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Celina Barba - Simic, M.D.

Emergency Medicine Physician in Burbank, California.

This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 66,293 in Emergency Medicine Physician, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.

Federal data, no proprietary rating. We show these CMS records as-is - no composite score, no star rating, no editorial opinion layered on top.
Prescribing volume
136
Medicare Part D claims · 107 beneficiaries · Emergency Medicine Physician avg: 355
MIPS score
91.4/100
▲ 8 pts above national avg 83.5 · Exceptional
Industry payments
$23.71
1 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
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Compiled from official public sources by the editorial process.

What the federal data shows

Celina Barba - Simic, M.D. reported a CMS MIPS final score of 91.4/100 - above the 83.5 national average - and filed 136 Medicare Part D claims in 2024.

91.4/100
MIPS score · +8 vs avg
136
Part D claims, 2024
Likely
board-certified (heuristic)
≥61st
pct among measured MIPS (lower-bound band)

Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.

Federal trust snapshot

What official records show about Celina Barba - Simic, M.D.

Federal records show an active NPI with both Medicare prescribing volume and a measured CMS quality score — objective registry data, not patient reviews.

  • Verified

    NPI registry status

    Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1548222961), first enumerated 04/03/2006.

    Source: CMS NPPES

  • Reported

    Medicare Part D participation

    Filed 136 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.

    Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF

  • Reported

    CMS quality reporting (MIPS)

    Reported a CMS MIPS final score of 91.4/100 in the Quality Payment Program — a federal quality measure, not a patient review.

    Source: CMS Quality Payment Program

  • Reported

    Board certification signal

    Heuristic suggests board-certified status based on ABMS-eligible specialty taxonomy plus active CMS participation signals — not a direct ABMS verification.

    Source: NUCC taxonomy + CMS participation heuristic

  • Reported

    Hospital affiliations

    1 CMS Care Compare hospital affiliation on record — practice footprint from the Doctors and Clinicians file.

    Source: CMS Care Compare

  • Reported

    Industry payment transparency

    $23.71 in reported industry payments (1 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.

    Source: CMS Open Payments

  • State context

    State board disciplinary context

    California statewide board action statistics are published annually — these figures describe aggregate state activity, not Celina Barba - Simic, M.D.'s individual license status. Verify directly with the state medical board.

    Source: MBC annual report 2023

  • Not in federal data

    Individual sanction lookup

    PlainDoctor does not publish per-provider disciplinary determinations. Confirm current license and any individual actions through the state medical board or FSMB verification service.

    Source: State medical board / FSMB

This trust snapshot summarizes only what appears in federal CMS/NPPES public records. It is not a composite score, star rating, patient review, or clinical recommendation. PlainDoctor never fabricates reviews or AggregateRating schema.

CMS NPPES provider registry desk

NPI 1548222961 · Emergency Medicine Physician

NPI-10 · ENUM-LEGACY · TAX-MEGA · MIPS-ABOVE · RX-LIGHT · BOOK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH

  • NPI-10 1548222961
  • ENUM-LEGACY 2006
  • TAX-MEGA 66K Emergency Medicine
  • MIPS-ABOVE 91.4/100
  • RX-LIGHT 136
  • BOOK-MID 7,133 in California
  • PHOTO-FINISH James Caffrey, D.O. · ±0.0

MIPS final-score neighbourhood

Same-specialty nationwide peers by CMS final score, not geographic proximity

MIPS pts

What this shows Nearest measured MIPS peers for this NUCC specialty (2023 performance year).

Source CMS Quality Payment Program (MIPS) As of 2023

Celina Barba - Simic, M.D.'s MIPS score vs every measured U.S. clinician

CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) final score, 2023, the federal quality measure. Clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded.

