Dr. Michael Bazel, MD
Emergency Medicine (Emergency Medicine Physician)
4001 Florence Ave
Bell, CA 90201
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Los Angeles County includes primary care (7% of residents) and mental health (13% of residents) shortage areas. About shortage areas
- Medicare participating
At a glance
- Years since graduation
- 35
- In the NPI registry since
- 2006
- Medicare patients seen, 2024
- 514
Licensed in California since 1994, according to the Medical Board of California. We show license dates only for the states that publish them in bulk; see which states do. For other states, check the state medical board.
The NPI date is when this clinician registered for a National Provider Identifier, the billing number used on health claims. It is not a license, graduation or board-certification date. NPIs were first issued in May 2005 and became required on claims in 2007–2008, so an early date usually means the clinician was already in practice before then. What an NPI is
Education and training
- 2006Registered with an NPI (national billing number; not a license date) — NPIs began in 2005, so practice likely started earlier
Medicare’s Care Compare data doesn’t list this clinician’s medical school. Undergraduate school, residency, fellowship, licensing exams and board certification aren’t in public federal data. Board certification can be confirmed with the certifying board (ABMS member boards for MDs, AOA boards for DOs).
Specialties and state licenses
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Emergency Medicine Physician primary
CA license G78177 (first issued 1994; current)
As reported to the NPI registry. To confirm a license is current, check the state medical board.
Where they work
Medical groups
- First Health Medical Group, Inc (2 clinicians)
Hospitals this clinician lists with Medicare, and groups they bill Medicare through (Care Compare). Affiliation doesn’t mean they see patients at every location.
Medicare patients and services
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 514
- Services billed
- 5,753
- Patients’ average age
- 74
| Service | Times | Patients |
|---|---|---|
| Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | 1,176 | 451 |
| Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | 1,090 | 432 |
| Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample | 718 | 481 |
| Physician or allowed practitioner supervision of a patient receiving medicare-covered services provided by a participating home health agency (patient not present) requiring complex and multidisciplinary care modalities involving regular physician or allow | 475 | 261 |
| Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report | 353 | 320 |
| Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and | 281 | 232 |
| Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 10-19 minutes | 221 | 155 |
| Test to measure expiratory airflow and volume | 217 | 208 |
| X-ray of chest, 2 views | 171 | 159 |
| Ultrasound study of arm or leg veins with compression and maneuvers | 160 | 149 |
Medicare fee-for-service only. CMS leaves out services billed for fewer than 11 patients. These figures describe a practice’s Medicare work; they aren’t a measure of quality.
Medicare prescriptions
| Drug | Prescriptions |
|---|---|
| Omeprazole-Sodium Bicarbonate (omeprazole/sodium bicarbonate) | 2,548 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium Other prescribers in Bell, CA | 2,021 |
| Amlodipine Besylate Other prescribers in Bell, CA | 1,692 |
| Vascepa (icosapent ethyl) Other prescribers in Bell, CA | 1,621 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium Other prescribers in Bell, CA | 1,568 |
| Gabapentin Other prescribers in Bell, CA | 1,534 |
| Ezetimibe Other prescribers in Bell, CA | 1,514 |
| Losartan Potassium Other prescribers in Bell, CA | 1,251 |
| Diflorasone Diacetate | 1,189 |
| Meclizine Hcl Other prescribers in Bell, CA | 1,068 |
Prescriptions filled under Medicare Part D, including refills. CMS leaves out drugs prescribed fewer than 11 times.
Payments from drug and device companies
In 2025, 7 companies reported 21 payments worth $373 in total to this clinician.
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | $94.86 |
|---|---|
| GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. | $84.23 |
| Abbott Laboratories | $63.10 |
| Amgen Inc. | $58.85 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | $36.87 |
| Eisai Inc. | $17.92 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | $17.24 |
| Food and Beverage | $373 |
|---|
From CMS Open Payments. A payment is not evidence of wrongdoing; many are for consulting, teaching or meals. Clinicians can review and dispute their records with CMS.