Umesh Thakurdas Bhagia, MD
Surgery Physician · Santa Monica, CA
Umesh Thakurdas Bhagia, MD is a surgery physician with a practice address in Santa Monica, California, and NPI 1568468528, issued on Jun 24, 2005. Check the license (California A80509, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Umesh Thakurdas Bhagia
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- A80509 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1250 16TH St, Santa Monica, CA 90404
- Phone
- (424) 259-6593
- Enumerated
- Jun 24, 2005
- Record last updated
- Aug 30, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20051101000526); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1250 16TH St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Melanie Altamirano-CariagaNurse Practitioner1588060198
- Miguel Arellano, NPNurse Practitioner1295460806
- Jason Bahk, M.D.Hospitalist Physician1245573187
- Christopher BelfourEmergency Medicine Physician1518259837
- Cassandra Blaylock, NPHematology & Oncology Physician1588043400
- Bree Blumstein, N.P.Vascular & Interventional Radiology Physician1346600525
Verify Umesh Thakurdas Bhagia in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A80509Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.9 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average surgery physician in 2024
719 Medicare Part D claims for 307 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 81 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Meloxicam167 claims
- Gabapentin114 claims
- Amoxicillin106 claims
- Mupirocin73 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen53 claims
- Ibuprofen42 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $18,232.71
21 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Medical Device Business Services, Inc. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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
- Regents OF The University OF CaliforniaSanta Monica, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Umesh Thakurdas Bhagia among 3,118 surgery physician records in California
Umesh Thakurdas Bhagia, MD is one of 3,118 surgery physician 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 94% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 61% of these records are
- Graduated1987 · median 2003 among the 1,901 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 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 208600000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in California
There are 3,118 surgery physician records in California.
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The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Charles Chandler, MDSanta Monica, CA 904041295842771
- David Chen, M.D.Santa Monica, CA 904041760630057
- Tracey Childs, MDSanta Monica, CA 904041114999489
- Harvey Deutsch, M.D.Santa Monica, CA 904041326102112
- Melanie Goldfarb, MDSanta Monica, CA 904041306092564
- Janie Gia-Lin Weng Grumley, MDSanta Monica, CA 904041063616142
- William Hutchinson, MDSanta Monica, CA 904041770653305
- Stephen KuchenbeckerSanta Monica, CA 904041023094984
Common questions
What is Umesh Thakurdas Bhagia, MD's NPI number?
Umesh Thakurdas Bhagia, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1568468528, issued on Jun 24, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Umesh Thakurdas Bhagia, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1250 16TH St, Santa Monica, CA, 90404. Phone: (424) 259-6593. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Umesh Thakurdas Bhagia, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A80509, 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 Umesh Thakurdas Bhagia, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Umesh Thakurdas Bhagia, MD had 719 Medicare Part D claims for 307 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Umesh Thakurdas Bhagia, 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.