Alexander Friedman, MD

Primary specialty

Surgery PhysicianTaxonomy code 208600000X

License

A196994 Issued in CA

Practice address

1931 Main St
Watsonville, CA 95076-3027

Phone

(831) 768-6600

NPI assigned

Apr 2, 2018

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in CA

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

General Surgery

Education

Georgetown University School of Medicine, 2018

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Permanente Medical Group IncGroup PAC ID 8921910225, 10,928 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Watsonville Community Hospital Hospital, Watsonville, CA, CCN 050194

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: afriedman112019@direct.challiance.masshiway.net
• Direct secure messaging: afriedman209679@santaclaravalley.direct-ci.net
• Direct secure messaging: alexander.friedman.1@15702.direct.athenahealth.com

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships and National Provider Directory roles.

• Permanente Medical Group Inc

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Santa Clara, CA
  • NPI 1073606299
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group
• Permanente Medical Group Inc

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Vallejo, CA
  • NPI 1336222397

  Surgery

  NPD
• Permanente Medical Group, Inc

  • Clinical Medical Laboratory
  • San Jose, CA
  • NPI 1497971584
  NPD
• Cambridge Public Health Commission

  dba Cambridge Health Alliance

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Cambridge, MA
  • NPI 1487603585
  NPD
• Jordan Physician Associates, Inc.

  dba BIDH-Plymouth Pathology

  • Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician
  • Plymouth, MA
  • NPI 1194263186
  NPD
• Jordan Physician Associates, Inc.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Plymouth, MA
  • NPI 1538145131

  Surgery

  NPD

Hospitals and other facilities this clinician is affiliated with according to Medicare Care Compare.

• Pajaro Valley Health Care District Hospital Corporation

  dba Watsonville Community Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Watsonville, CA
  • NPI 1619607488
  Care Compare affiliation

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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    "enumeration_type": "NPI-1",
    "last_updated_epoch": "1767657600000",
    "number": "1205332079",
    "addresses": [
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            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "1931 MAIN ST",
            "city": "WATSONVILLE",
            "state": "CA",
            "postal_code": "950763027",
            "telephone_number": "856-669-8239"
        },
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            "city": "WATSONVILLE",
            "state": "CA",
            "postal_code": "950763027",
            "telephone_number": "831-768-6600"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [],
    "basic": {
        "last_name": "FRIEDMAN",
        "first_name": "ALEXANDER",
        "credential": "MD",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "M",
        "enumeration_date": "2018-04-02",
        "last_updated": "2026-01-06",
        "certification_date": "2026-01-06",
        "status": "A"
    },
    "taxonomies": [
        {
            "code": "208600000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
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        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [],
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}

• Logan James Frahm, D.C.
• Devon R Francis, M.D.
• Abigail Franco Canizales
• Meredith Elizabeth Frank, B.A.
• Michael Frederiksen
• Alexander Jack Alpert Friedman, PA-C
• Earl Friend IV, DPT
• Front St. Inc.
• Front St. Inc.
• Patricia Fuentez

• Surgery Physician in Watsonville, CA
• Providers in Watsonville, CA by specialty
• Surgery Physician in California

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jan 6, 2026; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

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