Gautam Malhotra, MD

Primary specialty

Orthopaedic Hand Surgery PhysicianTaxonomy code 207XS0106X

License

C198490 Issued in CA

Practice address

24331 El Toro Rd Ste 200
Laguna Woods, CA 92637-3116

Phone

(949) 484-4718

NPI assigned

Nov 4, 2010

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 2

Addresses

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in IL, CA2 enrollments

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 2

Specialty

Orthopedic Surgery

Education

University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, 2010

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

OrthowestGroup PAC ID 3072932623, 48 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Memorialcare Saddleback Medical Center Hospital, Laguna Hills, CA, CCN 050603
• Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital Hospital, Evanston, IL, CCN 140010

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

84.9 of 100Reported as group

Quality

75.91

Promoting interoperability

99

Improvement activities

40

Cost

74.6

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

93.28 of 100Reported as group

Quality

73.53

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

70.73

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Networks

• BSC 65 PLUS INDIVIDUAL MAPD

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: gmalhotra17251@uihealth.direct-ci.com
• Direct secure messaging: gmalhotra899418@direct.memorialcare.org
• Direct secure messaging: gmalhotra270494@direct.northshore.org

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

• Orthowest

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Laguna Woods, CA
  • NPI 1760007330
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Endeavor Health Medical Group

  dba NorthShore University HealthSystem Faculty Practice Associates

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Evanston, IL
  • NPI 1497701882

  Orthopaedic Surgery

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois

  • Anatomic Pathology Physician
  • Chicago, IL
  • NPI 1386863819
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Orthowest

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Los Alamitos, CA
  • NPI 1487246732
  NPD
• Orthowest

  • Durable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies
  • Fountain Valley, CA
  • NPI 1497356489

  Orthopaedic Surgery

  NPD
• Endeavor Health Medical Group

  dba NorthShore Anesthesia Group

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • Evanston, IL
  • NPI 1265695944
  NPD
• The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois

  dba Occupational Health Service Institute (OHSI)

  • Occupational Medicine Physician
  • Chicago, IL
  • NPI 1043727571
  NPD
• The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois

  • Primary Podiatric Medicine Podiatrist
  • Chicago, IL
  • NPI 1518185438

  Orthopaedic Surgery

  NPD

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

• Saddleback Memorial Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Laguna Hills, CA
  • NPI 1275576381
  Care Compare affiliation
• Endeavor Health Clinical Operations

  dba Endeavor Health Evanston Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Evanston, IL
  • NPI 1184670549
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Patricia Lynn Lord, COUNSELOR
• Mohsin Mahmood, D.D.S
• Mehran Ron Mahmoudian, D.D.S.
• Lauren Malik
• Touraj Maqsoudi
• Maraya Altuwaijri, M.D., a Medical Corporation
• Rikim A Marfatia, DDS
• Melissa Marroquin

• Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician in Laguna Woods, CA
• Providers in Laguna Woods, CA by specialty
• Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician in California

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Dec 1, 2025; 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.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.