NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Zachary Edgar Brewer, MD

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician · Modesto, CA

Zachary Edgar Brewer, MD is a thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in Modesto, California, and NPI 1467741975, issued on Apr 5, 2011. Check the license (California A121994, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1467741975
Name
Zachary Edgar Brewer
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician 208G00000X
License numbers
A121994 CA
16965 NV
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1541 Florida Ave Ste 305, Modesto, CA 95350
Phone
(209) 575-5833
Enumerated
Apr 5, 2011
Record last updated
Apr 4, 2024
Fax
(209) 575-5836
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20190426000556); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Vanderbilt University School Of Medicine, 2011
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 1541 Florida Ave Ste 305

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

  1. John Degraft-Johnson, M.D.,Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician1043472871
  2. Mark Jacobs, PAPhysician Assistant1346359866
  3. James Roberts, M.D., R.V.T. FACSVascular Surgery Physician1356346936

Verify Zachary Edgar Brewer 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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The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 96.5 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.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score80.3
  2. Costnot scored (reweighted)
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%100.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $5,471.47

11 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AngioDynamics, Inc. The 4,047 providers of this specialty with any payment received $7,828.84 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Zachary Brewer$5,471.47
  2. Specialty average$7,828.84

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

Bills Medicare through 2 group practices

  1. First Choice Physician PartnersModesto, CA
  2. Regents OF The Univ OF CASacramento, CA

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

Zachary Edgar Brewer among 634 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in California

Zachary Edgar Brewer, MD is one of 634 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular 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 2011, is newer than 75% of them.

  • NPI issued2011 · 75% of these records are older, 21% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
  • Graduated2011 · median 1997 among the 408 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 208G00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician providers in California

There are 634 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in California.

The 8 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. John Degraft-Johnson, M.D.,Modesto, CA 953501043472871
  2. James Macmillan, MDModesto, CA 953501366499584
  3. Joe Neal, MDModesto, CA 953501073553954
  4. Shahroukh Bakhshay, M.D.Merced, CA 953481750421483
  5. Lit Fung, M.D.Modesto, CA 953551346240264
  6. Rajaratnam Skantharaja, MDModesto, CA 953551154542298
  7. Hugh Tobin, MDModesto, CA 953561316987373
  8. Mehrdad Amirhamzeh, M.D.Manteca, CA 953371174523096

Common questions

What is Zachary Edgar Brewer, MD's NPI number?

Zachary Edgar Brewer, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1467741975, issued on Apr 5, 2011. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Zachary Edgar Brewer, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1541 Florida Ave Ste 305, Modesto, CA, 95350. Phone: (209) 575-5833. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Zachary Edgar Brewer, MD's license?

NPPES lists California license number A121994, 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.

What is Zachary Edgar Brewer, MD's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 96.5 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.