NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Shawn Younessi

Internal Medicine Physician · Tarzana, CA

Shawn Younessi is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Tarzana, California, and NPI 1629503842, issued on Apr 25, 2017. Check the license (California A159934, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1629503842
Name
Shawn Younessi
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License number
A159934 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
18840 Ventura Blvd Ste 207, Tarzana, CA 91356
Phone
(818) 654-8111
Enumerated
Apr 25, 2017
Record last updated
Mar 10, 2025
Fax
(818) 757-1311
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20250210003499); accepts Medicare assignment
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 18840 Ventura Blvd Ste 207

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Saman Lashkari, M.D.Nephrology Physician1447282421
  2. Jeremy Schwieger, M.D.Nephrology Physician1164453437
  3. Paul Sogol, MDEndocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Physician1538235718

Verify Shawn Younessi in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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66% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024

1,086 Medicare Part D claims for 120 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 24% of claims.

  1. Shawn Younessi1,086
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium91 claims
  2. Metformin Hcl76 claims
  3. Jardiance60 claims
  4. Amlodipine Besylate58 claims
  5. Ozempic57 claims
  6. Losartan Potassium52 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: $118.24

6 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. 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.

  1. Shawn Younessi$118.24
  2. Specialty average$1,303.06

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

  1. Jeremy Schwieger MD A Medical CorporationTarzana, CA

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Shawn Younessi among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California

Shawn Younessi 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 2017, is newer than 81% of them.

  • NPI issued2017 · 81% of these records are older, 16% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
  • Graduated2017 · 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).

41 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Tarzana

They are 41 of the 2,122 NPPES records with a practice address in Tarzana, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. David Abrams, M.D.Tarzana, CA 913561881690865
  2. Kevin Berger, M.D.Tarzana, CA 913561972522704
  3. Samuel Elias, M.D.Tarzana, CA 913561982684023
  4. Azita Fakheri, MDTarzana, CA 913561669410270
  5. Jeffrey Galpin, M.D.Tarzana, CA 913561386679561
  6. David Grossman, M.D.Tarzana, CA 913561700843117
  7. Robert Kayland, M.D.Tarzana, CA 913561871558031
  8. Gerald Kovar, M.D.Tarzana, CA 913561306883699

Common questions

What is Shawn Younessi's NPI number?

Shawn Younessi's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1629503842, issued on Apr 25, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Shawn Younessi located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 18840 Ventura Blvd Ste 207, Tarzana, CA, 91356. Phone: (818) 654-8111. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Shawn Younessi's license?

NPPES lists California license number A159934, 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 Shawn Younessi prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Shawn Younessi had 1,086 Medicare Part D claims for 120 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.