Darius Gharib, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Encino, CA
Darius Gharib, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Encino, California, and NPI 1013929918, issued on Aug 12, 2006. Check the license (California A42217, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Darius Gharib
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- A42217 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 16133 Ventura Blvd, Encino, CA 91436
- Phone
- (818) 501-5201
- Enumerated
- Aug 12, 2006
- Record last updated
- Nov 7, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (818) 530-5322
- Medicaid ID
- 00A422170 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100311000339); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Darius Gharib in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A42217Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.4 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
14,065 Medicare Part D claims for 494 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 24% of claims. 149 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Rosuvastatin Calcium820 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium556 claims
- Ozempic423 claims
- Metformin Hcl Er374 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium359 claims
- Losartan Potassium304 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): 100 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).
Industry payments in 2024: $343.11
12 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was ShockWave Medical, 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.
Darius Gharib among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California
Darius Gharib, M.D. 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
- Graduated1982 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
- Record last updated2013 · 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 Darius Gharib, M.D.'s NPI number?
Darius Gharib, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1013929918, issued on Aug 12, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Darius Gharib, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 16133 Ventura Blvd, Encino, CA, 91436. Phone: (818) 501-5201. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Darius Gharib, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A42217, 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 Darius Gharib, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Darius Gharib, M.D. had 14,065 Medicare Part D claims for 494 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Darius Gharib, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 100 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.