Dara Saghafi, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Santa Ana, CA
Dara Saghafi, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Santa Ana, California, and NPI 1144320672, issued on Sep 24, 2006. Check the license (California A76958, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Dara Saghafi
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- A76958 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1638 E 17TH St Ste A, Santa Ana, CA 92705
- Phone
- (714) 835-9147
- Enumerated
- Sep 24, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 28, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20051118000737); may accept Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of California, Irvine, California College Of Medicine, 2000
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1638 E 17TH St Ste A
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Dara Saghafi in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A76958Check 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 internal medicine physician in 2024
421 Medicare Part D claims for 63 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 11 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Lisinopril51 claims
- Hydrochlorothiazide37 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate32 claims
- Losartan Potassium27 claims
- Famotidine15 claims
- Nano 2nd Gen Pen Needle13 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: $26.14
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Revance Therapeutics, 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.
Dara Saghafi among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California
Dara Saghafi, 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
- Graduated2000 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 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).
Internal Medicine Physician providers in California
There are 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.
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The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Xinming Fu, MDSanta Ana, CA 927051255381232
- Diane Kim, MDSanta Ana, CA 927051598824252
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- David Maclachlan, MDSanta Ana, CA 927051114430402
Common questions
What is Dara Saghafi, MD's NPI number?
Dara Saghafi, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1144320672, issued on Sep 24, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Dara Saghafi, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1638 E 17TH St Ste A, Santa Ana, CA, 92705. Phone: (714) 835-9147. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Dara Saghafi, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A76958, 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 Dara Saghafi, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Dara Saghafi, MD had 421 Medicare Part D claims for 63 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.