Dafina Cahani, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Jamaica, NY
Dafina Cahani, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Jamaica, New York, and NPI 1770080681, issued on Apr 7, 2018. Check the license (New York 309907, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Dafina Cahani
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- 309907 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 8268 164TH St, Jamaica, NY 11432
- Phone
- (718) 883-3000
- Enumerated
- Apr 7, 2018
- Record last updated
- Jul 13, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20210908002578); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- New York Medical College, 2018
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Dafina Cahani in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
Search for license 309907Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
71% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
66 Medicare Part D claims for 50 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Cefpodoxime Proxetil11 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 91.3 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.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- North Shore-Lij Medical PCStaten Island, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Dafina Cahani among 5,025 emergency medicine physician records in New York
Dafina Cahani, MD is one of 5,025 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in New York. 86% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2018, is newer than 75% of them.
- NPI issued2018 · 75% of these records are older, 21% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 86% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated2018 · median 2013 among the 3,232 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
38 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Jamaica
They are 38 of the 4,958 NPPES records with a practice address in Jamaica, and 5,025 emergency medicine physician records in New York.
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Common questions
What is Dafina Cahani, MD's NPI number?
Dafina Cahani, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1770080681, issued on Apr 7, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Dafina Cahani, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 8268 164TH St, Jamaica, NY, 11432. Phone: (718) 883-3000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Dafina Cahani, MD's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 309907, 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.
How much does Dafina Cahani, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Dafina Cahani, MD had 66 Medicare Part D claims for 50 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Dafina Cahani, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 91.3 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.