Dr. Athanasios James Foster, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 18,473
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 527
- Part D claims, 2024
- 6,549
- Hospital affiliations
- 3
- Industry payments
- $4,972
- Practice address
- 380 Stevens Ave Suite 100 Suite 100, Solana Beach, CA 92075-2068
- Practice phone
- Call (858) 554-9800
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Scripps Coastal Medical Center
Primary care practice · Solana Beach, California
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Dr. Athanasios James Foster is a family medicine physician in Solana Beach, California
Dr. Foster practices at Scripps Coastal Medical Center in Solana Beach, California.
Dr. Foster's NPI, 1871572156, was assigned on January 13, 2006. Dr. Foster graduated from Indiana University School of Medicine in 1975. Dr. Foster holds California license C37725.
- NPI
- 1871572156NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 1254438526
- NPI enumeration date
- January 13, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (858) 554-9800
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 77
- Medical school graduation
- 1975
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Athanasios James Foster practices at Scripps Coastal Medical Center in Solana Beach, California
Dr. Foster's primary practice is Scripps Coastal Medical Center, at 380 Stevens Ave Suite 100 Suite 100, Solana Beach, CA 92075-2068. The practice phone is (858) 554-9800.
- Scripps Coastal Medical Center380 Stevens Ave Suite 100 Suite 100, Solana Beach, CA 92075-2068Phone(858) 554-9800
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Athanasios James Foster is affiliated with 8 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Foster's primary practice is Scripps Coastal Medical Center in Solana Beach, California. Dr. Foster is also affiliated with Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla. The medical group on file is Scripps Clinic Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Foster to 2 more hospitals and 4 home health agencies, each named with a free account.
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Athanasios James Foster's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Foster practices, 8 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Scripps Coastal Medical Center | Available with a free account |
| +7 more affiliated sites | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Athanasios James Foster is one of 15,680 family medicine physicians in California
Family medicine is Dr. Foster's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207Q00000X. Dr. Foster is licensed in California.
Specialties and state licenses
- Family medicine, CaliforniaPrimary
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Athanasios James Foster billed Medicare for 18,473 services in 2024
CMS data shows 18,473 Medicare services from Dr. Foster across 18 procedure codes in 2024, for 527 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $137,688 for them. Every service was in an office.
Dr. Foster's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Drugs given in the office
- 2023: 14,4102024: 16,37114%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 7242024: 90825%
- Other services
- 2023: 3022024: 657118%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 3012024: 34515%
- Lab and pathology
- 2023: 1852024: 1727%
- Surgery
- 2023: 142024: 2043%
Dr. Foster compared with the California median for family medicine physicians, 2024
- Dr. Foster
- California median
- Medicare services
- 18,473vs 24675.1 times
- Medicare patients
- 527vs 1184.5 times
- Part D claims
- 5,785vs 8336.9 times
Medians across 15,349 family medicine physicians in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Foster's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024
CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.
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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Athanasios James Foster treated 527 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75
CMS counts 527 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Foster in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 249 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 58% have high blood pressure. 3% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 0.91, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Foster's median patient age at 63, with 52% women.
Dr. Foster's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Foster's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women25148%
- Men27652%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Foster's Medicare patients, 2024
- High cholesterol75%
- High blood pressure58%
- Arthritis41%
- Ischemic heart disease19%
- Anxiety18%
- Chronic kidney disease16%
- Diabetes16%
- Mood disorders15%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Foster's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 63
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women52%
- Men46%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Athanasios James Foster wrote 6,549 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Foster wrote 6,549 Medicare Part D claims for 542 patients. 93% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 5,785 of them, across 120 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $272,261 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 5,591 claims across 116 drugs.
Dr. Foster's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic6,067 claims93%
- Brand-name461 claims7%
- Other21 claims0%
Dr. Foster's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024
CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.
Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Foster's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids4%278 of 6,549 claims
- Antibiotics2%146 of 6,549 claims
- Antipsychotics, patients 65 and over0%32 of 6,549 claims
Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.
Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2023: 5,5912024: 5,7853%
Drugs named by CMS: 120 in 2024, 116 in 2023.
Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Athanasios James Foster ranks in the 69th percentile for removal of skin lesions in Medicare
Dr. Foster accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Foster as offering telehealth. CMS counts 31 procedures of removal of skin lesions by Dr. Foster, more than 69% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
Where Dr. Foster ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Removal of skin lesions
- 69th percentile31 procedures
CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.
Removal or shaving of skin growth: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)
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Dr. Athanasios James Foster received $4,972 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 274 general payments to Dr. Foster from 45 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 99% of the total. GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. paid the most, $614.
General payments to Dr. Foster by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Foster by kind, 2016 to 2025
- Food and beverage$4,94099%
- Education$321%
Companies that paid Dr. Foster the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Athanasios James Foster graduated from Indiana University School of Medicine
Dr. Foster graduated from Indiana University School of Medicine in 1975.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Athanasios James Foster's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Athanasios James Foster's NPI number?
Dr. Athanasios James Foster's NPI number is 1871572156. It was assigned on January 13, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Athanasios James Foster?
Dr. Athanasios James Foster is a family medicine physician in Solana Beach, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Family Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207Q00000X).
Where does Dr. Athanasios James Foster practice?
Dr. Foster practices at 380 Stevens Ave Suite 100 Suite 100, Solana Beach, CA 92075-2068. Dr. Foster's primary practice is Scripps Coastal Medical Center in Solana Beach, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Foster to 2 hospitals and 4 home health agencies.
What is Dr. Athanasios James Foster's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Foster is (858) 554-9800.
What is Dr. Athanasios James Foster's medical license number?
Dr. Foster holds California license C37725.
Which hospitals is Dr. Athanasios James Foster affiliated with?
Dr. Foster is affiliated with Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla. Dmand AI links Dr. Foster to 2 more hospitals.
What medical group is Dr. Athanasios James Foster part of?
Dr. Foster is linked to Scripps Clinic Medical Group.
Does Dr. Athanasios James Foster accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Foster billed Medicare for 18,473 services in 2024, and Dr. Foster accepts Medicare assignment.
Does Dr. Athanasios James Foster offer telehealth?
Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Foster as offering telehealth services.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Athanasios James Foster see?
CMS counts 527 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Foster in 2024, with an average age of 75.
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What services does Dr. Athanasios James Foster bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Foster's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J1071), office visit, established patient (99214) and medicare service (G2211).
Where did Dr. Athanasios James Foster go to medical school?
Dr. Foster graduated from Indiana University School of Medicine in 1975.
What drugs does Dr. Athanasios James Foster prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Foster's most prescribed drugs by claims were Atorvastatin Calcium, Amlodipine Besylate and Levothyroxine Sodium.
Has Dr. Athanasios James Foster received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $4,972 in general payments to Dr. Foster from 45 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from GlaxoSmithKline, LLC.
How long has Dr. Athanasios James Foster been practicing?
Dr. Foster graduated from medical school in 1975, 51 years ago.
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