Samir Ashok Shah, M.D.
Ophthalmology Physician · Huntington Beach, CA
Samir Ashok Shah, M.D. is an ophthalmology physician with a practice address in Huntington Beach, California, and NPI 1871545434, issued on May 16, 2006. Check the license (California A85961, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Samir Ashok Shah
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Ophthalmology Physician 207W00000X
- License numbers
- A85961 CA
4301089354 MI
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 18582 Main St, Huntington Beach, CA 92648
- Phone
- (714) 965-9696
- Enumerated
- May 16, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 3, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (714) 965-9797
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100824000969); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Michigan Medical School, 2002
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Samir Ashok Shah in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A85961Check 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 ophthalmology physician in 2024
779 Medicare Part D claims for 322 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,518 among the 16,459 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 56% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Prednisolone Acetate264 claims
- Ofloxacin241 claims
- Latanoprost59 claims
- Restasis53 claims
- Cyclosporine36 claims
- Timolol Maleate17 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: $261.67
10 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Optos, Inc. The 13,221 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,535.02 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
- Samir A Shah MD Professional CorporationHuntington Beach, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Samir Ashok Shah among 2,899 ophthalmology physician records in California
Samir Ashok Shah, M.D. is one of 2,899 ophthalmology 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 2006, is newer than 9% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 9% of these records are older, 45% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated2002 · median 2001 among the 1,907 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 67% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207W00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Ophthalmology Physician providers in California
There are 2,899 ophthalmology physician records in California.
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The 8 ophthalmology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Kim Doan, M.D.Huntington Beach, CA 926481265402788
- Antoine Fahd, M.D.Huntington Beach, CA 926481033174040
- Richard Hope, MDHuntington Beach, CA 926481316095193
- Michael Kaplan, M.D.Huntington Beach, CA 926481508822016
- Vicken Karageozian, M.D.Huntington Beach, CA 926481659337178
- Richard Klotz, M.D.Huntington Beach, CA 926481750457719
- Cleve Mackenzie, MDHuntington Beach, CA 926481720199706
Common questions
What is Samir Ashok Shah, M.D.'s NPI number?
Samir Ashok Shah, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1871545434, issued on May 16, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Samir Ashok Shah, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 18582 Main St, Huntington Beach, CA, 92648. Phone: (714) 965-9696. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Samir Ashok Shah, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A85961, 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 Samir Ashok Shah, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Samir Ashok Shah, M.D. had 779 Medicare Part D claims for 322 beneficiaries; the average among ophthalmology physician prescribers was 1,518. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Samir Ashok Shah, M.D.'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.