Bahar Bakhtary
Optometrist · Monterey, CA
Bahar Bakhtary is an optometrist with a practice address in Monterey, California, and NPI 1376958140, issued on Jun 30, 2014. Check the license (California 15023, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Bahar Bakhtary
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 15023 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 228 Del Monte Ctr, Monterey, CA 93940
- Phone
- (831) 375-7755
- Enumerated
- Jun 30, 2014
- Record last updated
- Jun 30, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Bahar Bakhtary in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license 15023Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 75.2 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: $174.97
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was CooperVision Inc. The 34,453 providers of this specialty with any payment received $769.99 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.
Bahar Bakhtary among 8,308 optometrist records in California
Bahar Bakhtary is one of 8,308 optometrist records with a practice address in California. 67% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2014, is newer than 68% of them.
- NPI issued2014 · 68% of these records are older, 29% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 43% of these records are
- Record last updated2014 · 67% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 152W00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Optometrist providers in California
There are 8,308 optometrist records in California.
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The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Keith Ballin, O.DMonterey, CA 939401295882314
- Jennell Bockenstedt, ODMonterey, CA 939401952318537
- Mehrak Farahmand, ODMonterey, CA 939401356307516
- Trevor Fogg, O.D.Monterey, CA 939401427258169
- Colvert Gonzales, O.D.Monterey, CA 939401043574197
- Rick Hattori, D.O.Monterey, CA 939401043268766
- Hilda MartinMonterey, CA 939401861578890
- Leslie Moro, O.D.Monterey, CA 939401821068842
Common questions
What is Bahar Bakhtary's NPI number?
Bahar Bakhtary's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1376958140, issued on Jun 30, 2014. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Bahar Bakhtary located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 228 Del Monte Ctr, Monterey, CA, 93940. Phone: (831) 375-7755. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Bahar Bakhtary's license?
NPPES lists California license number 15023, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
What is Bahar Bakhtary's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 75.2 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.