Akber M. Safi, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Poway, CA
Akber M. Safi, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Poway, California, and NPI 1215264189, issued on Nov 12, 2009. Check the license (California G83504, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Akber M. Safi
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- G83504 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 15525 Pomerado RD Ste A1, Poway, CA 92064
- Phone
- (858) 485-6444
- Enumerated
- Nov 12, 2009
- Record last updated
- Aug 8, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100901000165); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- State University Of New York At Stony Brook, School Of Medicine, 1991
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 15525 Pomerado RD Ste A1
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Akber M. Safi in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license G83504Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.3 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
7,193 Medicare Part D claims for 527 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 107 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium620 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium390 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate379 claims
- Losartan Potassium277 claims
- Simvastatin196 claims
- Lisinopril184 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: $1,440.16
66 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Lilly USA, LLC. 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 2 group practices
- Focus ON Health IncPoway, CA
- North County Internists Medical CorporationPoway, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Akber M. Safi among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California
Akber M. Safi, MD is one of 17,696 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 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 2009, is newer than 60% of them.
- NPI issued2009 · 60% of these records are older, 37% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1991 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 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 California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
23 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Poway
They are 23 of the 1,306 NPPES records with a practice address in Poway, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Akber M. Safi, MD's NPI number?
Akber M. Safi, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1215264189, issued on Nov 12, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Akber M. Safi, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 15525 Pomerado RD Ste A1, Poway, CA, 92064. Phone: (858) 485-6444. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Akber M. Safi, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number G83504, 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 Akber M. Safi, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Akber M. Safi, MD had 7,193 Medicare Part D claims for 527 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.