Dr William J Alton, MD in Santa Barbara, CA - Medicare Internal Medicine

Dr William J Alton, MD is a medicare enrolled "Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Disease" physician in Santa Barbara, California. His current practice location is 2400 Bath St, Suite 201, Santa Barbara, California. You can reach out to his office (for appointments etc.) via phone at (805) 682-7707.

Dr William J Alton is licensed to practice in California (license number G36721) and he also participates in the medicare program. He does not accept medicare assignments directly but he may accept medicare through third-party (refer to Reassignment section below) and may also prescribe medicare part D drugs. His NPI Number is 1255384343.

Contact Information

	Dr William J Alton, MD
	2400 Bath St, Suite 201, Santa Barbara, CA 93105-4351
	(805) 682-7707
	(805) 682-7710

Physician's Profile

Full Name	Dr William J Alton
Gender	Male
Speciality	Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Disease
Location	2400 Bath St, Santa Barbara, California
Accepts Medicare Assignments	Medicare enrolled and may accept medicare through third-party reassignment. May prescribe medicare part D drugs.

NPI Data:

NPI Number: 1255384343
Provider Enumeration Date: 05/18/2006
Last Update Date: 09/21/2012

Medicare PECOS Information:

PECOS PAC ID: 7618905738
Enrollment ID: I20100729000147

Medical Identifiers

Medical identifiers for Dr William J Alton such as npi, medicare ID, medicare PIN, medicaid, etc.

Identifier	Type	State	Issuer
1255384343	NPI	-	NPPES
ZZZ71348Z	Medicaid	CA

Medical Taxonomies and Licenses

Taxonomy	Type	License (State)	Status
207RC0000X	Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Disease	G36721 (California)	Primary

Medicare Part D Prescriber Enrollment

Any physician or other eligible professional who prescribes Part D drugs must either enroll in the Medicare program or opt out in order to prescribe drugs to their patients with Part D prescription drug benefit plans. Dr William J Alton is enrolled with medicare and thus, if eligible, can prescribe medicare part D drugs to patients with medicare part D benefits.

Mailing Address and Practice Location

Mailing Address	Practice Location Address
Dr William J Alton, MD 2400 Bath St, Suite 201, Santa Barbara, CA 93105-4351 Ph: (805) 682-7707	Dr William J Alton, MD 2400 Bath St, Suite 201, Santa Barbara, CA 93105-4351 Ph: (805) 682-7707

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Dr William J Alton, MD - Medicare Internal Medicine in Santa Barbara, CA