91 ≥ 61st percentile 61% of 454,083 measured providers are in lower value bands

0–10: 8,684 measured providers (2%). Below this entry. 10–20: 3,008 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 20–30: 3,069 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 30–40: 2,746 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 40–50: 2,928 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 50–60: 5,882 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 60–70: 13,906 measured providers (3%). Below this entry. 70–80: 94,570 measured providers (21%). Below this entry. 80–90: 129,887 measured providers (29%). Below this entry. 90+: 189,403 measured providers (42%). This entry sits in this band. This provider 0 100 every measured MIPS clinician, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more measured providers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

The percentile is a conservative whole-score-point band: it counts only measured clinicians in lower score bands. A CMS MIPS metric is not a recommendation or a clinical-quality rating by PlainDoctor. See methodology § corpus placement.

Source CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) · 2023

Where Celina Barba - Simic, M.D. sits

This provider among emergency medicine physician peers

Across the 14,017 emergency medicine physician providers who report both Medicare Part D prescribing and a MIPS quality score, Celina Barba - Simic, M.D. writes more Part D claims than 46% of them and scores higher on MIPS quality than 54% - placing this provider in the lower-volume, high-quality quadrant. Volume reflects patient-panel size and specialty, not quality; the two axes are independent.

Lower volume · High qualityHigh volume · High qualityLower volume · Lower qualityHigh volume · Lower quality02550751000255075100Part D claim volume, percentile in specialtyMIPS quality, percentilePoint, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 77 · MIPS quality, percentile: 7Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 63 · MIPS quality, percentile: 60Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 90 · MIPS quality, percentile: 30Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 68 · MIPS quality, percentile: 63Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 97 · MIPS quality, percentile: 8Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 65 · MIPS quality, percentile: 12Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 33 · MIPS quality, percentile: 67Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 62 · MIPS quality, percentile: 58Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 70 · MIPS quality, percentile: 3Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 43 · MIPS quality, percentile: 95Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 12 · MIPS quality, percentile: 88Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 55 · MIPS quality, percentile: 47Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 83 · MIPS quality, percentile: 53Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 93 · MIPS quality, percentile: 32Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 5 · MIPS quality, percentile: 83Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 7 · MIPS quality, percentile: 2Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 92 · MIPS quality, percentile: 23Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 32 · MIPS quality, percentile: 25Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 0 · MIPS quality, percentile: 13Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 13 · MIPS quality, percentile: 47Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 17 · MIPS quality, percentile: 70Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 17 · MIPS quality, percentile: 27Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 10 · MIPS quality, percentile: 92Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 45 · MIPS quality, percentile: 28Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 87 · MIPS quality, percentile: 15Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 95 · MIPS quality, percentile: 22Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 23 · MIPS quality, percentile: 43Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 48 · MIPS quality, percentile: 37Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 72 · MIPS quality, percentile: 72Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 25 · MIPS quality, percentile: 35Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 82 · MIPS quality, percentile: 72Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 88 · MIPS quality, percentile: 10Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 27 · MIPS quality, percentile: 78Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 0 · MIPS quality, percentile: 17Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 52 · MIPS quality, percentile: 80Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 57 · MIPS quality, percentile: 72Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 100 · MIPS quality, percentile: 93Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 85 · MIPS quality, percentile: 97Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 38 · MIPS quality, percentile: 80Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 58 · MIPS quality, percentile: 62Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 22 · MIPS quality, percentile: 5Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 30 · MIPS quality, percentile: 85Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 40 · MIPS quality, percentile: 97Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 15 · MIPS quality, percentile: 45Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 3 · MIPS quality, percentile: 17Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 77 · MIPS quality, percentile: 38Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 65 · MIPS quality, percentile: 0Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 28 · MIPS quality, percentile: 50Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 72 · MIPS quality, percentile: 38Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 80 · MIPS quality, percentile: 67Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 8 · MIPS quality, percentile: 50Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 60 · MIPS quality, percentile: 65Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 53 · MIPS quality, percentile: 20Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 75 · MIPS quality, percentile: 72Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 35 · MIPS quality, percentile: 57Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 98 · MIPS quality, percentile: 32Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 47 · MIPS quality, percentile: 85Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 37 · MIPS quality, percentile: 97Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 50 · MIPS quality, percentile: 42Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 17 · MIPS quality, percentile: 90Celina Barba - Simic, M.D., Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 46 · MIPS quality, percentile: 54
Part D claim volume vs MIPS quality, by specialty percentile

Each dot is one emergency medicine physician peer from a representative sample of 60; the gold marker is Celina Barba - Simic, M.D.. Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber data and the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, 2023.

