Dr. David Edward Fermelia, MD

  • Los Angeles, CA
  • General surgeon
NPI1932280450
Medicare services, 2024
93
Medicare patients, 2024
129
Part D claims, 2024
50
MIPS score, 2024
89
Industry payments
$6,281
Practice address
8631 W 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90048
Practice phone
Call (310) 890-2855
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Primary practice

Kapil Gupta MD a Professional Corporation

Los Angeles, California

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Dr. David Edward Fermelia is a general surgeon in Los Angeles, California

Dr. Fermelia practices at Kapil Gupta MD a Professional Corporation in Los Angeles, California.

Dr. Fermelia's NPI, 1932280450, was assigned on October 18, 2006. Dr. Fermelia graduated from Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine in 1984. Dr. Fermelia holds California license G57874.

NPI and contact details
NPI enumeration date
October 18, 2006
NPI status
Active
Practice phone
(310) 890-2855
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
68
Medical school graduation
1984

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

Dr. David Edward Fermelia practices at Kapil Gupta MD a Professional Corporation in Los Angeles, California

Dr. Fermelia's primary practice is Kapil Gupta MD a Professional Corporation, at 8631 W 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90048 in Los Angeles County. The practice phone is (310) 890-2855.

  • Kapil Gupta MD a Professional Corporation
    8631 W 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90048 · Los Angeles CountyPhone(310) 890-2855

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. David Edward Fermelia is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Fermelia's primary practice is Kapil Gupta MD a Professional Corporation in Los Angeles, California. The medical group on file is Cedars-Sinai Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Fermelia to 1 more group practice or clinic, named with a free account.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. David Edward Fermelia's practice

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EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Kapil Gupta MD a Professional CorporationAvailable with a free account
+1 more affiliated siteAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. David Edward Fermelia is one of 2,926 general surgeons in California

Surgery is Dr. Fermelia's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Fermelia is licensed in California.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Surgery, CaliforniaPrimaryLicense G57874 · 1986 to 2026 · taxonomy 208600000X

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists abdominal hernia repair surgery, acute gallbladder or bile duct inflammation, appendectomy, gallbladder removal, groin hernia surgery, mastectomy and thyroid surgery among the conditions Dr. Fermelia treats.

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Dr. David Edward Fermelia billed Medicare for 93 services in 2024

CMS data shows 93 Medicare services from Dr. Fermelia across 3 procedure codes in 2024, all of them office visits, for 129 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $7,401 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 202493
Medicare patients129
Paid by Medicare$7,401
Procedure codes3

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1922024: 9352%
Surgery
2023: 342024: 0100%

Dr. Fermelia compared with the California median for general surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Fermelia
  • California median
Medicare services
93vs 16644% below
Medicare patients
129vs 1217% above
Part D claims
23vs 3432% below

Medians across 2,606 general surgeons in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Fermelia's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. David Edward Fermelia treated 129 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75

CMS counts 129 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Fermelia in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 56 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 19% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.16, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Fermelia's median patient age at 55, with 75% women.

Medicare patients, 2024129
Average age75
Average risk score1.16
Also on Medicaid19%

Dr. Fermelia's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Fermelia's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women5140%
  • Men7860%

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis61%
  4. Ischemic heart disease42%
  5. Diabetes31%
  6. Cancer23%
  7. Anxiety19%
  8. Mood disorders19%

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

Dr. Fermelia's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 55

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women75%
  • Men25%

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

Dr. David Edward Fermelia wrote 50 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Fermelia wrote 50 Medicare Part D claims for 34 patients. 96% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 23 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $44 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 47 claims across 2 drugs.

Part D claims, 202450
Drugs named by CMS1
Total drug cost$44
Part D patients34

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

  • Generic48 claims96%
  • Brand-name and other2 claims4%

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

  • Opioids60%30 of 50 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: 472024: 2351%

Drugs named by CMS: 1 in 2024, 2 in 2023.

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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. David Edward Fermelia scored 89 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 89 out of 100 for Dr. Fermelia for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group.

Dr. Fermelia's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 89of 100Final score
  • 84.8of 100Quality
  • 99of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 73of 100Cost

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Source: Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026

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Dr. David Edward Fermelia received $6,281 in industry payments from 2020 to 2024

CMS Open Payments shows 13 general payments to Dr. Fermelia from 2 drug and device companies from 2020 to 2024. Education make up the largest share, 64% of the total. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. paid the most, $6,080.

General payments to Dr. Fermelia by program year, 2020 to 2024

General payments to Dr. Fermelia by kind, 2020 to 2024

$6.3Kin total
  • Education$4,00064%
  • Travel and lodging$1,79529%
  • Food and beverage$4868%

Companies that paid Dr. Fermelia the most, 2020 to 2024

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

Dr. David Edward Fermelia has 1 award and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Fermelia.

Awards and honors for Dr. Fermelia

  1. Undated
    • ACS Fellow

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. David Edward Fermelia graduated from Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine

Dr. Fermelia graduated from Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine in 1984. Dr. Fermelia is a member of ACS.

  1. Medical schoolSpencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. David Edward Fermelia accepts plans from 11 insurance carriers

Dr. Fermelia is in network with 11 carriers, including Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Elevance and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 7. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • Elevance
  • United Healthcare
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • HCSC
  • Regence Health Plans
  • Aetna
  • Alliant Health Plans
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Plan types Dr. Fermelia accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO7
  2. Medicare6
  3. HMO5
  4. POS3

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. David Edward Fermelia'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 phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation 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 percentilesClinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Awards and committee rolesDmand AI Professional Profile Data
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. David Edward Fermelia's NPI number?

Dr. David Edward Fermelia's NPI number is 1932280450. It was assigned on October 18, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. David Edward Fermelia?

Dr. David Edward Fermelia is a general surgeon in Los Angeles, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).

Where does Dr. David Edward Fermelia practice?

Dr. Fermelia practices at 8631 W 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90048. Dr. Fermelia's primary practice is Kapil Gupta MD a Professional Corporation in Los Angeles, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Fermelia to 1 group practice or clinic.

What is Dr. David Edward Fermelia's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Fermelia is (310) 890-2855.

What is Dr. David Edward Fermelia's medical license number?

Dr. Fermelia holds California license G57874.

What medical group is Dr. David Edward Fermelia part of?

Dr. Fermelia is linked to Cedars-Sinai Medical Group.

Does Dr. David Edward Fermelia accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Fermelia billed Medicare for 93 services in 2024.

What is Dr. David Edward Fermelia's MIPS score?

Dr. Fermelia's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 89 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. David Edward Fermelia see?

CMS counts 129 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Fermelia in 2024, with an average age of 75.

What services does Dr. David Edward Fermelia bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Fermelia's most billed Medicare services were office visit, new patient (99204), office visit, new patient (99203) and office visit, established patient (99212).

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Where did Dr. David Edward Fermelia go to medical school?

Dr. Fermelia graduated from Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine in 1984.

What drugs does Dr. David Edward Fermelia prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Fermelia's most prescribed drugs by claims were Tramadol HCl.

Has Dr. David Edward Fermelia received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $6,281 in general payments to Dr. Fermelia from 2 companies from 2020 to 2024. The largest total came from Intuitive Surgical, Inc.

How long has Dr. David Edward Fermelia been practicing?

Dr. Fermelia graduated from medical school in 1984, 42 years ago.

What insurance does Dr. David Edward Fermelia accept?

Dr. Fermelia is in network with 11 carriers, including Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Elevance and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 7. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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