Effat Kay Banikarim, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Alamogordo, NM
Effat Kay Banikarim, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Alamogordo, New Mexico, and NPI 1538225610, issued on Dec 31, 2006. Check the license (New Mexico 99-7, as entered in NPPES) on the New Mexico Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Effat Kay Banikarim
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 99-7 NM
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2474 Indian Wells RD, Alamogordo, NM 88310
- Phone
- (505) 443-0339
- Enumerated
- Dec 31, 2006
- Record last updated
- Aug 27, 2010 (not updated in 16 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (505) 434-5624
- Medicaid ID
- H1455 NM
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100920001101); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Effat Kay Banikarim in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNew Mexico Medical Board
Search for license 99-7Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.7 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
16,833 Medicare Part D claims for 1,037 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 88 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium1,272 claims
- Lisinopril738 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium656 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate544 claims
- Gabapentin517 claims
- Metformin Hcl388 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 79.4 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $124.40
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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 2 group practices
- Cura HealthcareAlbuquerque, NM
- Dan Moezzi MD PCAlamogordo, NM
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Effat Kay Banikarim among 1,287 family medicine physician records in New Mexico
Effat Kay Banikarim, MD is one of 1,287 family medicine physician records with a practice address in New Mexico. 72% 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 12% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 51% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 56% of these records are
- Graduated1990 · median 2008 among the 727 with a school on file
- Record last updated2010 · 59% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a New Mexico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
24 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Alamogordo
They are 24 of the 1,354 NPPES records with a practice address in Alamogordo, and 1,287 family medicine physician records in New Mexico.
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Common questions
What is Effat Kay Banikarim, MD's NPI number?
Effat Kay Banikarim, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1538225610, issued on Dec 31, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Effat Kay Banikarim, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2474 Indian Wells RD, Alamogordo, NM, 88310. Phone: (505) 443-0339. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Effat Kay Banikarim, MD's license?
NPPES lists New Mexico license number 99-7, as entered by the provider. Search the New Mexico Medical Board at https://www.nmmb.state.nm.us/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Effat Kay Banikarim, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Effat Kay Banikarim, MD had 16,833 Medicare Part D claims for 1,037 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Effat Kay Banikarim, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 79.4 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.