Safia Shaikh, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Los Angeles, CA
Safia Shaikh, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Los Angeles, California, and NPI 1285290601, issued on May 10, 2019. Check the license (California A204558, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Safia Shaikh
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- A204558 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 757 Westwood Plz Ste 7501, Los Angeles, CA 90095
- Phone
- (310) 267-9643
- Enumerated
- May 10, 2019
- Record last updated
- Dec 30, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20220816002546); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Safia Shaikh in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A204558Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
94% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
190 Medicare Part D claims for 67 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 17 claims were for opioids.
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): 79.3 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: $125.18
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Boston Scientific Corporation. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- The Regents OF The University OF CaliforniaSanta Monica, CA
- Washington UniversitySaint Louis, MO
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Safia Shaikh among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California
Safia Shaikh, MD is one of 17,696 internal medicine 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 2019, is newer than 86% of them.
- NPI issued2019 · 86% of these records are older, 11% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2013 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
1,423 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Los Angeles
They are 1,423 of the 69,537 NPPES records with a practice address in Los Angeles, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Safia Shaikh, MD's NPI number?
Safia Shaikh, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1285290601, issued on May 10, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Safia Shaikh, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 757 Westwood Plz Ste 7501, Los Angeles, CA, 90095. Phone: (310) 267-9643. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Safia Shaikh, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A204558, 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 Safia Shaikh, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Safia Shaikh, MD had 190 Medicare Part D claims for 67 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Safia Shaikh, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 79.3 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.