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Michael J. Nelms, PA-C

Individual provider Physician Assistant · NPI 1235113580

Michael J. Nelms, PA-C is a Physician Assistant in San Diego, California. Qualified in 1997, 29 years ago. Practices with J Robert West MD Inc, a 138-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in California.

Years since qualifying
29
Licensed in
CA
In the registry since
2005
What do these letters mean?
PA-C — Physician Assistant, Certified
A physician assistant who holds current national certification.

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Practice location Address checks out

4060 Fourth Ave Ste 415
San Diego, CA 92103-2116 Not confirmed with CMS for 10 years — call before visiting
Phone: (619) 298-9809
Fax: (619) 298-9823
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Specialties & licences

Physician Assistant (primary) Taxonomy 363A00000X · Licence PA14379 (CA)

Record details

NPI number1235113580
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials PA-C
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedNovember 30, 2005
Last updated in NPPESMarch 15, 2016

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyPHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 1997 (29 years in practice)
Group practice J Robert West Md Inc — 138 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients436
Services billed 12,355 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age74

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Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Food and Beverage $1,451 63 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

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Colleagues at J Robert West MD Inc

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 138 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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