Nidal Alkafarna
Surgical Physician Assistant · Los Angeles, CA
Nidal Alkafarna is a surgical physician assistant with a practice address in Los Angeles, California, and NPI 1053796136, issued on Jul 30, 2015. Check the license (California PA54353, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Nidal Alkafarna
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgical Physician Assistant 363AS0400X
- License number
- PA54353 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1520 San Pablo St Ste 4300, Los Angeles, CA 90033
- Phone
- (323) 442-5849
- Enumerated
- Jul 30, 2015
- Record last updated
- Jun 21, 2024
- Fax
- (760) 568-6470
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20170602002100); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Nidal Alkafarna in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license PA54353Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
48% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgical physician assistant in 2024
158 Medicare Part D claims for 47 beneficiaries, against an average of 304 among the 10,174 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 26 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Metoprolol Tartrate24 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl21 claims
- Furosemide17 claims
- Warfarin Sodium13 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: $3,294.24
28 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Atricure, Inc. The 7,578 providers of this specialty with any payment received $703.95 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
- Usc Care Medical Group IncLos Angeles, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Nidal Alkafarna among 1,075 surgical physician assistant records in California
Nidal Alkafarna is one of 1,075 surgical physician assistant 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 2015, is newer than 66% of them.
- NPI issued2015 · 66% of these records are older, 30% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated2015 · median 2012 among the 649 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 53% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363AS0400X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgical Physician Assistant providers in California
There are 1,075 surgical physician assistant records in California.
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The 8 surgical physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Saurabh Ashier, PA-CLos Angeles, CA 900331235340811
- Raafat Attalla, PA-CLos Angeles, CA 900331992720726
- Guadalupe Gonzalez, PA-CLos Angeles, CA 900331700929650
- Leonardo Granados, PA-CLos Angeles, CA 900331972758159
- Christopher Justino, P.A.Los Angeles, CA 900331720370117
- Katherine Katz, PACLos Angeles, CA 900331568622264
- John Ludington, P.A. - CLos Angeles, CA 900331871662213
- Sarah Nargiso, PA-C, LACLos Angeles, CA 900331770840902
Common questions
What is Nidal Alkafarna's NPI number?
Nidal Alkafarna's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1053796136, issued on Jul 30, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Nidal Alkafarna located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1520 San Pablo St Ste 4300, Los Angeles, CA, 90033. Phone: (323) 442-5849. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Nidal Alkafarna's license?
NPPES lists California license number PA54353, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Nidal Alkafarna prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Nidal Alkafarna had 158 Medicare Part D claims for 47 beneficiaries; the average among surgical physician assistant prescribers was 304. 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.