Rownak Afroz, MD
Psychiatry Physician · Indio, CA
Rownak Afroz, MD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Indio, California, and NPI 1497963839, issued on May 18, 2007. Check the license (California C197012, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Rownak Afroz
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License numbers
- C197012 CA
209166 AK
MD24455-0 HI
0101242573 VA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 47825 Oasis St, Indio, CA 92201
- Phone
- (951) 358-4496
- Enumerated
- May 18, 2007
- Record last updated
- Sep 11, 2025
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 47825 Oasis St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Christopher AcostaPeer Specialist1306603410
- Elizabeth AguilarLicensed Vocational Nurse1114846565
- Lynette Alarcon, LMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1043798317
- Maria AlonzoCase Manager/Care Coordinator1427273986
- Violet ArellanoHealth Educator1700138971
- Ruby Arzeta, LVNLicensed Vocational Nurse1992192082
Verify Rownak Afroz in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license C197012Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
49% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
511 Medicare Part D claims for 46 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 6% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Clozapine73 claims
- Aripiprazole41 claims
- Sertraline Hcl34 claims
- Buspirone Hcl19 claims
- Benztropine Mesylate17 claims
- Haloperidol17 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: $412.44
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 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.
Rownak Afroz among 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California
Rownak Afroz, MD is one of 8,673 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in California. 67% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 33% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 33% of these records are older, 48% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 38% of these records are
- Record last updated2025 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
13 psychiatry physician records list a practice address in Indio
They are 13 of the 1,593 NPPES records with a practice address in Indio, and 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Rownak Afroz, MD's NPI number?
Rownak Afroz, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1497963839, issued on May 18, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Rownak Afroz, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 47825 Oasis St, Indio, CA, 92201. Phone: (951) 358-4496. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Rownak Afroz, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number C197012, 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 Rownak Afroz, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Rownak Afroz, MD had 511 Medicare Part D claims for 46 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.