Sanam Karamouz
Physician Assistant · Santa Monica, CA
Sanam Karamouz is a physician assistant with a practice address in Santa Monica, California, and NPI 1730790643, issued on Aug 13, 2020. Check the license (California PA59956, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Sanam Karamouz
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- PA59956 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2811 Wilshire Blvd Ste 777, Santa Monica, CA 90403
- Phone
- (818) 900-0611
- Enumerated
- Aug 13, 2020
- Record last updated
- Oct 15, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230221002305); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of California, Davis School Of Medicine, 2020
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Sanam Karamouz in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license PA59956Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
77% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
188 Medicare Part D claims for 87 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 6% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Clobetasol Propionate22 claims
- Mupirocin20 claims
- Triamcinolone Acetonide16 claims
- Sertraline Hcl13 claims
- Fluorouracil11 claims
- Ketoconazole11 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: $187.05
6 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC. 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
- Southern California Permanente Medical GroupWoodland Hills, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Sanam Karamouz among 14,451 physician assistant records in California
Sanam Karamouz 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 2020, is newer than 62% of them.
- NPI issued2020 · 62% of these records are older, 33% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 50% of these records are
- Graduated2020 · median 2018 among the 7,214 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 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).
79 physician assistant records list a practice address in Santa Monica
They are 79 of the 5,151 NPPES records with a practice address in Santa Monica, and 14,451 physician assistant records in California.
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The 8 physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Aubree Chesnut, PA-CSanta Monica, CA 904031134541436
- Michael Costine, PA-CSanta Monica, CA 904031851940571
- Robert Finch, PASanta Monica, CA 904031528647104
- Shirley Fladoos, MPAP, PA-CSanta Monica, CA 904031326209123
- Hannah Kennedy, PA-CSanta Monica, CA 904031588160261
- Kerry Lamb, PA-CSanta Monica, CA 904031275189813
- Brittany Lehmann, PA-CSanta Monica, CA 904031053786103
- Tatiana NemanimSanta Monica, CA 904031134687965
Common questions
What is Sanam Karamouz's NPI number?
Sanam Karamouz's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1730790643, issued on Aug 13, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Sanam Karamouz located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2811 Wilshire Blvd Ste 777, Santa Monica, CA, 90403. Phone: (818) 900-0611. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Sanam Karamouz's license?
NPPES lists California license number PA59956, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Sanam Karamouz prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Sanam Karamouz had 188 Medicare Part D claims for 87 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.