Dr. Richard Zoraster, MD

Dr. Zoraster practices at PIH Health Whittier Hospital in Whittier, California, part of PIH Health.

Dr. Zoraster's NPI, 1316974074, was assigned on June 27, 2006. Dr. Zoraster graduated from David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in 1981. Dr. Zoraster holds California license G47823.

Dr. Zoraster's primary practice is PIH Health Whittier Hospital, at 12401 Washington Blvd, Whittier, CA 90602 in Los Angeles County. The practice phone is (562) 698-0811.

Dr. Zoraster's primary practice is PIH Health Whittier Hospital in Whittier, California, part of PIH Health. The medical group on file is Intercommunity Emergency Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Zoraster to 1 more hospital, named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Zoraster practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Emergency medicine is Dr. Zoraster's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207P00000X. Dr. Zoraster is board certified in emergency medicine by the American Board of Emergency Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Zoraster's licenses on file in 3 states: California, Hawaii and Pennsylvania.

CMS data shows 90 Medicare services from Dr. Zoraster across 3 procedure codes in 2024, for 70 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $7,223 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 70 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Zoraster in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 26 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 69% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 3.13, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Zoraster's median patient age at 36, with 57% women.

In 2024, Dr. Zoraster wrote 84 Medicare Part D claims for 48 patients. 92% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 12 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $56 in total drug cost. In 2017, CMS named 11 claims across 1 drug.

Dr. Zoraster accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 14 papers to Dr. Zoraster, published from 2008 to 2017. The most frequent topics are Disaster Planning, Transportation of Patients and Disasters. Dr. Zoraster's most frequent co-authors are Richard Alan Rison, MD, Nichole Bosson and William J. Koenig, MD.

Dr. Zoraster graduated from David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in 1981.

Dr. Zoraster is in network with 1 carrier, including CMS Medicare. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 1. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.