Vahe Panossian
Sports Medicine (Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine) Physician · Pasadena, CA
Vahe Panossian is a sports medicine (neuromusculoskeletal medicine) physician with a practice address in Pasadena, California, and NPI 1255359964, issued on Jul 18, 2006. Check the license (California A66450, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Vahe Panossian
- Primary taxonomy
- Sports Medicine (Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine) Physician 204C00000X
- License number
- A66450 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 10 Congress St, Pasadena, CA 91105
- Phone
- (626) 795-0282
- Enumerated
- Jul 18, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20101022000366); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Southern California Keck School Of Medicine, 1997
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Vahe Panossian in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license A66450Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
64% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average sports medicine (neuromusculoskeletal medicine) physician in 2024
349 Medicare Part D claims for 143 beneficiaries, against an average of 965 among the 110 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 4% of claims. 153 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Ibuprofen119 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen51 claims
- Acetaminophen-Codeine46 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen33 claims
- Gabapentin27 claims
- Tramadol Hcl23 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: $137.22
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Conmed Corporation. The 70 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,066.99 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
- Huntington Orthopedic Surgical GroupPasadena, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Vahe Panossian among 62 sports medicine (neuromusculoskeletal medicine) physician records in California
Vahe Panossian is one of 62 sports medicine (neuromusculoskeletal medicine) physician records with a practice address in California. 42% 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 3% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 3% of these records are older, 39% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 42% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 34% of these records are
- Graduated1997 · median 1996 among the 21 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 73% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 204C00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Sports Medicine (Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine) Physician providers in California
There are 62 sports medicine (neuromusculoskeletal medicine) physician records in California.
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The 8 sports medicine (neuromusculoskeletal medicine) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- George Tang, M.D.Pasadena, CA 911051366544629
- Edward Jeon, M.D.West Hills, CA 913071386667129
- Jenny Zhu, M.D.West Hills, CA 913071609891928
- Arthur Garfinkel, MDSanta Clarita, CA 913551619974334
- Michael Bloom, MDVan Nuys, CA 914051821197591
- Tsuneo Hirabayashi, M.D.Torrance, CA 905051538276746
- Mazin Sabri, M.D.Montclair, CA 917631053368654
- Krista Lund, D.O.Pomona, CA 917661578843793
Common questions
What is Vahe Panossian's NPI number?
Vahe Panossian's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1255359964, issued on Jul 18, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Vahe Panossian located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 10 Congress St, Pasadena, CA, 91105. Phone: (626) 795-0282. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Vahe Panossian's license?
NPPES lists California license number A66450, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Vahe Panossian prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Vahe Panossian had 349 Medicare Part D claims for 143 beneficiaries; the average among sports medicine (neuromusculoskeletal medicine) physician prescribers was 965. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Vahe Panossian'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.