Dr. Joel Guss MD
About this NPIWhat this record shows.
NPI 1962568881 is registered to Dr. Joel Guss MD, a Otolaryngology/Facial Plastic Surgery Physician practising at 1425 S Main St, Dept. Of Head & Neck Surgery in Walnut Creek, California. Otolaryngology/Facial Plastic Surgery Physician is a recognised medical specialty under the National Uniform Claim Committee (NUCC) taxonomy. Dr. Joel Guss MD has been enumerated in the National Provider Identifier (NPI) registry since 2006.
Beyond the registryWhat this record adds.
It is enrolled in Medicare, linking to 1 PECOS enrollment record (with a public Medicare Enrollment ID) sourced from CMS, which the NPPES registry does not list. Within the directory it is one of 201 Otolaryngology/Facial Plastic Surgery Physician providers on file in California.
Source: CMS NPPES and PECOS public files. snapshot, refreshed monthly.
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Medicare enrollment
This provider holds a Medicare enrollment on file with the Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS). Each enrollment carries a public Medicare Enrollment ID (ENRLMT_ID) used by billers and intermediaries.
Practitioner
- I20091028000676OtolaryngologyCA
Source: CMS PECOS public enrollment file.
Insurance & acceptsHow to confirm coverage.
The National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) registry does not include commercial insurance network data, so we cannot show which plans Dr. Joel Guss MD accepts. To confirm in-network status with your specific health plan, contact Dr. Joel Guss MD directly at (925) 295-4100.
Frequently asked
Yes. NPI 1962568881 is registered as Active in the CMS NPPES public registry and passes the Luhn check-digit validation that all 10-digit NPIs use.
Otolaryngology/Facial Plastic Surgery Physician is a recognised medical specialty under the National Uniform Claim Committee (NUCC) taxonomy.
The CMS NPPES Public Registry at npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov is the authoritative source. FindMyNPI mirrors this dataset and refreshes monthly. For real-time verification, you can also call the provider's office at (925) 295-4100.
An individual healthcare provider has a single Type-1 NPI for life. Organisations can hold separate Type-2 NPIs per location, specialty, or sub-entity. Dr. Joel Guss MD is a Type-1 individual NPI.
As of the latest monthly CMS NPPES snapshot, 201 Otolaryngology/Facial Plastic Surgery Physician providers are registered in California, and Dr. Joel Guss MD is one of them. The figure refreshes each month from the federal source.