Wagdy William Kades, M.D.
Rheumatology Physician · Los Angeles, CA
Wagdy William Kades, M.D. is a rheumatology physician with a practice address in Los Angeles, California, and NPI 1326080060, issued on Jun 10, 2006. Check the license (California A56293, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Wagdy William Kades
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Rheumatology Physician 207RR0500X
- License number
- A56293 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1245 Wilshire Blvd Ste 775, Los Angeles, CA 90017
- Phone
- (213) 484-5397
- Enumerated
- Jun 10, 2006
- Record last updated
- Sep 3, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (213) 484-9584
- Medicaid ID
- 00A562930 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040514001268); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 1245 Wilshire Blvd Ste 775
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Stephanie Herrera, NPNurse Practitioner1821562356
- Michelle WongPhysician Assistant1316655996
Verify Wagdy William Kades in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A56293Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average rheumatology physician in 2024
6,160 Medicare Part D claims for 798 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,978 among the 6,301 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 183 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Gabapentin615 claims
- Methotrexate571 claims
- Diclofenac Sodium477 claims
- Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate390 claims
- Celecoxib361 claims
- Alendronate Sodium346 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: $11,521.10
204 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. The 4,486 providers of this specialty with any payment received $8,538.33 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.
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Common questions
What is Wagdy William Kades, M.D.'s NPI number?
Wagdy William Kades, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1326080060, issued on Jun 10, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Wagdy William Kades, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1245 Wilshire Blvd Ste 775, Los Angeles, CA, 90017. Phone: (213) 484-5397. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Wagdy William Kades, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A56293, 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 Wagdy William Kades, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Wagdy William Kades, M.D. had 6,160 Medicare Part D claims for 798 beneficiaries; the average among rheumatology physician prescribers was 1,978. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Wagdy William Kades, M.D.'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.