Salvador Garfias, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Los Angeles, CA
Salvador Garfias, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Los Angeles, California, and NPI 1528154747, issued on Oct 5, 2006. Check the license (California A81288, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Salvador Garfias
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- A81288 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 123 S Alvarado St, Los Angeles, CA 90057
- Phone
- (213) 989-7700
- Enumerated
- Oct 5, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 7, 2023
- Fax
- (213) 989-7702
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050125001156); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Southern California Keck School Of Medicine, 2001
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Salvador Garfias in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A81288Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
85% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
546 Medicare Part D claims for 391 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 44 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Prednisone78 claims
- Cefadroxil48 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa37 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen36 claims
- Triamcinolone Acetonide25 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass22 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Southern California Permanente Medical GroupVentura, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Salvador Garfias among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California
Salvador Garfias, MD is one of 17,133 family medicine 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 2006, is newer than 6% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 6% of these records are older, 59% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated2001 · median 2005 among the 10,652 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Salvador Garfias, MD's NPI number?
Salvador Garfias, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1528154747, issued on Oct 5, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Salvador Garfias, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 123 S Alvarado St, Los Angeles, CA, 90057. Phone: (213) 989-7700. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Salvador Garfias, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A81288, 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 Salvador Garfias, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Salvador Garfias, MD had 546 Medicare Part D claims for 391 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.