Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.
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Dr. Douglas Katsev, MD

Individual provider Ophthalmology Physician · NPI 1801906722

Dr. Douglas Katsev, MD practises Ophthalmology in Santa Barbara, California. Graduated from Emory University School of Medicine in 1986, 40 years ago. Practices with Santa Barbara Eyecare Inc a Professional Medical Corporation, a 4-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in California.

Years since qualifying
40
Trained at
Emory University School of Medicine
Licensed in
CA
In the registry since
2006
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

2946 De La Vina St
Santa Barbara, CA 93105-3310
Phone: (805) 967-9990
Fax: (805) 883-3898
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Specialties & licences

Ophthalmology Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207W00000X · Licence G65027 (CA)

Record details

NPI number1801906722
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedAugust 30, 2006
Last updated in NPPESFebruary 14, 2023
Certification dateFebruary 14, 2023

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyOPHTHALMOLOGY
Medical schoolEMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated 1986 (40 years in practice)
Group practice Santa Barbara Eyecare Inc A Professional Medical Corporation — 4 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Cataract surgery 564 times · 96th percentile
Removal or shaving of skin growth 21 times · 71st percentile
Skin biopsy 1–10 times

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients1,442
Services billed 8,085 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age76

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Consulting Fee $34,558 9 payments
Compensation for services other than consulting , including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $23,000 4 payments
Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program $13,200 5 payments
Food and Beverage $7,444 182 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
Travel and Lodging $6,873 36 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference

Each amount is the sum of what companies reported for that kind of payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

Colleagues at Santa Barbara Eyecare Inc a Professional Medical Corporation

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice.

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