Karim Abdollahi, M.D.
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · Laguna Beach, CA
Karim Abdollahi, M.D. is an orthopaedic surgery physician with a practice address in Laguna Beach, California, and NPI 1942240403, issued on Jun 6, 2006. Check the license (California G73446, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Karim Abdollahi
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Orthopaedic Surgery Physician 207X00000X
- License number
- G73446 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 31862 Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
- Phone
- (949) 499-8226
- Enumerated
- Jun 6, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 13, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (949) 499-2430
- Medicaid ID
- 00G734460 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20090114000085); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Chicago College Of Medicine And Surgery, 1990
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Karim Abdollahi in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license G73446Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
38% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average orthopaedic surgery physician in 2024
214 Medicare Part D claims for 93 beneficiaries, against an average of 346 among the 16,516 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 128 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Tramadol Hcl72 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen49 claims
- Cephalexin21 claims
- Meloxicam18 claims
- Methylprednisolone14 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $2,975.58
17 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Exactech, Inc. The 15,003 providers of this specialty with any payment received $23,022.89 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.
Karim Abdollahi among 2,276 orthopaedic surgery physician records in California
Karim Abdollahi, M.D. is one of 2,276 orthopaedic surgery physician records with a practice address in California. 74% 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 10% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 10% of these records are older, 46% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated1990 · median 2003 among the 1,347 with a school on file
- Record last updated2015 · 66% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207X00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician providers in California
There are 2,276 orthopaedic surgery physician records in California.
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- David Kim, M.D.Huntington Beach, CA 926481255314431
- Rick Pospisil, MDHuntington Beach, CA 926481265450837
- Paul Wakim, D.O.Huntington Beach, CA 926481891857405
- Derek Dee, M.D.Huntington Beach, CA 926471669568457
- Timothy Gibson, MDHuntington Beach, CA 926471760464242
Common questions
What is Karim Abdollahi, M.D.'s NPI number?
Karim Abdollahi, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1942240403, issued on Jun 6, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Karim Abdollahi, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 31862 Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach, CA, 92651. Phone: (949) 499-8226. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Karim Abdollahi, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number G73446, 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 Karim Abdollahi, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Karim Abdollahi, M.D. had 214 Medicare Part D claims for 93 beneficiaries; the average among orthopaedic surgery physician prescribers was 346. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Karim Abdollahi, 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.