Garo Karakashian, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Glendale, CA
Garo Karakashian, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Glendale, California, and NPI 1063507028, issued on Oct 4, 2006. Check the license (California A81168, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Garo Karakashian
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- A81168 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 633 N. Central Ave #105, Glendale, CA 91203
- Phone
- (818) 662-6950
- Enumerated
- Oct 4, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 10, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040217000672); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Garo Karakashian in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A81168Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
5.9 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
18,680 Medicare Part D claims for 599 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 17% of claims. 304 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate850 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium724 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium697 claims
- Gabapentin625 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium592 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium555 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $1,198.46
52 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Lundbeck LLC. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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.
Garo Karakashian among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California
Garo Karakashian, M.D. is one of 17,696 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 79% 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 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 56% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1988 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
- Record last updated2012 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
92 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Glendale
They are 92 of the 4,742 NPPES records with a practice address in Glendale, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Garo Karakashian, M.D.'s NPI number?
Garo Karakashian, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1063507028, issued on Oct 4, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Garo Karakashian, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 633 N. Central Ave #105, Glendale, CA, 91203. Phone: (818) 662-6950. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Garo Karakashian, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A81168, 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 Garo Karakashian, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Garo Karakashian, M.D. had 18,680 Medicare Part D claims for 599 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Garo Karakashian, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.