Farah Baig Karipineni, M.D.
Surgery Physician · Clovis, CA
Farah Baig Karipineni, M.D. is a surgery physician with a practice address in Clovis, California, and NPI 1164718524, issued on Jun 23, 2011. Check the license (California A149093, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Farah Baig Karipineni
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- A149093 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 729 N Medical Center Dr W Ste 111, Clovis, CA 93611
- Phone
- (559) 435-6600
- Enumerated
- Jun 23, 2011
- Record last updated
- May 8, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (559) 435-6622
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20171017003148); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of California, Irvine, California College Of Medicine, 2011
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 729 N Medical Center Dr W Ste 111
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Christopher Kinter, MDVascular Surgery Physician1922118884
- Charlotte McFall, NP-CNurse Practitioner1447409404
Verify Farah Baig Karipineni in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A149093Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
65% more Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
243 Medicare Part D claims for 105 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 23% of claims. 47 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium139 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl30 claims
- Calcitriol17 claims
- Synthroid12 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): 84 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: $10,016.53
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program; the largest payer was Intuitive Surgical, Inc. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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
- Community Health PartnersFresno, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Farah Baig Karipineni among 3,118 surgery physician records in California
Farah Baig Karipineni, M.D. is one of 3,118 surgery physician records with a practice address in California. 75% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2011, is newer than 70% of them.
- NPI issued2011 · 70% of these records are older, 27% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 61% of these records are
- Graduated2011 · median 2003 among the 1,901 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 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 208600000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in California
There are 3,118 surgery physician records in California.
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The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Jonathan Holmes, M.D.Clovis, CA 936111750698635
- Wesley Jackson, M.D.Clovis, CA 936111073511127
- Airi Katoh, MDClovis, CA 936111720549686
- James Roth, D.O.Clovis, CA 936111366557928
- Mohammad Shaikh, MDClovis, CA 936111649554023
- Renee Carter Owens, M.D.Dinuba, CA 936181891816146
- Y Spivak, M.D.Dinuba, CA 936181780617217
- John Arriola, MDLos Banos, CA 936351518527944
Common questions
What is Farah Baig Karipineni, M.D.'s NPI number?
Farah Baig Karipineni, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1164718524, issued on Jun 23, 2011. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Farah Baig Karipineni, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 729 N Medical Center Dr W Ste 111, Clovis, CA, 93611. Phone: (559) 435-6600. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Farah Baig Karipineni, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A149093, 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 Farah Baig Karipineni, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Farah Baig Karipineni, M.D. had 243 Medicare Part D claims for 105 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Farah Baig Karipineni, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 84 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.