Walter L. Biffl, MD

Primary specialty

Trauma Surgery PhysicianTaxonomy code 2086S0127X

License

G151581 Issued in CA

Practice address

9898 Genesee Ave
La Jolla, CA 92037-1205

Phone

(858) 824-4285

NPI assigned

Jun 22, 2005

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 3

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

George Washington University School of Medicine, 1990

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Scripps HealthGroup PAC ID 9234033853, 1,450 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Scripps Memorial Hospital la Jolla Hospital, La Jolla, CA, CCN 050324

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: wbiffl37567@scrippshlth.medalliesdirect.net

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.

• Scripps Health

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • La Jolla, CA
  • NPI 1275899072
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Scripps Health

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • San Diego, CA
  • NPI 1487928891

  Surgical Critical Care

  NPD
• Scripps Health

  • Home Health Agency
  • San Diego, CA
  • NPI 1578556114
  NPD
• Scripps Health

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • San Diego, CA
  • NPI 1881636108
  NPD
• Rhode Island Hospital

  • Transplant Surgery Physician
  • Providence, RI
  • NPI 1174605208
  NPD
• University Surgical Associates, Inc.

  • Surgery Physician
  • Providence, RI
  • NPI 1376589895
  NPD
• Vail Clinic, Inc.

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Edwards, CO
  • NPI 1659151009
  NPD (past)

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

• Scripps Health

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • La Jolla, CA
  • NPI 1841277704
  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": "1787529600000",
    "number": "1962408260",
    "addresses": [
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "10790 RANCHO BERNARDO RD",
            "city": "SAN DIEGO",
            "state": "CA",
            "postal_code": "921275705",
            "telephone_number": "858-824-4285"
        },
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "9898 GENESEE AVE",
            "city": "LA JOLLA",
            "state": "CA",
            "postal_code": "920371205",
            "telephone_number": "858-824-4285"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [],
    "basic": {
        "last_name": "BIFFL",
        "first_name": "WALTER",
        "middle_name": "L.",
        "name_prefix": "Dr.",
        "credential": "MD",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "M",
        "enumeration_date": "2005-06-22",
        "last_updated": "2026-08-24",
        "certification_date": "2026-08-24",
        "status": "A"
    },
    "taxonomies": [
        {
            "code": "2086S0127X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Surgery, Trauma Surgery",
            "state": "CA",
            "license": "G151581",
            "primary": true
        },
        {
            "code": "208600000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Surgery",
            "state": "CA",
            "license": "G151581",
            "primary": false
        },
        {
            "code": "2086S0102X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Surgery, Surgical Critical Care",
            "state": "CA",
            "license": "G151581",
            "primary": false
        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [],
    "other_names": []
}

• Bianchi Medical Services PC
• Christopher Bickford, MD
• Harriet Ann Bielawski, M.D.
• Caitlin Caris Bier, OTR/L
• Sabrina Bierman, MS, RD, CNSC
• Timothy Bilash, M.D., M.S.
• Ashley Kaye Binder, MD
• Nancy Jeanne Binkin
• Lisa Bird-Hollander, P.T.
• Margaret Natalie-Haslett Bischer, A-GNP-C

• Trauma Surgery Physician in La Jolla, CA
• Providers in La Jolla, 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 Aug 24, 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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