Ara G. Tilkian, M.D.
Cardiovascular Disease Physician · Mission Hills, CA
Ara G. Tilkian, M.D. is a cardiovascular disease physician with a practice address in Mission Hills, California, and NPI 1427041060, issued on Aug 30, 2005. Check the license (California G21218, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ara G. Tilkian
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Cardiovascular Disease Physician 207RC0000X
- License number
- G21218 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 14901 Rinaldi St, Mission Hills, CA 91345
- Phone
- (818) 365-1339
- Enumerated
- Aug 30, 2005
- Record last updated
- Aug 12, 2022
- Fax
- (818) 898-4342
- Medicaid ID
- 00G21218 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080111000714); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Illinois College Of Med (Chi/Peor/Rock/Chm-Urb), 1970
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Ara G. Tilkian in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license G21218Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average cardiovascular disease physician in 2024
2,997 Medicare Part D claims for 467 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,078 among the 20,728 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 17% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Metoprolol Succinate348 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium287 claims
- Eliquis242 claims
- Losartan Potassium159 claims
- Metoprolol Tartrate144 claims
- Spironolactone139 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $82.27
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Pfizer Inc. The 16,686 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,819.56 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
- Cardiovascular Consultants Medical GroupMission Hills, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ara G. Tilkian among 2,574 cardiovascular disease physician records in California
Ara G. Tilkian, M.D. is one of 2,574 cardiovascular disease physician records with a practice address in California. 83% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 90% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 68% of these records are
- Graduated1970 · median 1999 among the 1,742 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 63% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RC0000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers in California
There are 2,574 cardiovascular disease physician records in California.
All 2,574 in California → Every provider in Mission Hills → Cardiovascular Disease Physician nationwide →
The 8 cardiovascular disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Shahe Garabedian, M.D.Mission Hills, CA 913451841313772
- Rodney Samaan, MDMission Hills, CA 913451578776720
- Kenneth Tam, M.D.Mission Hills, CA 913451821081423
- Ting Yee, M.D.Mission Hills, CA 913451801889365
- Madras Padmanabhan, MD FACCGranada Hills, CA 913441588642516
- Sunil Rangappa, MDGranada Hills, CA 913441730392887
- Sheba Meymandi, MDSylmar, CA 913421386677607
- Kaylin Nguyen, MDSylmar, CA 913421487188959
Common questions
What is Ara G. Tilkian, M.D.'s NPI number?
Ara G. Tilkian, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1427041060, issued on Aug 30, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ara G. Tilkian, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 14901 Rinaldi St, Mission Hills, CA, 91345. Phone: (818) 365-1339. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ara G. Tilkian, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number G21218, 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 Ara G. Tilkian, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ara G. Tilkian, M.D. had 2,997 Medicare Part D claims for 467 beneficiaries; the average among cardiovascular disease physician prescribers was 3,078. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Ara G. Tilkian, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.