Dr. Liza Jane Plafsky, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 38
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 34
- Part D claims, 2024
- 28
- Publications
- 1
- Hospital affiliations
- 1
- Practice address
- 477 N El Camino Real Suite C-100, Encinitas, CA 92024
- Practice phone
- Call (760) 942-8800
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
UCSD Center for Surgery of Encinitas
Surgery Center - Medicare-Certified · Encinitas, California
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Dr. Liza Jane Plafsky is a gastroenterologist in Encinitas, California
Dr. Plafsky practices at UCSD Center for Surgery of Encinitas in Encinitas, California.
Dr. Plafsky's NPI, 1356845325, was assigned on March 22, 2018. Dr. Plafsky graduated from University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine in 2018. Dr. Plafsky holds California license A193120.
- NPI
- 1356845325NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 1456899053
- NPI enumeration date
- March 22, 2018
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (760) 942-8800
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Female
- Estimated age
- 33
- Medical school graduation
- 2018
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Liza Jane Plafsky practices at UCSD Center for Surgery of Encinitas in Encinitas, California
Dr. Plafsky's primary practice is UCSD Center for Surgery of Encinitas, at 477 N El Camino Real Suite C-100, Encinitas, CA 92024. The practice phone is (760) 942-8800.
- UCSD Center for Surgery of Encinitas477 N El Camino Real Suite C-100, Encinitas, CA 92024Phone(760) 942-8800
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Liza Jane Plafsky is affiliated with 4 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Plafsky's primary practice is UCSD Center for Surgery of Encinitas in Encinitas, California. Dr. Plafsky is also affiliated with Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas. The medical group on file is United Medical Doctors. Dmand AI also links Dr. Plafsky to 1 more group practice or clinic and 1 ambulatory surgery center, each named with a free account.
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Liza Jane Plafsky's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Plafsky practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| UCSD Center for Surgery of Encinitas | Available with a free account |
| +3 more affiliated sites | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Liza Jane Plafsky is one of 1,977 gastroenterologists in California
Gastroenterology is Dr. Plafsky's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RG0100X. Dr. Plafsky is board certified in gastroenterology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Plafsky is licensed in California.
Specialties and state licenses
- Gastroenterology, CaliforniaPrimary
Gastroenterologists near Dr. Plafsky
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Liza Jane Plafsky billed Medicare for 38 services in 2024
CMS data shows 38 Medicare services from Dr. Plafsky across 2 procedure codes in 2024, all of them office visits, for 34 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $4,474 for them. Every service was in an office.
Dr. Plafsky compared with the California median for gastroenterologists, 2024
- Dr. Plafsky
- California median
- Medicare services
- 38vs 58694% below
- Medicare patients
- 34vs 30289% below
- Part D claims
- 13vs 38097% below
Medians across 1,875 gastroenterologists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Plafsky'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. Liza Jane Plafsky treated 34 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73
CMS counts 34 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Plafsky in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 22 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 62% have high blood pressure. Their average risk score is 0.92, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Plafsky's median patient age at 51, with 62% women.
Dr. Plafsky's Medicare patients by age, 2024
CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.
Dr. Plafsky's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women1647%
- Men1853%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Plafsky's Medicare patients, 2024
- High cholesterol75%
- High blood pressure62%
- Arthritis41%
- Ischemic heart disease35%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Plafsky's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 51
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women62%
- Men36%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Liza Jane Plafsky wrote 28 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Plafsky wrote 28 Medicare Part D claims for 20 patients. 93% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 13 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $848 in total drug cost.
Dr. Plafsky's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic26 claims93%
- Brand-name and other2 claims7%
Dr. Plafsky'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.
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. Liza Jane Plafsky ranks in the 78th percentile for colonoscopy in Medicare
Dr. Plafsky accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Plafsky as offering telehealth. CMS counts 93 procedures of colonoscopy by Dr. Plafsky, more than 78% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
Where Dr. Plafsky ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Colonoscopy
- 78th percentile93 procedures
- Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux
- 64th percentile53 procedures
CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)
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Dr. Liza Jane Plafsky has 1 publication on record
Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Plafsky in 2021. Dr. Plafsky's most frequent co-authors are Rtika Ryfka Abraham, MD, Monica T. Garcia-Buitrago and Mohit Girotra, MBBS, MD.
