NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Wernher Ovalle, MD

Internal Medicine Physician · Huntington Beach, CA

Wernher Ovalle, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Huntington Beach, California, and NPI 1417901661, issued on May 20, 2006. Check the license (California A68507, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1417901661
Name
Wernher Ovalle
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License number
A68507 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
9131 Adams Ave, Huntington Beach, CA 92646
Phone
(714) 845-5900
Enumerated
May 20, 2006
Record last updated
Apr 4, 2024
Fax
(714) 845-5922
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20071127000867); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of California, San Diego School Of Medicine, 1996
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
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 9131 Adams Ave

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

  1. Sabine Bernbeck, MDFamily Medicine Physician1699729889
  2. Bonnie Cheung, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1144527441
  3. Bri'Andra Grantham, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1982204533
  4. Julia Harris, MDFamily Medicine Physician1326095605
  5. Michael Khatibi, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1770693905
  6. Lucy Lee, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1720453020

Verify Wernher Ovalle in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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42% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024

4,516 Medicare Part D claims for 328 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims. 193 claims were for opioids.

  1. Wernher Ovalle4,516
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Levothyroxine Sodium196 claims
  2. Amlodipine Besylate172 claims
  3. Atorvastatin Calcium150 claims
  4. Tramadol Hcl117 claims
  5. Alprazolam104 claims
  6. Gabapentin91 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: $87.88

4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Wernher Ovalle$87.88
  2. Specialty average$1,303.06

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

  1. Beach Family Doctors Medical GroupHuntington Beach, CA

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Wernher Ovalle among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California

Wernher Ovalle, MD is one of 17,696 internal medicine 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 5% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 56% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
  • Graduated1996 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2024 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

48 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Huntington Beach

They are 48 of the 4,031 NPPES records with a practice address in Huntington Beach, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Subha Amatya, M.D.Huntington Beach, CA 926461861837221
  2. Curtis DavisHuntington Beach, CA 926461982600318
  3. Edward Etzkorn, MDHuntington Beach, CA 926461780680140
  4. Mark Fredrick, MDHuntington Beach, CA 926461518964998
  5. Michael Khatibi, M.D.Huntington Beach, CA 926461770693905
  6. Linda Lam, MDHuntington Beach, CA 926461508145863
  7. Khadija Mayet, MDHuntington Beach, CA 926461528049665
  8. Dena Zedan, M.D.Huntington Beach, CA 926461144552894

Common questions

What is Wernher Ovalle, MD's NPI number?

Wernher Ovalle, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1417901661, issued on May 20, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Wernher Ovalle, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 9131 Adams Ave, Huntington Beach, CA, 92646. Phone: (714) 845-5900. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Wernher Ovalle, MD's license?

NPPES lists California license number A68507, 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 Wernher Ovalle, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Wernher Ovalle, MD had 4,516 Medicare Part D claims for 328 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.