Dinesh Raghunath Samant, MD
Cardiovascular Disease Physician · Covina, CA
Dinesh Raghunath Samant, MD is a cardiovascular disease physician with a practice address in Covina, California, and NPI 1417939596, issued on Nov 15, 2005. Check the license (California 34729, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Dinesh Raghunath Samant
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Cardiovascular Disease Physician 207RC0000X
- License number
- 34729 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 625 E Badillo St, Covina, CA 91723
- Phone
- (626) 915-7300
- Enumerated
- Nov 15, 2005
- Record last updated
- Sep 6, 2022
- Fax
- (626) 967-8896
- Medicaid ID
- ZZZ81401Z CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20081027000563); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 625 E Badillo St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Karina AmparanSonography Specialist/Technologist Cardiovascular1881380269
- Jessica White, FNP-BCFamily Nurse Practitioner1427852086
Verify Dinesh Raghunath Samant in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license 34729Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
39% more Medicare Part D claims than the average cardiovascular disease physician in 2024
4,264 Medicare Part D claims for 461 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,078 among the 20,728 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium401 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate285 claims
- Losartan Potassium282 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate263 claims
- Eliquis243 claims
- Clopidogrel141 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): 17.5 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: $69.81
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Zoll Services LLC (a/k/a Zoll LifeCor Corp). The 16,686 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,819.56 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Grandview Medical Group IncCovina, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Dinesh Raghunath Samant among 2,574 cardiovascular disease physician records in California
Dinesh Raghunath Samant, MD is one of 2,574 cardiovascular disease physician records with a practice address in California. 83% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 90% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 68% of these records are
- Graduated1973 · median 1999 among the 1,742 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 63% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RC0000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers in California
There are 2,574 cardiovascular disease physician records in California.
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The 8 cardiovascular disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Andre Andresian, M.D.Covina, CA 917231861589269
- Zahida Bhutto, MDCovina, CA 917231790895050
- Demetrio Hechanova, M.D.Covina, CA 917231275584203
- Prakash Patel, MDCovina, CA 917231902987613
- Thomas Reed, MDCovina, CA 917231316472053
- Darrell Walter, MDCovina, CA 917231871552380
- Peter Xu, MDCovina, CA 917231235526203
- Emin Zargarian, MDCovina, CA 917231093219073
Common questions
What is Dinesh Raghunath Samant, MD's NPI number?
Dinesh Raghunath Samant, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1417939596, issued on Nov 15, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Dinesh Raghunath Samant, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 625 E Badillo St, Covina, CA, 91723. Phone: (626) 915-7300. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Dinesh Raghunath Samant, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number 34729, 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 Dinesh Raghunath Samant, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Dinesh Raghunath Samant, MD had 4,264 Medicare Part D claims for 461 beneficiaries; the average among cardiovascular disease physician prescribers was 3,078. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Dinesh Raghunath Samant, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 17.5 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.