Dr. Plafsky's most frequent co-authors
- Rtika Ryfka Abraham, MD1 shared paper
- Monica T. Garcia-Buitrago1 shared paper
- Mohit Girotra, MBBS, MD1 shared paper
Recent publications by Dr. Plafsky
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Liza Jane Plafsky received $2,071 in industry payments from 2022 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 59 general payments to Dr. Plafsky from 20 drug and device companies from 2022 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 96% of the total. Boston Scientific Corporation paid the most, $274.
General payments to Dr. Plafsky by program year, 2022 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Plafsky by kind, 2022 to 2025
- Food and beverage$1,98796%
- Education$844%
Companies that paid Dr. Plafsky the most, 2022 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Liza Jane Plafsky graduated from University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
Dr. Plafsky graduated from University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine in 2018.
- Medical school
- Board certified in gastroenterology
- Board certified in internal medicine
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Liza Jane Plafsky accepts plans from 14 insurance carriers
Dr. Plafsky is in network with 14 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
- Aetna
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
- United Healthcare
- Elevance
- HCSC
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
- Regence Health Plans
- Alliant Health Plans
- +6 more carriersWith a free account
Plan types Dr. Plafsky accepts, by number of carriers
- PPO9
- Medicare7
- HMO6
- EPO4
- POS4
Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data
Sources for Dr. Liza Jane Plafsky'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 DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy 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) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Insurance carriers and plan types | Dmand AI Insurance Network Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Liza Jane Plafsky's NPI number?
Dr. Liza Jane Plafsky's NPI number is 1356845325. It was assigned on March 22, 2018, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Liza Jane Plafsky?
Dr. Liza Jane Plafsky is a gastroenterologist in Encinitas, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Gastroenterology Physician (taxonomy code 207RG0100X).
Where does Dr. Liza Jane Plafsky practice?
Dr. Plafsky practices at 477 N El Camino Real Suite C-100, Encinitas, CA 92024. Dr. Plafsky's primary practice is UCSD Center for Surgery of Encinitas in Encinitas, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Plafsky to 1 group practice or clinic and 1 ambulatory surgery center.
What is Dr. Liza Jane Plafsky's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Plafsky is (760) 942-8800.
What is Dr. Liza Jane Plafsky's medical license number?
Dr. Plafsky holds California license A193120.
Which hospitals is Dr. Liza Jane Plafsky affiliated with?
Dr. Plafsky is affiliated with Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas.
What medical group is Dr. Liza Jane Plafsky part of?
Dr. Plafsky is linked to United Medical Doctors.
Does Dr. Liza Jane Plafsky accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Plafsky billed Medicare for 38 services in 2024, and Dr. Plafsky accepts Medicare assignment.
Does Dr. Liza Jane Plafsky offer telehealth?
Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Plafsky as offering telehealth services.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Liza Jane Plafsky see?
CMS counts 34 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Plafsky in 2024, with an average age of 73.
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Is Dr. Liza Jane Plafsky board certified?
Yes. Dr. Plafsky is board certified in gastroenterology by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
What services does Dr. Liza Jane Plafsky bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Plafsky's most billed Medicare services were office visit, new patient (99204) and office visit, established patient (99214).
Where did Dr. Liza Jane Plafsky go to medical school?
Dr. Plafsky graduated from University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine in 2018.
What drugs does Dr. Liza Jane Plafsky prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Plafsky's most prescribed drugs by claims were Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag Sulf.
Has Dr. Liza Jane Plafsky received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $2,071 in general payments to Dr. Plafsky from 20 companies from 2022 to 2025. The largest total came from Boston Scientific Corporation.
How long has Dr. Liza Jane Plafsky been practicing?
Dr. Plafsky graduated from medical school in 2018, 8 years ago.
Does Dr. Liza Jane Plafsky do research?
Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Plafsky.
Who does Dr. Liza Jane Plafsky publish with?
Dr. Plafsky's most frequent co-authors are Rtika Ryfka Abraham, MD (1 shared paper), Monica T. Garcia-Buitrago (1 shared paper) and Mohit Girotra, MBBS, MD (1 shared paper).
What insurance does Dr. Liza Jane Plafsky accept?
Dr. Plafsky is in network with 14 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
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