Murtaza Saifee, MD
Ophthalmology Physician · San Francisco, CA
Murtaza Saifee, MD is an ophthalmology physician with a practice address in San Francisco, California, and NPI 1225569940, issued on Mar 23, 2017. Check the license (California A157132, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Murtaza Saifee
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Ophthalmology Physician 207W00000X
- License number
- A157132 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 490 Illinois St, San Francisco, CA 94158
- Phone
- (415) 476-1239
- Enumerated
- Mar 23, 2017
- Record last updated
- Sep 28, 2023
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20210331001625); may accept Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Baylor College Of Medicine, 2017
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 490 Illinois St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Murtaza Saifee in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A157132Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
10% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average ophthalmology physician in 2024
1,373 Medicare Part D claims for 342 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,518 among the 16,459 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 35% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost312 claims
- Dorzolamide-Timolol184 claims
- Rhopressa108 claims
- Timolol Maleate104 claims
- Brimonidine Tartrate94 claims
- Prednisolone Acetate83 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 90.3 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $642.81
14 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Glaukos Corporation. The 13,221 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,535.02 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
- First Choice Physician PartnersLong Beach, CA
- Jonathan M. Davidorf, M.D. Inc.West Hills, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Murtaza Saifee among 2,899 ophthalmology physician records in California
Murtaza Saifee, MD is one of 2,899 ophthalmology 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 2017, is newer than 88% of them.
- NPI issued2017 · 88% of these records are older, 10% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated2017 · median 2001 among the 1,907 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 67% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207W00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Ophthalmology Physician providers in California
There are 2,899 ophthalmology physician records in California.
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- Elana Meer, MDSan Francisco, CA 941581427707793
- Mark Nagy, MD, PHDSan Francisco, CA 941581811637945
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Common questions
What is Murtaza Saifee, MD's NPI number?
Murtaza Saifee, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1225569940, issued on Mar 23, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Murtaza Saifee, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 490 Illinois St, San Francisco, CA, 94158. Phone: (415) 476-1239. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Murtaza Saifee, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A157132, 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 Murtaza Saifee, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Murtaza Saifee, MD had 1,373 Medicare Part D claims for 342 beneficiaries; the average among ophthalmology physician prescribers was 1,518. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Murtaza Saifee, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 90.3 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.