NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Karam Ashouri, MD

Internal Medicine Physician · Duarte, CA

Karam Ashouri, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Duarte, California, and NPI 1518616200, issued on Mar 21, 2022. Check the license (California A188484, 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 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1518616200
Name
Karam Ashouri
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License number
A188484 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1500 Duarte RD, Duarte, CA 91010
Phone
(800) 826-4673
Enumerated
Mar 21, 2022
Record last updated
Dec 4, 2025
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20250807004069); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of Southern California Keck School Of Medicine, 2022
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.
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Also registered at 1500 Duarte RD

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

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  4. Megan Abel, PA-CPhysician Assistant1104100619
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  6. Vaibhav Agrawal, M.D.Hematology & Oncology Physician1538402565

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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
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  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
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88% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024

366 Medicare Part D claims for 56 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Karam Ashouri366
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium30 claims
  2. Losartan Potassium21 claims
  3. Gabapentin20 claims
  4. Benazepril Hcl17 claims
  5. Metformin Hcl14 claims
  6. Carvedilol11 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: $89.52

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Blueprint Medicines Corporation. 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.

  1. Karam Ashouri$89.52
  2. Specialty average$1,303.06

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

  1. City OF Hope Medical FoundationDuarte, CA
  2. Superior Hospitalist Medical Group IncLos Angeles, CA

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

Karam Ashouri among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California

Karam Ashouri, MD 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 2022, is newer than 95% of them.

  • NPI issued2022 · 95% of these records are older, 2% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
  • Graduated2022 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2025 · 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).

Internal Medicine Physician providers in California

There are 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Houman Badrzadeh, DODuarte, CA 910101295380517
  2. Stan Mathioulakis, MDDuarte, CA 910101912080847
  3. Ulin Sargeant, M.D., MPHDuarte, CA 910101992878151
  4. Tyler Seto, M.D.Duarte, CA 910101669579579
  5. Indravadan Shah, MDDuarte, CA 910101932126497
  6. Koral Shah, MDDuarte, CA 910101124672613
  7. Mohammed Siddiqui, MDDuarte, CA 910101861056251
  8. Elizabeth Smalley, MDDuarte, CA 910101174596233

Common questions

What is Karam Ashouri, MD's NPI number?

Karam Ashouri, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1518616200, issued on Mar 21, 2022. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Karam Ashouri, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1500 Duarte RD, Duarte, CA, 91010. Phone: (800) 826-4673. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Karam Ashouri, MD's license?

NPPES lists California license number A188484, 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 Karam Ashouri, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Karam Ashouri, MD had 366 Medicare Part D claims for 56 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.