✓
Board certification likely (heuristic, not verified)

Celina Barba - Simic, M.D. practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + MIPS quality reporting + 1 hospital affiliation - signals consistent with board-certified status. For verified board certification, see CertificationMatters.org (the official ABMS public lookup).

What does the federal data show about Celina Barba - Simic, M.D.?

High performer (top quartile)

NPI registry status

Active

Issued 04/03/2006

NPI 1548222961

Primary specialty

Emergency Medicine Physician

High-volume

66,293 US NPIs in this specialty

Medicare Part D claims

136 62% vs specialty avg

2024 prescription claims

Specialty avg: 355

MIPS final score

91.4/100 7.9 pts vs avg

Exceptional band

vs 83.5 national avg

Specialty distribution in California

How Emergency Medicine Physician compares to other specialties among California providers

California providers
Behavior Technician17.9%Marriage & Family Therapist5.4%Student in an Organized Heal…5.1%Mental Health Counselor3.7%Pharmacist3.4%Clinical Social Worker3.1%Emergency Medicine Physician0.7%
Largest specialties in California (% of in-state providers)

Medicare quality performance, MIPS

Celina Barba - Simic, M.D.'s 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Emergency Medicine Physician national average

High performer (top quartile)
MIPS Final Score
91.4/100
vs 83.5 national avg · 2023 performance year
0%100%National avg84%91.4%
MIPS final score (Emergency Medicine Physician) - 91.4/100 vs national avg 83.5
How MIPS and board certification work

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.

Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).

Practice Address

501 S BUENA VISTA ST
Burbank, CA 91505
(818) 843-5111

Provider Details

NPI 1548222961
Specialty Emergency Medicine Physician
Credentials M.D.
Gender Female
NPI Issued 04/03/2006

CMS Quality Score (MIPS)

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.

91.3781
Final Score
Measured-score avg: 83.5
78.0918
Quality

Reporting: Group practice

Hospital and facility affiliations

Facilities where Celina Barba - Simic, M.D. bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" - a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.

Burbank Emergency Medical Group Inc
Burbank, CA

Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).

Industry payments received (2024) - CMS Open Payments transparency data

The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for Celina Barba - Simic, M.D.. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.

Total received

$24

Largest payer

Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc

Most common payment type

Food and Beverage

Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias, they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.

License & disciplinary context - California MBC 2023 annual report

Aggregate state board data only, NOT a determination of any individual provider's status. The figures below describe statewide disciplinary activity across all ~150K California medical licensees in 2023 - they are NOT specific to Celina Barba - Simic, M.D.. To verify Celina Barba - Simic, M.D.'s current license status, search the MBC public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.

576
Total board actions, California 2023
Across 556 cases
3.84
Actions per 1,000 licensees
California statewide rate
probation
Most common action type
186 cases

MBC publishes annual disciplinary statistics as part of public-record reporting under each state's Administrative Procedure Act. See the full breakdown by action type and year on the California disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.

Medicare Part D Prescribing Data

CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.

136
Total Claims
$890
Total Drug Cost
107
Medicare Beneficiaries

Prescribing Breakdown

30-Day Fills
138
Total Day Supply
1,355
Generic Drug Cost
$821
Opioid Claims
11 (8.1% rate)
Antibiotic Claims
60

Patient Demographics

Average Patient Age
74.8 years
Avg HCC Risk Score
1.47
Gender Split
79% female / 21% male

Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)

Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.

