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Dr. Douglas G. Brust, MD
NPI1134178791PAC ID3476547779
- Medicare services, 2023
- 401
- Part D claims, 2024
- 216
- Publications
- 5
- Clinical trials
- 1
- MIPS score, 2024
- 100
- Practice address
- 6255 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028
- Practice phone
- Call (305) 538-1400
- Professional email
- Get professional email
- Personal email
- Get personal email
- Mobile number
- Get mobile number
Primary practice
Ahf
Los Angeles, California
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Dr. Douglas G. Brust is an infectious disease specialist in Los Angeles, California
Dr. Brust practices at Ahf in Los Angeles, California.
Dr. Brust's NPI, 1134178791, was assigned on May 9, 2006. Dr. Brust graduated from Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1996. Dr. Brust holds Florida license ME95136.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1134178791NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 3476547779
- NPI enumeration date
- May 9, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (305) 538-1400
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
- Get email
- Mobile number
- Get number
- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 56
- Medical school graduation
- 1996
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Douglas G. Brust practices at Ahf in Los Angeles, California
Dr. Brust's primary practice is Ahf, at 6255 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028 in Los Angeles County. The practice phone is (305) 538-1400.
- Ahf6255 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028 · Los Angeles CountyPhone(305) 538-1400
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. Douglas G. Brust is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 2 medical groups
Dr. Brust's primary practice is Ahf in Los Angeles, California. The medical group on file is AIDS Healthcare Foundation. Dmand AI also links Dr. Brust to 2 more group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.
AhfPrimary
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Douglas G. Brust's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Brust practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Ahf | Available with a free account |
| +2 more sites and 1 medical group | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Douglas G. Brust is one of 1,054 infectious disease specialists in California
Infectious disease is Dr. Brust's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RI0200X. Dr. Brust is board certified in infectious disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Brust's licenses on file in 5 states: Florida, New York, District of Columbia, Virginia and Maryland.
Specialties and state licenses
- Infectious disease, FloridaPrimary
- New York license
- District of Columbia license
- Virginia license
- Maryland license
Clinical focus
Dmand AI lists cold sores or genital herpes and hiv/aids among the conditions Dr. Brust treats.
Infectious disease specialists near Dr. Brust
Counts of infectious disease specialists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Douglas G. Brust billed Medicare for 401 services in 2023
CMS data shows 401 Medicare services from Dr. Brust across 7 procedure codes in 2023. Medicare paid $20,343 for them. Every service was in an office.
Medicare services, 2023401
Paid by Medicare$20,343
Procedure codes7
Dr. Brust's Medicare services by type, 2022 to 2023
- 2022
- 2023
- Office and hospital visits
- 2022: 1022023: 16865%
- Surgery
- 2022: 582023: 145150%
- Tests and treatments
- 2022: 122023: 77542%
- Other services
- 2022: 02023: 11
Dr. Brust compared with the California median for infectious disease specialists, 2023
- Dr. Brust
- California median
- Medicare services
- 401vs 4297% below
- Part D claims
- 48vs 11960% below
Medians across 930 infectious disease specialists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Brust's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2023
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. Douglas G. Brust's patients have a median age of 61
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Brust's median patient age at 61, with 14% women.
Dr. Brust's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 61
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women14%
- Men86%
Source: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data
Dr. Douglas G. Brust wrote 216 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Brust wrote 216 Medicare Part D claims for 55 patients. 65% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 48 of them, across 2 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $117,841 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,653 claims across 51 drugs.
Part D claims, 2024216
Drugs named by CMS2
Total drug cost$117,841
Part D patients55
Dr. Brust's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic141 claims65%
- Brand-name and other75 claims35%
Dr. Brust'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.
Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2023: 1,6532024: 4897%
Drugs named by CMS: 2 in 2024, 51 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. Douglas G. Brust scored 100 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 100 out of 100 for Dr. Brust for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Brust accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Dr. Brust's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 100of 100Final score
- 90of 100Quality
- 96of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026
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Dr. Douglas G. Brust has 5 publications on record
Dmand AI links 5 papers to Dr. Brust. The most frequent topics are HIV Infections, Biopsy and Fluorodeoxyglucose F18. Dr. Brust's most frequent co-authors are Jorge A. Carrasquillo, MD, Richard Thomas Davey, MD and Lorna M. Dove, MD.
Papers5
Topics Dr. Brust writes about most
- HIV Infections
- Biopsy
- Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
- Radiopharmaceuticals
Dr. Brust's most frequent co-authors
- Jorge A. Carrasquillo, MD1 shared paper
- Richard Thomas Davey, MD1 shared paper
- Lorna M. Dove, MD1 shared paper
Recent publications by Dr. Brust
Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly ActiveFluorodeoxyglucose F18HIV Infections
J Clin Gastroenterol
Anti-Retroviral AgentsAutoimmunityBiopsy
AdenineAntiviral AgentsCD4 Lymphocyte Count
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
BiopsyHepatitis B, ChronicHepatitis B Core Antigens
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Douglas G. Brust has worked on 1 clinical trial
Dmand AI links Dr. Brust to 1 clinical trial. Conditions studied include Convalescence and COVID-19.
