Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.
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William Nelson Katkov, MD

Individual provider Gastroenterology Physician · NPI 1386693646

William Nelson Katkov, MD practises Gastroenterology in Santa Monica, California. Graduated from University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine in 1983, 43 years ago. Practices with Cedars-Sinai Medical Care Foundation, a 1,696-clinician group, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in California.

Years since qualifying
43
Trained at
University of Southern California Keck 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

2001 Santa Monica Blvd Ste 360W
Santa Monica, CA 90404-2102 Not confirmed with CMS for 18 years — call before visiting
Phone: (310) 453-1871
Fax: (310) 453-1871
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Specialties & licences

Gastroenterology Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207RG0100X · Licence G54468 (CA)

Record details

NPI number1386693646
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedMay 6, 2006
Last updated in NPPESDecember 19, 2007

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyGASTROENTEROLOGY
Also practisesINTERNAL MEDICINE
Medical schoolUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA KECK SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated 1983 (43 years in practice)
Group practice Cedars-Sinai Medical Care Foundation — 1696 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services
Practice locations5 on file with Medicare

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.

Colonoscopy 171 times · 91st percentile
Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux 196 times · 90th percentile

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 patients691
Services billed 1,348 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.

Food and Beverage $783 35 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

Colleagues at Cedars-Sinai Medical Care Foundation

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 1696 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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