Natalie A. Afshari, M.D.
Ophthalmology Physician · La Jolla, CA
Natalie A. Afshari, M.D. is an ophthalmology physician with a practice address in La Jolla, California, and NPI 1538126735, issued on May 1, 2006. Check the license (California C51849, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Natalie A. Afshari
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Ophthalmology Physician 207W00000X
- License number
- C51849 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 9415 Campus Point Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093
- Phone
- (858) 534-6290
- Enumerated
- May 1, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 21, 2022
- Medicaid ID
- 8912916 NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20121107000560); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Stanford University School Of Medicine, 1995
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Natalie A. Afshari in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license C51849Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
80% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average ophthalmology physician in 2024
311 Medicare Part D claims for 112 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,518 among the 16,459 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 32% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Prednisolone Acetate55 claims
- Erythromycin45 claims
- Moxifloxacin42 claims
- Ofloxacin32 claims
- Tobradex17 claims
- Dorzolamide-Timolol14 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: $6,618.84
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Dompe US, Inc. 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 one group practice
- Regents OF The University OF CaliforniaSan Diego, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Natalie A. Afshari among 2,899 ophthalmology physician records in California
Natalie A. Afshari, M.D. 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 2006, is newer than 9% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 9% of these records are older, 45% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated1995 · median 2001 among the 1,907 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 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).
51 ophthalmology physician records list a practice address in La Jolla
They are 51 of the 3,648 NPPES records with a practice address in La Jolla, and 2,899 ophthalmology physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Natalie A. Afshari, M.D.'s NPI number?
Natalie A. Afshari, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1538126735, issued on May 1, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Natalie A. Afshari, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 9415 Campus Point Dr, La Jolla, CA, 92093. Phone: (858) 534-6290. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Natalie A. Afshari, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number C51849, 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 Natalie A. Afshari, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Natalie A. Afshari, M.D. had 311 Medicare Part D claims for 112 beneficiaries; the average among ophthalmology physician prescribers was 1,518. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Natalie A. Afshari, 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.