Oscar Joaquin Paz-Altschul, MD

Primary specialty

Trauma Surgery PhysicianTaxonomy code 2086S0127X

License

A43866 Issued in CA

Practice address

1150 N Indian Canyon Dr
Palm Springs, CA 92262-4872

Phone

(760) 323-6316

Fax

(760) 323-6531

NPI assigned

Jul 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

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

Critical Care (Intensivists)Also: General Surgery

Education

Other, 1982

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Desert Medical Group IncGroup PAC ID 8123930427, 71 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Desert Regional Medical Center Hospital, Palm Springs, CA, CCN 050243

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

97.52 of 100Reported as group

Quality

97.68

Improvement activities

40

Cost

62.65

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Networks

• BSC 65 PLUS INDIVIDUAL MAPD

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: oscar.pazaltschul.p2@direct.mydohc.nextgenshare.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.

• Desert Medical Group, Inc.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Palm Springs, CA
  • NPI 1114918612
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group
• Emergency Associates Corporation

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Rancho Mirage, CA
  • NPI 1003866120
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Desert Trauma Surgeons, Inc.

  • Surgical Critical Care Physician
  • Lynwood, CA
  • NPI 1144225426

  Trauma Surgery

  NPD
• Diagnostic Imaging Services

  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Internal Medicine Physician
  • Metairie, LA
  • NPI 1699793166
  NPD (past)

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

• Desert Regional Medical Center, Inc.

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Palm Springs, CA
  • NPI 1104856095
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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    "number": "1699792317",
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            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "1180 N INDIAN CANYON DR",
            "address_2": "SUITE E425",
            "city": "PALM SPRINGS",
            "state": "CA",
            "postal_code": "922624800",
            "telephone_number": "760-323-6316",
            "fax_number": "760-323-6531"
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            "city": "PALM SPRINGS",
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        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [],
    "basic": {
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        "first_name": "OSCAR",
        "middle_name": "JOAQUIN",
        "name_prefix": "Dr.",
        "credential": "MD",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "M",
        "enumeration_date": "2006-07-17",
        "last_updated": "2007-07-08",
        "status": "A"
    },
    "taxonomies": [
        {
            "code": "2086S0127X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Surgery, Trauma Surgery",
            "state": "CA",
            "license": "A43866",
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        }
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    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [],
    "other_names": []
}

• Shereen Patel, RPH
• Sujay Pathak
• Pathway Pharmaceuticals Inc
• Elia Paula, MFT
• Carissa Paw
• PCD Senior 1
• Pedram Navab DO Inc
• Dennis Scott Peery, PA-C
• Fouzhan Pejmanian, MD
• Briana Pena, PPS

• Trauma Surgery Physician in Palm Springs, CA
• Providers in Palm Springs, CA by specialty
• Trauma Surgery Physician in California

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jul 8, 2007; 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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