Sara Niknam
Physician Assistant · Sacramento, CA
Sara Niknam is a physician assistant with a practice address in Sacramento, California, and NPI 1790292712, issued on Dec 29, 2017. Check the license (California 55265, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Sara Niknam
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- 55265 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2315 Stockton Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95817
- Phone
- (916) 734-5590
- Enumerated
- Dec 29, 2017
- Record last updated
- Oct 19, 2023
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20200320002698); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Sara Niknam in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license 55265Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.7 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average physician assistant in 2024
3,878 Medicare Part D claims for 628 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 11% of claims. 2,150 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen798 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl366 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen230 claims
- Morphine Sulfate Er215 claims
- Gabapentin177 claims
- Cyclobenzaprine Hcl166 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: $467.42
21 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. 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
- Advanced Pain Diagnostic And Solutions IncSacramento, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Sara Niknam among 14,451 physician assistant records in California
Sara Niknam 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 2017, is newer than 47% of them.
- NPI issued2017 · 47% of these records are older, 48% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 50% of these records are
- Graduated2017 · median 2018 among the 7,214 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 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).
387 physician assistant records list a practice address in Sacramento
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Common questions
What is Sara Niknam's NPI number?
Sara Niknam's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1790292712, issued on Dec 29, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Sara Niknam located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2315 Stockton Blvd, Sacramento, CA, 95817. Phone: (916) 734-5590. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Sara Niknam's license?
NPPES lists California license number 55265, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Sara Niknam prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Sara Niknam had 3,878 Medicare Part D claims for 628 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.