Drug Claims
Cephalexin
 28
Methylprednisolone
 14

* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.

More Emergency Medicine Physician in CA → All providers in California → Compare specialties →

Emergency Medicine Physician Overview

How Celina Barba - Simic, M.D. fits within the Emergency Medicine Physician landscape nationally.

66,293
Emergency Medicine Physician Providers in US
56
States with Emergency Medicine Physician
355
Avg Claims per Provider

Celina Barba - Simic, M.D.'s 136 claims are below the specialty average of 355.

Nationwide Emergency Medicine Physician peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year

Two federal-record peer sets for Barba - Simic, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.

Similar MIPS final score

Nearest same-specialty clinicians by CMS MIPS final score (91.4 here).

Megan Johnson 91.4 OH Alexander Pezeshki 91.4 IL Tina Wang 91.4 IL James Caffrey 91.4 PA

Same NPPES enumeration year (2006)

Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.

David Dubow Raleigh, NC Kenneth Flowe Willmar, MN James Stumpff Anderson, SC Gerard Cox Camp Lejeune, NC

Nearby Emergency Medicine Physician Providers in California

Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in California, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Barba - Simic.

One of 7,133 Emergency Medicine Physician providers enrolled in California, 5 are shown here.

Dr. Cooper Aakhus
MD
Stanford, CA
Dr. Pyra Aarden
MD
Martinez, CA
Dr. Neal Aaron
D.O.
Encinitas, CA
Eric Aaserude
Walnut Creek, CA
Dr. Nader Abas
MD
Barstow, CA

Compare Emergency Medicine Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Celina Barba - Simic, M.D.'s specialty? ▼
Celina Barba - Simic, M.D. specializes in Emergency Medicine Physician and practices in Burbank, California. Credentials: M.D..
How much does Celina Barba - Simic, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Celina Barba - Simic, M.D. wrote 136 Medicare Part D claims totaling $890 in drug costs for 107 beneficiaries.
What is Celina Barba - Simic, M.D.'s Medicare quality score? ▼
Celina Barba - Simic, M.D. has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 91.4/100 (Quality: 78.1). The average MIPS Final Score across the 454,083 clinicians with at least one published category score is 83.5; clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded from that average. Source: CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 2023.
Where is Celina Barba - Simic, M.D. located? ▼
Celina Barba - Simic, M.D. is located at 501 S BUENA VISTA ST, Burbank, CA, 91505. Phone: (818) 843-5111.
What is Celina Barba - Simic, M.D.'s NPI number? ▼
Celina Barba - Simic, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1548222961, issued on 04/03/2006.
Does Celina Barba - Simic, M.D. prescribe opioids? ▼
Yes, Celina Barba - Simic, M.D. had 11 opioid claims in 2024 with an opioid prescribing rate of 8.1%.
How many Emergency Medicine Physician providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 66,293 Emergency Medicine Physician providers across 56 states in the US. The average Emergency Medicine Physician provider writes 355 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Celina Barba - Simic, M.D. prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, Celina Barba - Simic, M.D.'s most frequently prescribed drugs include Cephalexin, Methylprednisolone. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Celina Barba - Simic, M.D. accept Medicare? ▼
Celina Barba - Simic, M.D. appears in CMS Medicare data with 136 Part D claims and 107 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Celina Barba - Simic, M.D.'s credentials? ▼
Celina Barba - Simic, M.D.'s NPI is 1548222961 with credentials M.D.. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.

Data Sources

View source datasets and methodology notes
Provider Directory
CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
Specialty Classification
NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2024). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
Quality Performance
CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) - 2023 performance year.
Limitations
Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.

See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.

Data as of August 2026 (NPPES) / 2024 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Disclaimer: Data from CMS NPPES and Medicare Part D. PlainDoctor does not rate or rank providers. Provider information is self-reported and may not be current. Always verify information directly with the provider. About · Methodology

Compiled from official public sources by the editorial process.

Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.