America - CaliforniaRiverside, CA
- Sutter Bay Medical FoundationLos Gatos, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Sara Joanne Sameshima among 14,451 physician assistant records in California
Sara Joanne Sameshima 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 2018, is newer than 52% of them.
- NPI issued2018 · 52% of these records are older, 44% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 50% of these records are
- Graduated2018 · median 2018 among the 7,214 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 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).
31 physician assistant records list a practice address in Los Gatos
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Common questions
What is Sara Joanne Sameshima's NPI number?
Sara Joanne Sameshima's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1720576473, issued on Apr 27, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Sara Joanne Sameshima located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 15400 Los Gatos Blvd, Los Gatos, CA, 95032. Phone: (408) 730-6200. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Sara Joanne Sameshima's license?
NPPES lists California license number PA55622, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Sara Joanne Sameshima prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Sara Joanne Sameshima had 618 Medicare Part D claims for 329 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Sara Joanne Sameshima's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 94.6 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.