Vidal Julio Espeleta, M.D.
Pulmonary Disease Physician · Laguna Hills, CA
Vidal Julio Espeleta, M.D. is a pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in Laguna Hills, California, and NPI 1245327808, issued on Oct 6, 2006. Check the license (California A83599, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Vidal Julio Espeleta
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Pulmonary Disease Physician 207RP1001X
- License number
- A83599 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 24411 Health Center Dr Ste 560, Laguna Hills, CA 92653
- Phone
- (949) 521-7163
- Enumerated
- Oct 6, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 21, 2022
- Fax
- (949) 588-7572
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070807000688); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 24411 Health Center Dr Ste 560
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Vidal Julio Espeleta in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A83599Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
32% more Medicare Part D claims than the average pulmonary disease physician in 2024
1,888 Medicare Part D claims for 381 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,425 among the 11,596 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 52% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Trelegy Ellipta313 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa239 claims
- Prednisone164 claims
- Azithromycin114 claims
- Breo Ellipta102 claims
- Fluticasone Propionate99 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): 78.7 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: $1,313.05
51 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. 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 one group practice
- Saddleback Respiratory Medical GrpLaguna Hills, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Vidal Julio Espeleta among 1,443 pulmonary disease physician records in California
Vidal Julio Espeleta, M.D. 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 2006, is newer than 7% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 7% of these records are older, 51% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 74% of these records are
- Graduated1999 · median 2002 among the 1,061 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 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
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The 8 pulmonary disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Bryan Vo, M.D.Laguna Hills, CA 926531851576060
- Thomas Vovan, M.D.Laguna Hills, CA 926531134226012
- Barbara Galko, M.D.Laguna Beach, CA 926511326073990
- George Shahinian, M.D.Aliso Viejo, CA 926561487611372
- Abhinandan Bharne, M.D.Newport Beach, CA 926581235229311
- Gunnayya Chetty Kota, MDHuntington Beach, CA 926481215043997
Common questions
What is Vidal Julio Espeleta, M.D.'s NPI number?
Vidal Julio Espeleta, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1245327808, issued on Oct 6, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Vidal Julio Espeleta, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 24411 Health Center Dr Ste 560, Laguna Hills, CA, 92653. Phone: (949) 521-7163. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Vidal Julio Espeleta, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A83599, 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 Vidal Julio Espeleta, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Vidal Julio Espeleta, M.D. had 1,888 Medicare Part D claims for 381 beneficiaries; the average among pulmonary disease physician prescribers was 1,425. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Vidal Julio Espeleta, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 78.7 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.