Ara Tilkian, M.D.
Cardiovascular Disease Physician · Mission Hills, CA
Ara 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 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
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 14901 Rinaldi St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Ara 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 Medicare quality 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, mostly 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).
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Common questions
What is Ara Tilkian, M.D.'s NPI number?
Ara 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 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 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 Tilkian, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ara 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 Tilkian, M.D.'s Medicare quality 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), loaded Aug 27, 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) 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 27, 2026.