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Dr. David B. Sacks, MD
NPI1114087764PAC ID7810065695
- Medicare services, 2024
- 1,079
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 606
- Part D claims, 2024
- 4,369
- Publications
- 192
- MIPS score, 2024
- 12
- Practice address
- 999 N Tustin Ave, Santa Ana, CA 92705
- Practice phone
- Call (949) 566-8688
- Professional email
- Get professional email
- Personal email
- Get personal email
- Mobile number
- Get mobile number
Primary practice
Elite Surgery Center of Orange County Inc
Santa Ana, California
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Dr. David B. Sacks is an ophthalmologist in Santa Ana, California
Dr. Sacks practices at Elite Surgery Center of Orange County Inc in Santa Ana, California.
Dr. Sacks' NPI, 1114087764, was assigned on December 12, 2006. Dr. Sacks graduated from University of the Witwatersrand in 1968. Dr. Sacks holds California license A30335.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1114087764NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 7810065695
- NPI enumeration date
- December 12, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (949) 566-8688
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
- Get email
- Mobile number
- Get number
- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 83
- Medical school graduation
- 1968
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. David B. Sacks practices at Elite Surgery Center of Orange County Inc in Santa Ana, California
Dr. Sacks' primary practice is Elite Surgery Center of Orange County Inc, at 999 N Tustin Ave, Santa Ana, CA 92705 in Orange County. The practice phone is (949) 566-8688.
- Elite Surgery Center of Orange County Inc999 N Tustin Ave, Santa Ana, CA 92705 · Orange CountyPhone(949) 566-8688
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. David B. Sacks is affiliated with 2 sites of care
Dr. Sacks' primary practice is Elite Surgery Center of Orange County Inc in Santa Ana, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Sacks to 1 physician office, named with a free account.
Elite Surgery Center of Orange County IncPrimary
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. David B. Sacks' practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Sacks practices. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Elite Surgery Center of Orange County Inc | Available with a free account |
| +1 more affiliated site | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. David B. Sacks is one of 2,621 ophthalmologists in California
Ophthalmology is Dr. Sacks' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207W00000X. Dr. Sacks is board certified in ophthalmology by the American Board of Ophthalmology. Dmand AI has Dr. Sacks' licenses on file in 3 states: California, New York and Colorado.
Specialties and state licenses
- Ophthalmology, CaliforniaPrimary
- New York license
- Colorado license
Clinical focus
Dmand AI lists age-related macular degeneration, cataract, cataract surgery with lens implant, conjunctivitis, dry eye, eye infection or inflammation, eyelid inflammation and glaucoma among the conditions Dr. Sacks treats.
Ophthalmologists near Dr. Sacks
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. David B. Sacks billed Medicare for 1,079 services in 2024
CMS data shows 1,079 Medicare services from Dr. Sacks across 14 procedure codes in 2024, for 606 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $100,409 for them.
Medicare services, 20241,079
Medicare patients606
Paid by Medicare$100,409
Procedure codes14
Dr. Sacks' Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 1,0582024: 86718%
- Surgery
- 2023: 1302024: 10916%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 1002024: 1033%
Where Dr. Sacks' Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office1,03596%
- In a facility444%
Dr. Sacks compared with the California median for ophthalmologists, 2024
- Dr. Sacks
- California median
- Medicare services
- 1,079vs 1,079Close to median
- Medicare patients
- 606vs 42144% above
- Part D claims
- 4,271vs 6186.9 times
Medians across 2,568 ophthalmologists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Sacks' 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. David B. Sacks treated 606 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 77
CMS counts 606 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Sacks in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 270 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 16% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.20, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Sacks' median patient age at 73, with 52% women.
Medicare patients, 2024606
Average age77
Average risk score1.20
Also on Medicaid16%
Dr. Sacks' Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Sacks' Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women34256%
- Men26444%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Sacks' Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Arthritis43%
- Diabetes35%
- Ischemic heart disease24%
- Chronic kidney disease23%
- Osteoporosis21%
- Atrial fibrillation19%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Sacks' patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 73
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women52%
- Men47%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. David B. Sacks wrote 4,369 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Sacks wrote 4,369 Medicare Part D claims for 991 patients. 64% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 4,271 of them, across 18 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $179,162 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 4,376 claims across 19 drugs.
Part D claims, 20244,369
Drugs named by CMS18
Total drug cost$179,162
Part D patients991
Dr. Sacks' Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic2,778 claims64%
- Brand-name1,591 claims36%
Dr. Sacks' 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. Sacks' Part D claims, 2024
- Antibiotics1%37 of 4,369 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: 4,3762024: 4,2712%
Drugs named by CMS: 18 in 2024, 19 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. David B. Sacks scored 12 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 12 out of 100 for Dr. Sacks for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Sacks accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 116 procedures of cataract surgery by Dr. Sacks, more than 76% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Dr. Sacks' MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 12of 100Final score
- 0of 100Quality
- 0of 100Improvement Activities
- 41of 100Cost
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Where Dr. Sacks ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Cataract surgery
- 76th percentile116 procedures
CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)
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Dr. David B. Sacks has 192 publications on record
Dmand AI links 192 papers to Dr. Sacks, published from 2006 to 2025. 2016 was the busiest year, with 13. The most frequent topics are ras GTPase-Activating Proteins, Glycated Hemoglobin and Blood Glucose. Dr. Sacks has published most often in Clin Chem. Dr. Sacks' most frequent co-authors are Om Prakash Singh, MD, David C. Klonoff, MD and David A. Sacks, MD.
