Farooque Azam
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner · Pacoima, CA
Farooque Azam is a psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner with a practice address in Pacoima, California, and NPI 1689203093, issued on Apr 7, 2020. Check the license (California 95014104, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Farooque Azam
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner 363LP0808X
- License numbers
- 95014104 CA
65014104 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 12450 Van Nuys Blvd Ste 200, Pacoima, CA 91331
- Phone
- (818) 896-1161
- Enumerated
- Apr 7, 2020
- Record last updated
- Apr 10, 2023
- Fax
- (818) 896-5069
- Medicaid IDs
- 6758 CA
7420 CA
7068 CA - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20200904001152); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
8 nearest psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records → All 4,226 in California → Look up another NPI →
Also registered at 12450 Van Nuys Blvd Ste 200
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Mati Aamed, PSY.D.Rehabilitation Counselor1689285470
- Nkechi AkpatiPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1558871020
- Maria AlcantaraCase Manager/Care Coordinator1699405621
- Shakeel AllamDay Training/Habilitation Specialist1033094685
- Dana AlsabejBehavior Technician1659198505
- Jennifer AlvaradoClinical Social Worker1578221321
Verify Farooque Azam in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license 95014104Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
64% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner in 2024
324 Medicare Part D claims for 44 beneficiaries, against an average of 906 among the 30,717 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 4% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Trazodone Hcl63 claims
- Sertraline Hcl29 claims
- Mirtazapine28 claims
- Escitalopram Oxalate27 claims
- Hydroxyzine Hcl19 claims
- Prazosin Hcl18 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $22.45
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Tempus AI, Inc. The 23,362 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,027.77 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
- Sokyahealth Medical Group PCSan Diego, CA
- Talami Health And Wellness IncChula Vista, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Farooque Azam among 4,226 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records in California
Farooque Azam is one of 4,226 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records with a practice address in California. 62% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2020, is newer than 41% of them.
- NPI issued2020 · 41% of these records are older, 54% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 62% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 46% of these records are
- Graduated2019 · median 2021 among the 1,965 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 16% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LP0808X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
9 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Pacoima
They are 9 of the 690 NPPES records with a practice address in Pacoima, and 4,226 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records in California.
All 4,226 in California → Every provider in Pacoima → Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner nationwide →
The 8 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Nkechi AkpatiPacoima, CA 913311558871020
- Yvonne Estrada-Bazan, NURSE PRACTITIONERPacoima, CA 913311730380221
- Richard Franco Luna, NPPacoima, CA 913311275025686
- Gabriela Garshelis, APRN, APMH-NPPacoima, CA 913311508052515
- Obinna MetuPacoima, CA 913311033835327
- Patrick MurphyPacoima, CA 913311154710234
- Sanch Gerald Sy, BSN, MSN, PMHNP-BCPacoima, CA 913311356269047
- Angie-Kolleen Tan, FNPPacoima, CA 913311063961324
Common questions
What is Farooque Azam's NPI number?
Farooque Azam's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1689203093, issued on Apr 7, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Farooque Azam located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 12450 Van Nuys Blvd Ste 200, Pacoima, CA, 91331. Phone: (818) 896-1161. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Farooque Azam's license?
NPPES lists California license number 95014104, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Farooque Azam prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Farooque Azam had 324 Medicare Part D claims for 44 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner prescribers was 906. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
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.