NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Faraz Afridi, MD

Pulmonary Disease Physician · Riverside, CA

Faraz Afridi, MD is a pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in Riverside, California, and NPI 1871905257, issued on May 20, 2014. Check the license (California 148981, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1871905257
Name
Faraz Afridi
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Pulmonary Disease Physician 207RP1001X
License number
148981 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
4234 Riverwalk Pkwy Ste 230, Riverside, CA 92505
Phone
(951) 781-3672
Enumerated
May 20, 2014
Record last updated
Feb 11, 2025
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20210524001147); accepts Medicare assignment
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
Download card Updates feed

Also registered at 4234 Riverwalk Pkwy Ste 230

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Charles Abreu, MDHospitalist Physician1942837323
  2. Masood Ahmad, M.D.Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician1073069332
  3. Mohamad Al Sayed, MDEndocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Physician1568428134
  4. Ahmad Alazzeh, MDPulmonary Disease Physician1194037945
  5. Judy Alfonso, PA-CPhysician Assistant1154471514
  6. Mona Alipour, M.DCritical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician1053709071

Verify Faraz Afridi in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
    Search for license 148981
    Check the board
  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Open the California license search

PlainDoctor does not match the HHS-OIG exclusion list to individual records: most entries carry no NPI. Search the OIG exclusion list by name.

Is this page about you? You can ask us to correct, restrict or remove it: how.

The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 73 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.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score56.8
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%34.2
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%83.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $22.02

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. The 8,806 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,159.88 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Faraz Afridi$22.02
  2. Specialty average$5,159.88

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Bills Medicare through 4 group practices

  1. Cep America - Intensivists PCPalm Springs, CA
  2. Darin Rentz DO PCRedlands, CA
  3. EL-Bershawi Medical CorpRiverside, CA
  4. Inpatient Specialists OF California PCSan Bernardino, CA

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Faraz Afridi among 1,443 pulmonary disease physician records in California

Faraz Afridi, MD is one of 1,443 pulmonary disease physician records with a practice address in California. 84% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2014, is newer than 80% of them.

  • NPI issued2014 · 80% of these records are older, 17% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 74% of these records are
  • Graduated2011 · median 2002 among the 1,061 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2025 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RP1001X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Pulmonary Disease Physician providers in California

There are 1,443 pulmonary disease physician records in California.

The 8 pulmonary disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Ahmad Alazzeh, MDRiverside, CA 925051194037945
  2. Vinod Ambastha, MDRiverside, CA 925051467511170
  3. Long Bach, MDRiverside, CA 925051285701003
  4. Ahmed El Bershawi, M.D.Riverside, CA 925051619946654
  5. Zeron Ghazarian, M.D.Riverside, CA 925051063785756
  6. Salim Harianawala, M.D.Riverside, CA 925051710183868
  7. Heba Ismail, M.D.Riverside, CA 925051124296124
  8. Mohammad MalekzadeganRiverside, CA 925051881085207

Common questions

What is Faraz Afridi, MD's NPI number?

Faraz Afridi, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1871905257, issued on May 20, 2014. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Faraz Afridi, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4234 Riverwalk Pkwy Ste 230, Riverside, CA, 92505. Phone: (951) 781-3672. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Faraz Afridi, MD's license?

NPPES lists California license number 148981, 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.

What is Faraz Afridi, MD's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 73 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.