Joseph Safdieh, MD
Specialist · New York, NY
Joseph Safdieh, MD is a specialist with a practice address in New York, New York, and NPI 1750334389, issued on May 17, 2006. Check the license (New York 230107-1, as entered in NPPES) with the New York board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joseph Safdieh
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Specialist 174400000X
- License number
- 230107-1 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 525 E 68TH St, New York, NY 10065
- Phone
- (212) 746-6575
- Enumerated
- May 17, 2006
- Record last updated
- Aug 16, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060531000124); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- New York University School Of Medicine, 2002
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Joseph Safdieh in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich New York board licenses this profession
Search for license 230107-1Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
15% more Medicare Part D claims than the average specialist in 2024
1,591 Medicare Part D claims for 226 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,380 among the 8,233 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 56 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Topiramate121 claims
- Gabapentin98 claims
- Nurtec Odt75 claims
- Duloxetine Hcl72 claims
- Rizatriptan72 claims
- Amitriptyline Hcl71 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 100 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Weill Medical College OF CornellNew York, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Joseph Safdieh among 22,636 specialist records in New York
Joseph Safdieh, MD is one of 22,636 specialist records with a practice address in New York. 6% 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 1% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 1% of these records are older, 92% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 6% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 4% of these records are
- Graduated2002 · median 1990 among the 943 with a school on file
- Record last updated2012 · 73% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 174400000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
1,896 specialist records list a practice address in New York
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Common questions
What is Joseph Safdieh, MD's NPI number?
Joseph Safdieh, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1750334389, issued on May 17, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joseph Safdieh, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 525 E 68TH St, New York, NY, 10065. Phone: (212) 746-6575. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joseph Safdieh, MD's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 230107-1, as entered by the provider. Search the New York board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Joseph Safdieh, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joseph Safdieh, MD had 1,591 Medicare Part D claims for 226 beneficiaries; the average among specialist prescribers was 1,380. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Joseph Safdieh, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 100 of 100. 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.