Papers192
Years published2006 to 2025
Dr. Sacks' papers by year, 2016 to 2025
Topics Dr. Sacks writes about most
- ras GTPase-Activating Proteins
- Glycated Hemoglobin
- Blood Glucose
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Signal Transduction
- Protein Binding
- Leishmaniasis, Visceral
- Phosphorylation
Dr. Sacks' most frequent co-authors
- Om Prakash Singh, MD10 shared papers
- David C. Klonoff, MD8 shared papers
- David A. Sacks, MD8 shared papers
Recent publications by Dr. Sacks
Disease SusceptibilityExtracellular TrapsLeishmania major
AlgorithmsBacteriaBacterial Proteins
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. David B. Sacks received $682 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 24 general payments to Dr. Sacks from 10 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Amgen Inc. paid the most, $154.
General payments to Dr. Sacks by program year, 2016 to 2025
Companies that paid Dr. Sacks 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. David B. Sacks has 3 awards and honors on record
Dmand AI lists 3 awards for Dr. Sacks.
Awards and honors for Dr. Sacks
- Undated
- AAO Fellow
- Checkbook Top Doc
- Super Doc
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. David B. Sacks graduated from University of the Witwatersrand
Dr. Sacks graduated from University of the Witwatersrand in 1968. Dr. Sacks is a member of AAO.
- Medical school
- Board certified in ophthalmology
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. David B. Sacks accepts plans from 19 insurance carriers
Dr. Sacks is in network with 19 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and HCSC. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 12. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
- Aetna
- Elevance
- HCSC
- United Healthcare
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
- Humana
- Alliant Health Plans
- +11 more carriersWith a free account
Plan types Dr. Sacks accepts, by number of carriers
- HMO12
- PPO11
- Medicare8
- POS7
- EPO4
Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data
Sources for Dr. David B. Sacks'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 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)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) |
| 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. David B. Sacks' NPI number?
Dr. David B. Sacks' NPI number is 1114087764. It was assigned on December 12, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. David B. Sacks?
Dr. David B. Sacks is an ophthalmologist in Santa Ana, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Ophthalmology Physician (taxonomy code 207W00000X).
Where does Dr. David B. Sacks practice?
Dr. Sacks practices at 999 N Tustin Ave, Santa Ana, CA 92705. Dr. Sacks' primary practice is Elite Surgery Center of Orange County Inc in Santa Ana, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Sacks to 1 physician office.
What is Dr. David B. Sacks' office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Sacks is (949) 566-8688.
What is Dr. David B. Sacks' medical license number?
Dr. Sacks holds California license A30335, one of the licenses on file in 3 states.
Which states has Dr. David B. Sacks been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Sacks in California (1976 to 2026), New York (since 1975) and Colorado (1975 to 1978).
Does Dr. David B. Sacks accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Sacks billed Medicare for 1,079 services in 2024, and Dr. Sacks accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. David B. Sacks' MIPS score?
Dr. Sacks' MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 12 out of 100, reported individually.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. David B. Sacks see?
CMS counts 606 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Sacks in 2024, with an average age of 77.
Is Dr. David B. Sacks board certified?
Yes. Dr. Sacks is board certified in ophthalmology by the American Board of Ophthalmology.
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What services does Dr. David B. Sacks bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Sacks' most billed Medicare services were eye exam or test (92014), eye exam or test (92012) and office visit, established patient (99214).
Where did Dr. David B. Sacks go to medical school?
Dr. Sacks graduated from University of the Witwatersrand in 1968.
What drugs does Dr. David B. Sacks prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Sacks' most prescribed drugs by claims were Latanoprost, Dorzolamide-Timolol and Prednisolone Acetate.
Has Dr. David B. Sacks received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $682 in general payments to Dr. Sacks from 10 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Amgen Inc.
How long has Dr. David B. Sacks been practicing?
Dr. Sacks graduated from medical school in 1968, 58 years ago.
Does Dr. David B. Sacks do research?
Dmand AI links 192 publications to Dr. Sacks, published from 2006 to 2025.
Who does Dr. David B. Sacks publish with?
Dr. Sacks' most frequent co-authors are Om Prakash Singh, MD (10 shared papers), David C. Klonoff, MD (8 shared papers) and David A. Sacks, MD (8 shared papers).
What insurance does Dr. David B. Sacks accept?
Dr. Sacks is in network with 19 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and HCSC. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 12. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
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