Dr. Morningstar J. Anton, DO

  • Santa Maria, CA
  • Internist
NPI1598871527PAC ID2062510548
Medicare services, 2024
796
Medicare patients, 2024
258
Part D claims, 2024
111
MIPS score, 2024
50
Hospital affiliations
2
Practice address
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA 93454
Practice phone
Call (805) 739-3100
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Primary practice

Dignity Health - Marian Regional Medical Center

Hospital · Santa Maria, California

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Dr. Morningstar J. Anton is an internist in Santa Maria, California

Dr. Anton practices at Dignity Health - Marian Regional Medical Center in Santa Maria, California, part of CommonSpirit Health.

Dr. Anton's NPI, 1598871527, was assigned on August 22, 2006. Dr. Anton graduated from Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2003. Dr. Anton holds Florida license OS9388.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
2062510548
NPI enumeration date
August 22, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(805) 739-3100
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Sex
Female
Estimated age
49
Medical school graduation
2003

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Morningstar J. Anton practices at Dignity Health - Marian Regional Medical Center in Santa Maria, California

Dr. Anton's primary practice is Dignity Health - Marian Regional Medical Center, at 1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA 93454 in Santa Barbara County. The practice phone is (805) 739-3100.

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dr. Morningstar J. Anton is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Anton's primary practice is Dignity Health - Marian Regional Medical Center in Santa Maria, California, part of CommonSpirit Health. The medical group on file is Central Coast Inpatient Consultants. Dmand AI also links Dr. Anton to 1 more hospital, named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Morningstar J. Anton's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Dignity Health - Marian Regional Medical CenterAvailable with a free account
+1 more affiliated siteAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Morningstar J. Anton is one of 16,751 internists in California

Internal medicine is Dr. Anton's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dr. Anton is board certified in internal medicine by the AOA Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Anton is licensed in Florida.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Internal medicine, FloridaPrimaryLicense OS9388 · taxonomy 207R00000X

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists acute diabetes, acute respiratory failure, bile duct problems, cardiac arrhythmia, cellulitis, chest pain, chronic kidney disease and cirrhosis among the conditions Dr. Anton treats.

Internists near Dr. Anton

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Morningstar J. Anton billed Medicare for 796 services in 2024

CMS data shows 796 Medicare services from Dr. Anton across 6 procedure codes in 2024, for 258 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $63,736 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

Medicare services, 2024796
Medicare patients258
Paid by Medicare$63,736
Procedure codes6

Dr. Anton's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 8382024: 7965%

Dr. Anton compared with the California median for internists, 2024

  • Dr. Anton
  • California median
Medicare services
796vs 3612.2 times
Medicare patients
258vs 15171% above
Part D claims
11vs 42197% below

Medians across 15,815 internists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Anton'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. Morningstar J. Anton treated 258 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 78

CMS counts 258 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Anton in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 82 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 43% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.27, 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. Anton's median patient age at 64, with 51% women.

Medicare patients, 2024258
Average age78
Average risk score2.27
Also on Medicaid43%

Dr. Anton's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Anton's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women14255%
  • Men11645%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Anton's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis53%
  4. Diabetes47%
  5. Chronic kidney disease44%
  6. Mood disorders40%
  7. Atrial fibrillation38%
  8. Depression36%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Anton's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 64

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women51%
  • Men48%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Morningstar J. Anton wrote 111 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Anton wrote 111 Medicare Part D claims for 58 patients. 83% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 11 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $160 in total drug cost.

Part D claims, 2024111
Drugs named by CMS1
Total drug cost$160
Part D patients58

Dr. Anton's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic92 claims83%
  • Brand-name and other19 claims17%

Dr. Anton'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. Anton's Part D claims, 2024

  • Antibiotics32%36 of 111 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

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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. Morningstar J. Anton scored 50 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 50 out of 100 for Dr. Anton for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Anton accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Anton's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 50of 100Final score
  • 29.5of 100Quality
  • 0of 100Improvement Activities
  • 80of 100Cost

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. Morningstar J. Anton received $201 in industry payments from 2017 to 2021

CMS Open Payments shows 5 general payments to Dr. Anton from 3 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2021. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc paid the most, $166.

General payments to Dr. Anton by program year, 2017 to 2021

Companies that paid Dr. Anton the most, 2017 to 2021

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Morningstar J. Anton graduated from Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine

Dr. Anton graduated from Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2003. Dr. Anton is a member of AOA.

  1. Medical schoolDr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine
  2. Board certified in internal medicineAOA Board of Internal Medicine
  3. Board certified in 2007 - 2026CA State License
  4. Board certified in 2004 - 2010FL State License

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Dr. Morningstar J. Anton accepts plans from 4 insurance carriers

Dr. Anton is in network with 4 carriers, including Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and HCSC. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 3. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • HCSC
  • CMS Medicare

Plan types Dr. Anton accepts, by number of carriers

  1. Medicare3
  2. PPO3
  3. HMO1
  4. POS1

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Morningstar J. Anton's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare 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 percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Morningstar J. Anton's NPI number?

Dr. Morningstar J. Anton's NPI number is 1598871527. It was assigned on August 22, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Morningstar J. Anton?

Dr. Morningstar J. Anton is an internist in Santa Maria, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Internal Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207R00000X).

Where does Dr. Morningstar J. Anton practice?

Dr. Anton practices at 1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA 93454. Dr. Anton's primary practice is Dignity Health - Marian Regional Medical Center in Santa Maria, California, part of CommonSpirit Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Anton to 1 hospital.

What is Dr. Morningstar J. Anton's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Anton is (805) 739-3100.

What is Dr. Morningstar J. Anton's medical license number?

Dr. Anton holds Florida license OS9388.

Which hospitals is Dr. Morningstar J. Anton affiliated with?

Dr. Anton practices at Dignity Health - Marian Regional Medical Center in Santa Maria, California. Dmand AI links Dr. Anton to 1 more hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Morningstar J. Anton part of?

Dr. Anton is linked to Central Coast Inpatient Consultants.

Does Dr. Morningstar J. Anton accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Anton billed Medicare for 796 services in 2024, and Dr. Anton accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Morningstar J. Anton's MIPS score?

Dr. Anton's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 50 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Morningstar J. Anton see?

CMS counts 258 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Anton in 2024, with an average age of 78.

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Is Dr. Morningstar J. Anton board certified?

Yes. Dr. Anton is board certified in internal medicine by the AOA Board of Internal Medicine.

What services does Dr. Morningstar J. Anton bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Anton's most billed Medicare services were hospital inpatient care (99232), hospital inpatient care (99233) and hospital inpatient care (99239).

Where did Dr. Morningstar J. Anton go to medical school?

Dr. Anton graduated from Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2003.

What drugs does Dr. Morningstar J. Anton prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Anton's most prescribed drugs by claims were Metoprolol Succinate.

Has Dr. Morningstar J. Anton received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $201 in general payments to Dr. Anton from 3 companies from 2017 to 2021. The largest total came from Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

How long has Dr. Morningstar J. Anton been practicing?

Dr. Anton graduated from medical school in 2003, 23 years ago.

What insurance does Dr. Morningstar J. Anton accept?

Dr. Anton is in network with 4 carriers, including Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and HCSC. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 3. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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