NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Afsah Ali Hussain, MD

Psychiatry Physician · National City, CA

Afsah Ali Hussain, MD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in National City, California, and NPI 1649858713, issued on Mar 31, 2021. Check the license (California A204731, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1649858713
Name
Afsah Ali Hussain
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
License number
A204731 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1136 D Ave, National City, CA 91950
Phone
(619) 662-4100
Enumerated
Mar 31, 2021
Record last updated
Sep 30, 2025
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20251103001703); may accept Medicare assignment
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 1136 D Ave

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Mayra Dillon, MDFamily Medicine Physician1629232715
  2. Tilden Keller, MD, DABFM, AAHIVSFamily Medicine Physician1548687957
  3. Pomai Roberts, MDFamily Medicine Physician1023278314

Verify Afsah Ali Hussain in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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73% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024

265 Medicare Part D claims for 32 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims.

  1. Afsah Hussain265
  2. Specialty average1,000

Most prescribed

  1. Trazodone Hcl21 claims
  2. Lamotrigine17 claims
  3. Caplyta15 claims
  4. Fluoxetine Hcl14 claims
  5. Buspirone Hcl12 claims
  6. Aripiprazole11 claims

Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.

Industry payments in 2024: $235.70

11 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Iti, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.). The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Afsah Hussain$235.70
  2. Specialty average$4,954.93

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Afsah Ali Hussain among 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California

Afsah Ali Hussain, MD is one of 8,673 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in California. 67% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2021, is newer than 91% of them.

  • NPI issued2021 · 91% of these records are older, 7% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 38% of these records are
  • Graduated2018 · median 2005 among the 3,295 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2025 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Psychiatry Physician providers in California

There are 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California.

The 8 psychiatry physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Mohammed Bari, M.D.National City, CA 919501679588370
  2. Prakash Bhatia, M.D.National City, CA 919501164464137
  3. Douglas Dolnak, D.O.National City, CA 919501316147085
  4. Sultana Hamrang, M.D.National City, CA 919501336188739
  5. Saleem Ishaque, M.D.National City, CA 919501033124730
  6. Samuel Kugel, M.D.National City, CA 919501497813968
  7. Gregory Paniccia, M.D.National City, CA 919501518022920
  8. Jonathan Koelle, MDLa Mesa, CA 919511609803824

Common questions

What is Afsah Ali Hussain, MD's NPI number?

Afsah Ali Hussain, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1649858713, issued on Mar 31, 2021. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Afsah Ali Hussain, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1136 D Ave, National City, CA, 91950. Phone: (619) 662-4100. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Afsah Ali Hussain, MD's license?

NPPES lists California license number A204731, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Afsah Ali Hussain, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Afsah Ali Hussain, MD had 265 Medicare Part D claims for 32 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.

Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.