Bijan Farah, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Encino, CA
Bijan Farah, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Encino, California, and NPI 1972538890, issued on Jul 11, 2006. Check the license (California A35772, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Bijan Farah
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- A35772 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 17130 Ventura Blvd, Encino, CA 91316
- Phone
- (818) 385-1300
- Enumerated
- Jul 11, 2006
- Record last updated
- Sep 5, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (818) 385-1395
- Medicaid ID
- 00A357720 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20120118000052); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Bijan Farah in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A35772Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
68% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
1,025 Medicare Part D claims for 86 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 12 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate76 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium58 claims
- Metformin Hcl41 claims
- Hydrochlorothiazide37 claims
- Lorazepam32 claims
- Quetiapine Fumarate26 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $24.15
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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.
Bijan Farah among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California
Bijan Farah, MD is one of 17,696 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 79% 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 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 56% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1974 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
44 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Encino
They are 44 of the 3,136 NPPES records with a practice address in Encino, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Bijan Farah, MD's NPI number?
Bijan Farah, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1972538890, issued on Jul 11, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Bijan Farah, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 17130 Ventura Blvd, Encino, CA, 91316. Phone: (818) 385-1300. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Bijan Farah, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A35772, 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 Bijan Farah, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Bijan Farah, MD had 1,025 Medicare Part D claims for 86 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
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.