Steven Timothy Popper, MD
Pulmonary Disease Physician · Escondido, CA
Steven Timothy Popper, MD is a pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in Escondido, California, and NPI 1679849012, issued on Mar 30, 2012. Check the license (California A130275, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Steven Timothy Popper
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Pulmonary Disease Physician 207RP1001X
- License number
- A130275 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 488 E Valley Pkwy Ste 211, Escondido, CA 92025
- Phone
- (858) 675-3100
- Enumerated
- Mar 30, 2012
- Record last updated
- Apr 24, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (760) 489-1246
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20170803001150); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of California, San Francisco School Of Medicine, 2012
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Steven Timothy Popper in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A130275Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
40% more Medicare Part D claims than the average pulmonary disease physician in 2024
2,001 Medicare Part D claims for 322 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,425 among the 11,596 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 67% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Trelegy Ellipta236 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa192 claims
- Prednisone125 claims
- Spiriva Respimat120 claims
- Stiolto Respimat99 claims
- Anoro Ellipta79 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 80.2 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $285.39
7 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Intuitive Surgical, Inc. The 8,806 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,159.88 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
- Arch Health Partners IncPoway, CA
- Palomar Intensivist Medical Group, IncPoway, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Steven Timothy Popper among 1,443 pulmonary disease physician records in California
Steven Timothy Popper, MD is one of 1,443 pulmonary disease physician records with a practice address in California. 84% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2012, is newer than 74% of them.
- NPI issued2012 · 74% of these records are older, 23% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 74% of these records are
- Graduated2012 · median 2002 among the 1,061 with a school on file
- Record last updated2018 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RP1001X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Pulmonary Disease Physician providers in California
There are 1,443 pulmonary disease physician records in California.
All 1,443 in California → Every provider in Escondido → Pulmonary Disease Physician nationwide →
The 8 pulmonary disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- James Kohan, MDEscondido, CA 920251063568947
- Dennis Amundson, DOEncinitas, CA 920241477524403
- Scott Eisman, M.D.Encinitas, CA 920241275511420
- Kevin Fussell, M.D.Encinitas, CA 920241164404901
- William Hooper, MDEncinitas, CA 920241720052988
- Andrew Hsing, M.D.Encinitas, CA 920241790769131
- Alisha Kabadi, MDEncinitas, CA 920241356838957
- Michael Miller, MDEncinitas, CA 920241790342699
Common questions
What is Steven Timothy Popper, MD's NPI number?
Steven Timothy Popper, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1679849012, issued on Mar 30, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Steven Timothy Popper, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 488 E Valley Pkwy Ste 211, Escondido, CA, 92025. Phone: (858) 675-3100. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Steven Timothy Popper, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A130275, 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 Steven Timothy Popper, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Steven Timothy Popper, MD had 2,001 Medicare Part D claims for 322 beneficiaries; the average among pulmonary disease physician prescribers was 1,425. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Steven Timothy Popper, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 80.2 of 100. 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.