Babak Barcohana, M.D.
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician · Van Nuys, CA
Babak Barcohana, M.D. is an orthopaedic surgery of the spine physician with a practice address in Van Nuys, California, and NPI 1659454841, issued on Oct 23, 2006. Check the license (California A78880, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Babak Barcohana
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician 207XS0117X
- License number
- A78880 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 6815 Noble Ave, Van Nuys, CA 91405
- Phone
- (818) 901-6600
- Enumerated
- Oct 23, 2006
- Record last updated
- Aug 20, 2009 (not updated in 17 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (818) 997-7826
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20051118000501); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of California, San Francisco School Of Medicine, 2000
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 6815 Noble Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Babak Barcohana in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A78880Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
87% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average orthopaedic surgery of the spine physician in 2024
51 Medicare Part D claims for 30 beneficiaries, against an average of 381 among the 1,714 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 77.6 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $18,321.75
18 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Kyocera Medical Technologies, Inc. The 1,726 providers of this specialty with any payment received $34,071.55 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
- Regents OF The University OF CaliforniaLos Angeles, 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 Babak Barcohana, M.D.'s NPI number?
Babak Barcohana, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1659454841, issued on Oct 23, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Babak Barcohana, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6815 Noble Ave, Van Nuys, CA, 91405. Phone: (818) 901-6600. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Babak Barcohana, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A78880, 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 Babak Barcohana, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Babak Barcohana, M.D. had 51 Medicare Part D claims for 30 beneficiaries; the average among orthopaedic surgery of the spine physician prescribers was 381. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Babak Barcohana, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 77.6 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.