Conditions in Dr. Brust's trials
- Convalescence
- COVID-19
Investigators on the most trials with Dr. Brust
- Ashok Balasubramanyam, MD1 shared trial
- Valerie Christina Cluzet, MD1 shared trial
- Edward A. Dominguez, MD1 shared trial
Recent clinical trials with Dr. Brust
ConvalescenceCOVID-19Anti- SARS-CoV-2 PlasmaSARS-CoV-2 non-immune Plasma
Sources: Dmand AI Research Linkage; and ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine)
Dr. Douglas G. Brust received $581,495 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 1,122 general payments to Dr. Brust from 24 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 74% of the total. Gilead Sciences, Inc. paid the most, $368,531.
General payments to Dr. Brust by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Brust by kind, 2016 to 2025
$581.5Kin total
- Speaker and faculty fees$428,15874%
- Travel and lodging$72,01312%
- Consulting fees$56,56010%
- Food and beverage$24,4914%
- Education$2730%
Companies that paid Dr. Brust 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. Douglas G. Brust has 2 awards and honors on record
Dmand AI lists 2 awards for Dr. Brust, most recently Gulfshore Life Magazine: Top Doctors in 2014.
Awards and honors for Dr. Brust
- 2014
- Gulfshore Life Magazine: Top Doctors
- 2013
- CMS Stage 1 EHR
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Douglas G. Brust graduated from Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Dr. Brust graduated from Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1996.
- Medical school
- Board certified in infectious disease
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Douglas G. Brust accepts plans from 15 insurance carriers
Dr. Brust is in network with 15 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and United Healthcare. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
- Aetna
- Elevance
- United Healthcare
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
- Cigna
- HCSC
- Aspirus Health Plan
- Humana
- +7 more carriersWith a free account
Plan types Dr. Brust accepts, by number of carriers
- HMO9
- PPO9
- Medicare8
- POS5
- EPO4
Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data
Sources for Dr. Douglas G. Brust'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 | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand 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 Data |
| 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)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (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 |
| Clinical trials and co-investigators | Dmand AI Research LinkageClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab) |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Awards and committee roles | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| 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. Douglas G. Brust's NPI number?
Dr. Douglas G. Brust's NPI number is 1134178791. It was assigned on May 9, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Douglas G. Brust?
Dr. Douglas G. Brust is an infectious disease specialist in Los Angeles, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Infectious Disease Physician (taxonomy code 207RI0200X).
Where does Dr. Douglas G. Brust practice?
Dr. Brust practices at 6255 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028. Dr. Brust's primary practice is Ahf in Los Angeles, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Brust to 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group.
What is Dr. Douglas G. Brust's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Brust is (305) 538-1400.
What is Dr. Douglas G. Brust's medical license number?
Dr. Brust holds Florida license ME95136, one of the licenses on file in 5 states.
Which states has Dr. Douglas G. Brust been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Brust in Florida (2006 to 2026), New York (2003 to 2007), District of Columbia (2001 to 2004), Virginia (2000 to 2002) and Maryland (1998 to 2000).
What medical group is Dr. Douglas G. Brust part of?
Dr. Brust is linked to AIDS Healthcare Foundation. Dmand AI links Dr. Brust to 1 more medical group.
Does Dr. Douglas G. Brust accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Brust billed Medicare for 401 services in 2023, and Dr. Brust accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Douglas G. Brust's MIPS score?
Dr. Brust's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 100 out of 100, reported as part of a group.
Is Dr. Douglas G. Brust board certified?
Yes. Dr. Brust is board certified in infectious disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
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What services does Dr. Douglas G. Brust bill to Medicare?
In 2023, Dr. Brust's most billed Medicare services were surgery: heart and blood vessels (36415), office visit, established patient (99214) and office visit, established patient (99213).
Where did Dr. Douglas G. Brust go to medical school?
Dr. Brust graduated from Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1996.
What drugs does Dr. Douglas G. Brust prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Brust's most prescribed drugs by claims were Biktarvy and Rosuvastatin Calcium.
Has Dr. Douglas G. Brust received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $581,495 in general payments to Dr. Brust from 24 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Gilead Sciences, Inc.
How long has Dr. Douglas G. Brust been practicing?
Dr. Brust graduated from medical school in 1996, 30 years ago.
Does Dr. Douglas G. Brust do research?
Dmand AI links 5 publications to Dr. Brust. Dr. Brust has worked on 1 clinical trial.
Who does Dr. Douglas G. Brust publish with?
Dr. Brust's most frequent co-authors are Jorge A. Carrasquillo, MD (1 shared paper), Richard Thomas Davey, MD (1 shared paper) and Lorna M. Dove, MD (1 shared paper).
What insurance does Dr. Douglas G. Brust accept?
Dr. Brust is in network with 15 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and United Healthcare. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
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