Rami Garo Apelian, MD
Neurology Physician · Arcadia, CA
Rami Garo Apelian, MD is a neurology physician with a practice address in Arcadia, California, and NPI 1255594685, issued on Jul 7, 2008. Check the license (California A104259, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Rami Garo Apelian
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Neurology Physician 2084N0400X
- License number
- A104259 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 289 W Huntington Dr Ste 301, Arcadia, CA 91007
- Phone
- (626) 714-1215
- Enumerated
- Jul 7, 2008
- Record last updated
- Jul 28, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (626) 447-0552
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20111017000164); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Tulane University School Of Medicine, 2006
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 289 W Huntington Dr Ste 301
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Andrea Saraswati, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1740947860
Verify Rami Garo Apelian in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A104259Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
86% more Medicare Part D claims than the average neurology physician in 2024
2,546 Medicare Part D claims for 392 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,370 among the 15,005 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 28 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Donepezil Hcl139 claims
- Duloxetine Hcl105 claims
- Pregabalin103 claims
- Gabapentin87 claims
- Rytary82 claims
- Carbidopa-Levodopa79 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: $8,051.83
229 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 10,858 providers of this specialty with any payment received $8,318.07 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.
Rami Garo Apelian among 2,339 neurology physician records in California
Rami Garo Apelian, MD is one of 2,339 neurology physician records with a practice address in California. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2008, is newer than 52% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 52% of these records are older, 42% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 70% of these records are
- Graduated2006 · median 2006 among the 1,628 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084N0400X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Neurology Physician providers in California
There are 2,339 neurology physician records in California.
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The 8 neurology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Christopher Cheng, M.D.Arcadia, CA 910071700175312
- Vincent Fortanasce, M.D.Arcadia, CA 910071104833052
- Eric Frechette, M.D.Arcadia, CA 910071457557910
- June-Chih Liu, M.D.Arcadia, CA 910071891768479
- Edgar Olivas, MDArcadia, CA 910071770902611
- M. Purino, M.D.Arcadia, CA 910071023165750
- Arthur An, M.D.Arcadia, CA 910061649293259
- Arnold Brizuela, M.D.Arcadia, CA 910061528325818
Common questions
What is Rami Garo Apelian, MD's NPI number?
Rami Garo Apelian, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1255594685, issued on Jul 7, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Rami Garo Apelian, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 289 W Huntington Dr Ste 301, Arcadia, CA, 91007. Phone: (626) 714-1215. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Rami Garo Apelian, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A104259, 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 Rami Garo Apelian, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Rami Garo Apelian, MD had 2,546 Medicare Part D claims for 392 beneficiaries; the average among neurology physician prescribers was 1,370. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Rami Garo Apelian, MD'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.