Samah Shaikh
Physician Assistant · Desert Hot Springs, CA
Samah Shaikh is a physician assistant with a practice address in Desert Hot Springs, California, and NPI 1790404549, issued on Aug 24, 2022. Check the license with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Samah Shaikh
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- Practice location
- 12560 Palm Dr, Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240
- Phone
- (760) 251-3401
- Enumerated
- Aug 24, 2022
- Record last updated
- Sep 30, 2022
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20240529001866); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Samah Shaikh in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this professionCheck the board
- 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
19% more Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
984 Medicare Part D claims for 364 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 116 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium121 claims
- Meloxicam78 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen77 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium41 claims
- Lisinopril39 claims
- Omeprazole30 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: $45.95
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Baxter Healthcare. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 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
- OrthowestIrvine, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Samah Shaikh among 14,451 physician assistant records in California
Samah Shaikh is one of 14,451 physician assistant records with a practice address in California. 75% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2022, is newer than 73% of them.
- NPI issued2022 · 73% of these records are older, 20% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 50% of these records are
- Graduated2022 · median 2018 among the 7,214 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 40% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
4 physician assistant records list a practice address in Desert Hot Springs
They are 4 of the 404 NPPES records with a practice address in Desert Hot Springs, and 14,451 physician assistant records in California.
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Common questions
What is Samah Shaikh's NPI number?
Samah Shaikh's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1790404549, issued on Aug 24, 2022. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Samah Shaikh located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 12560 Palm Dr, Desert Hot Springs, CA, 92240. Phone: (760) 251-3401. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Samah Shaikh's license?
Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Samah Shaikh prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Samah Shaikh had 984 Medicare Part D claims for 364 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. 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.