NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Arash Salemi, MD

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician · New York, NY

Arash Salemi, MD is a thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in New York, New York, and NPI 1699865873, issued on Oct 16, 2006. Check the license (New York 210951, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1699865873
Name
Arash Salemi
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician 208G00000X
License number
210951 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
525 E 68TH St # M404, New York, NY 10065
Phone
(212) 746-5873
Enumerated
Oct 16, 2006
Record last updated
Oct 16, 2017 (not updated in 9 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20191220000349); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Js Weill Medical College, Cornell University, 2003
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 525 E 68TH St # M404

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

  1. Mario Gaudino, MD, PHD, MSCEThoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician1447667035
  2. Karl Krieger, MDThoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician1558458638
  3. Jeffrey Port, MDThoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician1245320415
  4. Eugene Shostak, MDPulmonary Disease Physician1851574453
  5. Jonathan Villena-Vargas, MDThoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician1437475373

Verify Arash Salemi in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
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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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The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 93.7 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.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score77.8
  2. Costnot scored (reweighted)
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%100.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $2,879.19

22 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Medtronic, Inc. The 4,047 providers of this specialty with any payment received $7,828.84 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Arash Salemi$2,879.19
  2. Specialty average$7,828.84

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

  1. Barnabas Health Medical Group PCLivingston, NJ

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Arash Salemi among 446 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in New York

Arash Salemi, MD is one of 446 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with a practice address in New York. 75% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 16% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 16% of these records are older, 50% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
  • Graduated2003 · median 1999 among the 294 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2017 · 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 208G00000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician providers in New York

There are 446 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in New York.

The 8 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Nasser Altorki, MDNew York, NY 100651700973898
  2. Leonard Girardi, MDNew York, NY 100651033206123
  3. Joshua Goldberg, M.D.New York, NY 100651750488532
  4. James Isbell, M.D.New York, NY 100651679620553
  5. O. Isom, MDNew York, NY 100651124115209
  6. David JonesNew York, NY 100651538238142
  7. Karl Krieger, MDNew York, NY 100651558458638
  8. Benjamin Lee, M.D.New York, NY 100651164407714

Common questions

What is Arash Salemi, MD's NPI number?

Arash Salemi, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1699865873, issued on Oct 16, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Arash Salemi, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 525 E 68TH St # M404, New York, NY, 10065. Phone: (212) 746-5873. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Arash Salemi, MD's license?

NPPES lists New York license number 210951, 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.

What is Arash Salemi, MD's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 93.7 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.