Troy Elander, MD
Ophthalmology Physician · Santa Monica, CA
Troy Elander, MD is an ophthalmology physician with a practice address in Santa Monica, California, and NPI 1205858396, issued on Jul 24, 2006. Check the license (California G65935, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Troy Elander
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Ophthalmology Physician 207W00000X
- License number
- G65935 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 242 26TH St, Santa Monica, CA 90402
- Phone
- (310) 393-0634
- Enumerated
- Jul 24, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 30, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (310) 451-4009
- Medicaid ID
- 00G659350 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070907000710); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Js Weill Medical College, Cornell University, 1985
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 242 26TH St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Kathryn Gardner, M.D.Cornea and External Diseases Specialist Physician1740335686
Verify Troy Elander in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license G65935Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
16% more Medicare Part D claims than the average ophthalmology physician in 2024
1,764 Medicare Part D claims for 504 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,518 among the 16,459 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 45% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost361 claims
- Moxifloxacin289 claims
- Prednisolone Acetate152 claims
- Timolol Maleate144 claims
- Restasis88 claims
- Difluprednate68 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $189.33
8 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Dompe US, Inc. The 13,221 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,535.02 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 one group practice
- Elander Eye Medical Group IncSanta Monica, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Troy Elander among 2,899 ophthalmology physician records in California
Troy Elander, MD is one of 2,899 ophthalmology physician records with a practice address in California. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 9% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 9% of these records are older, 45% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated1985 · median 2001 among the 1,907 with a school on file
- Record last updated2011 · 67% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207W00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Ophthalmology Physician providers in California
There are 2,899 ophthalmology physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Troy Elander, MD's NPI number?
Troy Elander, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1205858396, issued on Jul 24, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Troy Elander, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 242 26TH St, Santa Monica, CA, 90402. Phone: (310) 393-0634. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Troy Elander, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number G65935, 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 Troy Elander, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Troy Elander, MD had 1,764 Medicare Part D claims for 504 beneficiaries; the average among ophthalmology physician prescribers was 1,518. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Troy Elander, MD's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.