Afshin Tavakoly, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Brooklyn, NY
Afshin Tavakoly, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Brooklyn, New York, and NPI 1700059680, issued on Apr 11, 2008. Check the license (New York 247938, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Afshin Tavakoly
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 247938 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1664 E 14TH St Ste 101, Brooklyn, NY 11229
- Phone
- (718) 998-2350
- Enumerated
- Apr 11, 2008
- Record last updated
- Apr 29, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100311000806); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Afshin Tavakoly in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
Search for license 247938Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
77% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
5,635 Medicare Part D claims for 344 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 21% of claims. 20 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Metformin Hcl267 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium256 claims
- Mounjaro158 claims
- Omeprazole154 claims
- Ozempic151 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate146 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 100 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $3,946.66
157 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Corona Medical PCGreat Neck, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Afshin Tavakoly among 12,067 internal medicine physician records in New York
Afshin Tavakoly, M.D. is one of 12,067 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in New York. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2008, is newer than 56% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 56% of these records are older, 40% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated1998 · median 2002 among the 7,221 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
1,497 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Brooklyn
They are 1,497 of the 64,057 NPPES records with a practice address in Brooklyn, and 12,067 internal medicine physician records in New York.
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Common questions
What is Afshin Tavakoly, M.D.'s NPI number?
Afshin Tavakoly, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1700059680, issued on Apr 11, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Afshin Tavakoly, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1664 E 14TH St Ste 101, Brooklyn, NY, 11229. Phone: (718) 998-2350. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Afshin Tavakoly, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists New York license number 247938, as entered by the provider. Search the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions at https://www.op.nysed.gov/services/verifications/online-verification-searches. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Afshin Tavakoly, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Afshin Tavakoly, M.D. had 5,635 Medicare Part D claims for 344 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Afshin Tavakoly, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 100 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.