NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Vardanush Ketikian, M.D.

Hospitalist Physician · West Hollywood, CA

Vardanush Ketikian, M.D. is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in West Hollywood, California, and NPI 1982946034, issued on Mar 26, 2013. Check the license (California A147604, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1982946034
Name
Vardanush Ketikian
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
License number
A147604 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
8700 Beverly Blvd # B220, West Hollywood, CA 90048
Phone
(310) 423-5252
Enumerated
Mar 26, 2013
Record last updated
Jan 4, 2024
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20170912000418); accepts Medicare assignment
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 8700 Beverly Blvd # B220

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

  1. Daniel AldeaHospitalist Physician1104385319
  2. Arpit Arora, MDHospice and Palliative Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician1013259357
  3. Noam BroderHospice and Palliative Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician1831500628
  4. Vivian Chan, MDHospitalist Physician1427637628
  5. David Chen, M.D.Hospitalist Physician1619439585
  6. Jacqueline Craig, M.D.Hospitalist Physician1568752152

Verify Vardanush Ketikian 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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The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 85.7 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score85.7
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%61.5
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%100.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Cedars-Sinai Medical Care FoundationLos Angeles, CA

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

Vardanush Ketikian among 3,099 hospitalist physician records in California

Vardanush Ketikian, M.D. is one of 3,099 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in California. 90% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2013, is newer than 56% of them.

  • NPI issued2013 · 56% of these records are older, 39% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • Graduated2013 · median 2010 among the 2,505 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2024 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

99 hospitalist physician records list a practice address in West Hollywood

They are 99 of the 2,619 NPPES records with a practice address in West Hollywood, and 3,099 hospitalist physician records in California.

The 8 hospitalist physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Afshin Afrashteh, MDLos Angeles, CA 900481346402989
  2. Mark Choi, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900481124287354
  3. Shahida Farooqi, M.D.West Hollywood, CA 900481568622520
  4. Prabhu Gounder, M.D.West Hollywood, CA 900481508963893
  5. Gary Gutkin, M.D.West Hollywood, CA 900481366636573
  6. Denise JungWest Hollywood, CA 900481013179399
  7. Lowell Korman, M.D.West Hollywood, CA 900481912113309
  8. Jae Lee, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900481073614079

Common questions

What is Vardanush Ketikian, M.D.'s NPI number?

Vardanush Ketikian, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1982946034, issued on Mar 26, 2013. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Vardanush Ketikian, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 8700 Beverly Blvd # B220, West Hollywood, CA, 90048. Phone: (310) 423-5252. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Vardanush Ketikian, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists California license number A147604, 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.

What is Vardanush Ketikian, M.D.'s MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 85.7 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

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.