Joseph Askar Tannous, M.D.

Primary specialty

Internal Medicine PhysicianTaxonomy code 207R00000X

License

A94352 Issued in CA

Practice address

8899 University Center LN Ste 220
San Diego, CA 92122-1040

Phone

(800) 926-8273

Fax

(888) 539-8781

NPI assigned

May 17, 2006

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

Other identifiers 1

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

Internal Medicine

Education

Other, 1997

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Telehealth

Offers telehealth services

Group practices

UC San Diego Health Community GroupGroup PAC ID 3971849175, 109 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Archer Health Inc Home health agency, Carlsbad, CA, CCN 053124
• UC San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med Ctr Hospital, San Diego, CA, CCN 050025

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

88.48 of 100Reported as group

Quality

92.1

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

69.49

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

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.

• UC San Diego Health Community Group

  • Community Health Clinic/Center
  • San Diego, CA
  • NPI 1659864247
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• California Emergency Physicians Medical Group, a Professional Corp

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Truckee, CA
  • NPI 1215365218
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Galen Inpatient Physicians, PC

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Manteca, CA
  • NPI 1689320459
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Regents of the University of California

  • Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician
  • San Diego, CA
  • NPI 1376646869
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• California Emergency Physicians Medical Group a Professional Corp

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Escondido, CA
  • NPI 1265922827
  NPD
• Galen Inpatient Physicians Inc

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Escondido, CA
  • NPI 1841531704
  NPD
• Galen Inpatient Physicians PC

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • NPI 1205787686
  NPD
• Regents of the University of California

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • San Diego, CA
  • NPI 1508968751
  NPD
• Regents of the University of California

  • Diagnostic Radiology Physician
  • San Diego, CA
  • NPI 1558463927
  NPD
• California Emergency Physicians Medical Group a Professional Corp

  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Terre Haute, IN
  • NPI 1255292496
  NPD
• Community Foundation Medical Group

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Fresno, CA
  • NPI 1811258510
  NPD (past)
• Community Hospitalist Medical Group Inc.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Fresno, CA
  • NPI 1467437376
  NPD (past)

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

• Optimal Health Care Inc

  • Home Health Agency
  • Carlsbad, CA
  • NPI 1053741017
  Care Compare affiliation
• Regents of the University of California

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • San Diego, CA
  • NPI 1184722779
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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    "enumeration_type": "NPI-1",
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    "number": "1508819152",
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            "city": "LOS ANGELES",
            "state": "CA",
            "postal_code": "900747326"
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            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
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            "address_1": "8899 UNIVERSITY CENTER LN STE 220",
            "city": "SAN DIEGO",
            "state": "CA",
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        "enumeration_date": "2006-05-17",
        "last_updated": "2026-08-07",
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• Corinne Tanner
• Devin Andrew Tanner
• Natasha Amy Tanner, NNP
• Sarah Louise Tanner, MD
• Lianne Tannis, OTR
• Oliver O Tannous, M.D.
• Peter David Tannous, FNP-C
• Alexander Daniel Tanon, MSW, LCSW
• Jacob Tanori
• Michael Tanori

• Internal Medicine Physician in San Diego, CA
• Providers in San Diego, CA by specialty
• Internal Medicine Physician in California

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Aug 7, 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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