Dr. Daniel Garrett Vail, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 183
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 191
- Part D claims, 2024
- 383
- Publications
- 79
- MIPS score, 2024
- 91
- Practice address
- 200 W Arbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92103
- Practice phone
- Call (619) 543-6222
- Professional email
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- Personal email
- Get personal email
- Mobile number
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Primary practice
UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center
San Diego, California
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Dr. Daniel Garrett Vail is an ophthalmologist in San Diego, California
Dr. Vail practices at UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center in San Diego, California.
Dr. Vail's NPI, 1285262568, was assigned on March 31, 2020. Dr. Vail graduated from Stanford University School Of Medicine in 2019. Dr. Vail holds California license 196667.
- NPI
- 1285262568NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 9032511605
- NPI enumeration date
- March 31, 2020
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (619) 543-6222
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
- Get email
- Mobile number
- Get number
- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 32
- Medical school graduation
- 2019
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Daniel Garrett Vail practices at UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center in San Diego, California
Dr. Vail's primary practice is UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center, at 200 W Arbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92103 in San Diego County. The practice phone is (619) 543-6222.
- UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center200 W Arbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92103 · San Diego CountyPhone(619) 543-6222
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. Daniel Garrett Vail is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 2 medical groups
Dr. Vail's primary practice is UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center in San Diego, California. Dr. Vail is also affiliated with Hillcrest Medical Center. The medical group on file is UC San Diego Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Vail to 1 more medical group, named with a free account.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Daniel Garrett Vail's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Vail practices. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center | Available with a free account |
| +1 more site and 1 medical group | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Daniel Garrett Vail is one of 2,621 ophthalmologists in California
Ophthalmology is Dr. Vail's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207W00000X. Dr. Vail is licensed in California.
Specialties and state licenses
- Ophthalmology, CaliforniaPrimary
Ophthalmologists near Dr. Vail
Counts of ophthalmologists 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. Daniel Garrett Vail billed Medicare for 183 services in 2024
CMS data shows 183 Medicare services from Dr. Vail across 2 procedure codes in 2024, for 191 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $20,244 for them. Every service was in an office.
Dr. Vail compared with the California median for ophthalmologists, 2024
- Dr. Vail
- California median
- Medicare services
- 183vs 1,07983% below
- Medicare patients
- 191vs 42155% below
- Part D claims
- 287vs 61854% below
Medians across 2,568 ophthalmologists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Vail'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. Daniel Garrett Vail treated 191 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 77
CMS counts 191 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Vail in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 82 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 71% have high blood pressure. 14% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.45, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Vail's median patient age at 67, with 46% women.
Dr. Vail's Medicare patients by age, 2024
CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.
Dr. Vail's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women11661%
- Men7539%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Vail's Medicare patients, 2024
- High cholesterol75%
- High blood pressure71%
- Arthritis51%
- Diabetes29%
- Osteoporosis27%
- Ischemic heart disease26%
- Chronic kidney disease23%
- Heart failure19%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Vail's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 67
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women46%
- Men52%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Daniel Garrett Vail wrote 383 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Vail wrote 383 Medicare Part D claims for 102 patients. 53% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 287 of them, across 8 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $21,402 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 339 claims across 9 drugs.
Dr. Vail's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic203 claims53%
- Brand-name180 claims47%
Dr. Vail'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: 3392024: 28715%
Drugs named by CMS: 8 in 2024, 9 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. Daniel Garrett Vail scored 91 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 91 out of 100 for Dr. Vail for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Vail accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Dr. Vail's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 91of 100Final score
- 84.1of 100Quality
- 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
- 74of 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. Daniel Garrett Vail has 79 publications on record
Dmand AI links 79 papers to Dr. Vail, published from 2010 to 2024. 2020 was the busiest year, with 18. The most frequent topics are Retinal Detachment, Visual Acuity and Vitrectomy. Dr. Vail has published most often in Am J Ophthalmol. Dr. Vail's most frequent co-authors are Darius Mohammad Moshfeghi, MD, Natalia Fijalkowski Callaway, MD and Marco H. Ji, MD.
