NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Vadim Lipel, MD

Legal Medicine · Encino, CA

Vadim Lipel, MD is a legal medicine with a practice address in Encino, California, and NPI 1154485696, issued on Dec 20, 2006. Check the license (California A063487, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1154485696
Name
Vadim Lipel
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Legal Medicine 173000000X
License number
A063487 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
16260 Ventura Blvd, Encino, CA 91436
Phone
(818) 906-7643
Enumerated
Dec 20, 2006
Record last updated
Jul 9, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(818) 906-7641
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20041124000282); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of Southern California Keck School Of Medicine, 1995
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 16260 Ventura Blvd

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Anastasia Andrew, FNPFamily Medicine Physician1497270987
  2. Robin Black, M.A., CCC, SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1306203575
  3. Peter Boon, OTR/LOccupational Therapist1295192359
  4. Talin Bourian, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1679280788
  5. Felecia BrownOccupational Therapist1477917375
  6. Monte Burnam, P.A.-CPhysician Assistant1639129729

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43% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average legal medicine in 2024

1,442 Medicare Part D claims for 99 beneficiaries, against an average of 2,531 among the 246 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 1% of claims. 583 claims were for opioids.

  1. Vadim Lipel1,442
  2. Specialty average2,531

Most prescribed

  1. Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen341 claims
  2. Gabapentin147 claims
  3. Tramadol Hcl77 claims
  4. Ibuprofen75 claims
  5. Baclofen69 claims
  6. Omeprazole63 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: $63.72

3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Medtronic, Inc. The 144 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,618.84 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Vadim Lipel$63.72
  2. Specialty average$4,618.84

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Vadim Lipel among 112 legal medicine records in California

Vadim Lipel, MD is one of 112 legal medicine records with a practice address in California. 42% 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 5% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 43% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 42% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 21% of these records are
  • Graduated1995 · median 1984 among the 23 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2007 · 86% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 173000000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Legal Medicine providers in California

There are 112 legal medicine records in California.

The 8 legal medicine records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Alan Sanders, M.D.Encino, CA 914361912118605
  2. Ararat Chakhoyan, PHDSherman Oaks, CA 914231164292900
  3. Leo Labunsky, M.DSherman Oaks, CA 914031306871330
  4. Frank Basa, M.D.Burbank, CA 915051821063793
  5. Catherine Chern, MDBurbank, CA 915051679509087
  6. Homayoun Saeid, M.D.Burbank, CA 915061467671545
  7. Yevgeniy ChapovskiyEncino, CA 913161407803745
  8. Ramaz Dzhanashvili, M.DEncino, CA 913161215950647

Common questions

What is Vadim Lipel, MD's NPI number?

Vadim Lipel, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1154485696, issued on Dec 20, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Vadim Lipel, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 16260 Ventura Blvd, Encino, CA, 91436. Phone: (818) 906-7643. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Vadim Lipel, MD's license?

NPPES lists California license number A063487, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Vadim Lipel, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Vadim Lipel, MD had 1,442 Medicare Part D claims for 99 beneficiaries; the average among legal medicine prescribers was 2,531. 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.