Sara Malik, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · San Diego, CA
Sara Malik, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in San Diego, California, and NPI 1770071037, issued on Apr 23, 2018. Check the license (California A173399, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Sara Malik
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- A173399 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 7901 Frost St, San Diego, CA 92123
- Phone
- (858) 939-3400
- Enumerated
- Apr 23, 2018
- Record last updated
- Oct 20, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20211115001060); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Sara Malik in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A173399Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
90% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
312 Medicare Part D claims for 129 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 17 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Cephalexin20 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium16 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa13 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass12 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium12 claims
- Prednisone11 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: $126.93
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Zoll Services LLC (a/k/a Zoll LifeCor Corp). 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
- Emergency And Acute Care Medical CorporationSan Diego, CA
- Focus ON Health IncSan Diego, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Sara Malik among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California
Sara Malik, 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 2018, is newer than 84% of them.
- NPI issued2018 · 84% of these records are older, 14% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2012 · 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).
961 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in San Diego
They are 961 of the 52,937 NPPES records with a practice address in San Diego, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Sara Malik, MD's NPI number?
Sara Malik, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1770071037, issued on Apr 23, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Sara Malik, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7901 Frost St, San Diego, CA, 92123. Phone: (858) 939-3400. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Sara Malik, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A173399, 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 Sara Malik, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Sara Malik, MD had 312 Medicare Part D claims for 129 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.