Dr. Vail's papers by year, 2015 to 2024
Topics Dr. Vail writes about most
- Retinal Detachment
- Visual Acuity
- Vitrectomy
- Reoperation
- Scleral Buckling
- Tomography, Optical Coherence
- Analgesics, Opioid
- Low Back Pain
Dr. Vail's most frequent co-authors
- Darius Mohammad Moshfeghi, MD25 shared papers
- Natalia Fijalkowski Callaway, MD19 shared papers
- Marco H. Ji, MD13 shared papers
Recent publications by Dr. Vail
Digit J Ophthalmol
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Daniel Garrett Vail received $1,574 in industry payments from 2024 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 14 general payments to Dr. Vail from 8 drug and device companies from 2024 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 51% of the total. Alcon Laboratories Inc paid the most, $1,044.
General payments to Dr. Vail by program year, 2024 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Vail by kind, 2024 to 2025
- Food and beverage$79551%
- Travel and lodging$77949%
Companies that paid Dr. Vail the most, 2024 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Daniel Garrett Vail graduated from Stanford University School Of Medicine
Dr. Vail graduated from Stanford University School Of Medicine in 2019.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Daniel Garrett Vail accepts plans from 14 insurance carriers
Dr. Vail 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
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
- HCSC
- Molina
- Regence Health Plans
- +6 more carriersWith a free account
Plan types Dr. Vail accepts, by number of carriers
- PPO9
- HMO7
- Medicare7
- EPO4
- POS3
Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data
Sources for Dr. Daniel Garrett Vail'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 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)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 |
| 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. Daniel Garrett Vail's NPI number?
Dr. Daniel Garrett Vail's NPI number is 1285262568. It was assigned on March 31, 2020, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Daniel Garrett Vail?
Dr. Daniel Garrett Vail is an ophthalmologist in San Diego, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Ophthalmology Physician (taxonomy code 207W00000X).
Where does Dr. Daniel Garrett Vail practice?
Dr. Vail practices at 200 W Arbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92103. Dr. Vail's primary practice is UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center in San Diego, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Vail to 1 medical group.
What is Dr. Daniel Garrett Vail's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Vail is (619) 543-6222.
What is Dr. Daniel Garrett Vail's medical license number?
Dr. Vail holds California license 196667.
Which hospitals is Dr. Daniel Garrett Vail affiliated with?
Dr. Vail is affiliated with Hillcrest Medical Center.
What medical group is Dr. Daniel Garrett Vail part of?
Dr. Vail is linked to UC San Diego Health. Dmand AI links Dr. Vail to 1 more medical group.
Does Dr. Daniel Garrett Vail accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Vail billed Medicare for 183 services in 2024, and Dr. Vail accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Daniel Garrett Vail's MIPS score?
Dr. Vail's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 91 out of 100, reported as part of a group.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Daniel Garrett Vail see?
CMS counts 191 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Vail in 2024, with an average age of 77.
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What services does Dr. Daniel Garrett Vail bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Vail's most billed Medicare services were eye exam or test (92014) and eye exam or test (92004).
Where did Dr. Daniel Garrett Vail go to medical school?
Dr. Vail graduated from Stanford University School Of Medicine in 2019.
What drugs does Dr. Daniel Garrett Vail prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Vail's most prescribed drugs by claims were Prednisolone Acetate, Brimonidine Tartrate and Dorzolamide-Timolol.
Has Dr. Daniel Garrett Vail received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $1,574 in general payments to Dr. Vail from 8 companies from 2024 to 2025. The largest total came from Alcon Laboratories Inc.
How long has Dr. Daniel Garrett Vail been practicing?
Dr. Vail graduated from medical school in 2019, 7 years ago.
Does Dr. Daniel Garrett Vail do research?
Dmand AI links 79 publications to Dr. Vail, published from 2010 to 2024.
Who does Dr. Daniel Garrett Vail publish with?
Dr. Vail's most frequent co-authors are Darius Mohammad Moshfeghi, MD (25 shared papers), Natalia Fijalkowski Callaway, MD (19 shared papers) and Marco H. Ji, MD (13 shared papers).
What insurance does Dr. Daniel Garrett Vail accept?
Dr. Vail 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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