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Desert Care Clinic Apc

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • El Centro, CA
National Provider Identifier
1326921990
Registry record updated Oct 7, 2025
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Key facts

NPPES NPI Registry
Primary specialty
Internal Medicine PhysicianTaxonomy code 207R00000X
Legal business name
DESERT CARE CLINIC APC
Practice address
444 S 8TH St Ste C1A
El Centro, CA 92243-3236
Phone
(760) 890-0190
NPI assigned
Jul 30, 2025
Last updated
Oct 7, 2025By the provider in NPPES
Organization subpart
No

NPPES NPI Registry

Updated by the provider on Oct 7, 2025

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

Authorized official

Name
Dr. Bernard J Lichtenstein, MDNPI 1104878073
Title
Owner/Self
Phone
(619) 550-8862

Authorized official NPPES reports the official by name only. The link goes to the one practitioner connected to this organization with that name.

Specialties & licenses 1

Specialty (taxonomy)CodeLicenseStatePrimary
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X Primary

Addresses

Primary practice location

444 S 8TH St Ste C1A
El Centro, CA 92243-3236

Mailing address

444 S 8TH St Ste C1A
El Centro, CA 92243-3236
Phone (760) 890-0190

Medicare participation

Medicare enrollment files
Medicare fee-for-service enrollment
Enrolled in CA

Enrollment records 1

Enrollment IDStateProvider typePAC IDDetails
O20251029002433 CA Part B Supplier - Clinic/Group Practice 6305335407 Receives reassigned benefits from 10 practitioners
Practice locations: Holtville, CA; El Centro, CA; Calexico, CA; Brawley, CA

National Provider Directory

National Provider Directory

Locations

444 S 8th St
El Centro, CA 92243
Phone (760) 678-0252

444 S 8th St
Ste C1A
El Centro, CA 92243
Phone (760) 890-0190

Practitioners & affiliated clinicians

Practitioners 12

Individual providers connected to this organization through Medicare benefit reassignment, Care Compare group membership or National Provider Directory roles, and the practitioner matching its NPPES authorized official.

NPI Registry JSON

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

{
    "created_epoch": "1753833600000",
    "enumeration_type": "NPI-2",
    "last_updated_epoch": "1759795200000",
    "number": "1326921990",
    "addresses": [
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "444 S 8TH ST STE C1A",
            "city": "EL CENTRO",
            "state": "CA",
            "postal_code": "922433236",
            "telephone_number": "760-890-0190"
        },
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "444 S 8TH ST STE C1A",
            "city": "EL CENTRO",
            "state": "CA",
            "postal_code": "922433236",
            "telephone_number": "760-890-0190"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [],
    "basic": {
        "organization_name": "DESERT CARE CLINIC APC",
        "organizational_subpart": "NO",
        "enumeration_date": "2025-07-30",
        "last_updated": "2025-10-07",
        "certification_date": "2025-10-07",
        "status": "A",
        "authorized_official_last_name": "LICHTENSTEIN",
        "authorized_official_first_name": "BERNARD",
        "authorized_official_middle_name": "J",
        "authorized_official_title_or_position": "OWNER/SELF",
        "authorized_official_telephone_number": "619-550-8862",
        "authorized_official_name_prefix": "Dr.",
        "authorized_official_credential": "MD"
    },
    "taxonomies": [
        {
            "code": "207R00000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Internal Medicine",
            "state": null,
            "license": null,
            "primary": true
        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [],
    "other_names": []
}

Other providers in El Centro, CA

Sources for this page

  • NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Oct 7, 2025; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
  • Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments.
  • National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.