NPI registry status
Active
2026 NPPES data Vascular Surgery Physician NPI 1962578120 MD
Verify on CMS → Vinod Garg, MD
Vascular Surgery Physician in Pomona, California.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 4,362 in Vascular Surgery Physician, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.
Federal data, no proprietary rating.
We show these CMS records as-is - no composite score, no star rating, no editorial opinion layered on top.
Prescribing volume
380
Medicare Part D claims · 145 beneficiaries · Vascular Surgery Physician avg: 211
Generic prescribing
90%
generic claims · 10% brand-name · higher generic rates reduce patient out-of-pocket costs
MIPS score
12.7/100
▼ 71 pts below national avg 83.5 · Penalty band
Industry payments
$5.3K
37 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File, 2024
What the federal data shows
Vinod Garg, MD reported a CMS MIPS final score of 12.7/100 - below the 83.5 national average - and filed 380 Medicare Part D claims in 2024.
- 12.7/100
- MIPS score · -71 vs avg
- 380
- Part D claims, 2024
- 90%
- generic prescribing
- Likely
- board-certified (heuristic)
Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.
Federal trust snapshot
What official records show about Vinod Garg, MD
Federal records show an active NPI with both Medicare prescribing volume and a measured CMS quality score — objective registry data, not patient reviews.
- Verified
NPI registry status
Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1962578120), first enumerated 11/28/2006.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 380 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.
Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF
- Reported
CMS quality reporting (MIPS)
Reported a CMS MIPS final score of 12.7/100 in the Quality Payment Program — a federal quality measure, not a patient review.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program
- Reported
Board certification signal
Heuristic suggests board-certified status based on ABMS-eligible specialty taxonomy plus active CMS participation signals — not a direct ABMS verification.
- Reported
Industry payment transparency
$5.3K in reported industry payments (37 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.
Source: CMS Open Payments
- State context
State board disciplinary context
California statewide board action statistics are published annually — these figures describe aggregate state activity, not Vinod Garg, MD's individual license status. Verify directly with the state medical board.
Source: MBC annual report 2023
- Not in federal data
Individual sanction lookup
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Source: State medical board / FSMB
This trust snapshot summarizes only what appears in federal CMS/NPPES public records. It is not a composite score, star rating, patient review, or clinical recommendation. PlainDoctor never fabricates reviews or AggregateRating schema.
CMS NPPES provider registry desk
NPI 1962578120 · Vascular Surgery Physician
NPI-10 · ENUM-LEGACY · TAX-NARROW · MIPS-LOW · RX-LIGHT · BOOK-THIN · PHOTO-FINISH
- NPI-10 1962578120
- ENUM-LEGACY 2006
- TAX-NARROW 4,362
- MIPS-LOW 12.7/100
- RX-LIGHT 380
- BOOK-THIN 463 in California
- PHOTO-FINISH Heidi Hansen · ±0.2
MIPS final-score neighbourhood
Same-specialty nationwide peers by CMS final score, not geographic proximity
- Lannery Lauvao, …
Lannery Lauvao, MD
11.8 MIPS pts
- Heidi Hansen · n…
Heidi Hansen
12.5 MIPS pts
- Garg · this prov…
Garg · this provider
12.7 MIPS pts
- Patrick Ryan, M.…
Patrick Ryan, M.D.
13.2 MIPS pts
- Vikram Rao, MD ·…
Vikram Rao, MD
13.5 MIPS pts
What this shows Nearest measured MIPS peers for this NUCC specialty (2023 performance year).
Vinod Garg, MD's MIPS score vs every measured U.S. clinician
CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) final score, 2023, the federal quality measure. Clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded.
13 ≥ 2nd percentile 2% of 454,083 measured providers are in lower value bands
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more measured providers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
The percentile is a conservative whole-score-point band: it counts only measured clinicians in lower score bands. A CMS MIPS metric is not a recommendation or a clinical-quality rating by PlainDoctor. See methodology § corpus placement.
Source CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) · 2023
Where Vinod Garg, MD sits
This provider among vascular surgery physician peers
Across the 1,225 vascular surgery physician providers who report both Medicare Part D prescribing and a MIPS quality score, Vinod Garg, MD writes more Part D claims than 84% of them and scores higher on MIPS quality than 3% - placing this provider in the high-volume, lower-quality quadrant. Volume reflects patient-panel size and specialty, not quality; the two axes are independent.
Each dot is one vascular surgery physician peer from a representative sample of 60; the gold marker is Vinod Garg, MD. Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber data and the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, 2023.
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Board certification likely (heuristic, not verified)
Vinod Garg, MD practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + MIPS quality reporting - signals consistent with board-certified status. For verified board certification, see CertificationMatters.org (the official ABMS public lookup).
What does the federal data show about Vinod Garg, MD?
Below national averagePrimary specialty
Vascular Surgery Physician
Medicare Part D claims
380 80% vs specialty avg
MIPS final score
12.7/100 70.8 pts vs avg
Specialty distribution in California
How Vascular Surgery Physician compares to other specialties among California providers
Medicare quality performance, MIPS
Vinod Garg, MD's 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Vascular Surgery Physician national average
- MIPS Final Score
- 12.7/100
- vs 83.5 national avg · 2023 performance year
How MIPS and board certification work
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.
Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).
Practice Address
Provider Details
| NPI | 1962578120 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Vascular Surgery Physician |
| Credentials | MD |
| Gender | Male |
| NPI Issued | 11/28/2006 |
CMS Quality Score (MIPS)
Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.
12.7476
Final Score
Measured-score avg: 83.5
0
Quality
42.492
Cost
Reporting: Individual
Industry payments received (2024) - CMS Open Payments transparency data
The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for Vinod Garg, MD. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$5.3K
Largest payer
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Most common payment type
Food and Beverage
Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias, they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.
License & disciplinary context - California MBC 2023 annual report
Aggregate state board data only, NOT a determination of any individual provider's status. The figures below describe statewide disciplinary activity across all ~150K California medical licensees in 2023 - they are NOT specific to Vinod Garg, MD. To verify Vinod Garg, MD's current license status, search the MBC public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.
576
Total board actions, California 2023
Across 556 cases
3.84
Actions per 1,000 licensees
California statewide rate
probation
Most common action type
186 cases
MBC publishes annual disciplinary statistics as part of public-record reporting under each state's Administrative Procedure Act. See the full breakdown by action type and year on the California disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.
Brand vs generic prescribing mix · Typical
Vinod Garg, MD - brand share 10.0%
Vascular Surgery Physician average
10% brand-name claims vs 90% generic, on 380 2024 Medicare Part D claims.
The federal Medicare Part D Generic Dispensing Rate national benchmark sits near 90% generic / 10% brand for primary-care prescribers, per CMS Office of the Actuary 2024 estimates. Higher brand share is common in specialty prescribing where generic equivalents are not available.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.
380
Total Claims
$124K
Total Drug Cost
145
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 471.333
- Total Day Supply
- 9,513
- Brand vs Generic
- 10% brand / 90% generic
- Brand Drug Cost
- $120K
- Generic Drug Cost
- $4K
- Opioid Claims
- 106 (27.9% rate)
- Antibiotic Claims
- 99
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 71.9 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 2.57
- Gender Split
- 41% female / 59% male
- Age Distribution
- <65: 22, 65-74: 68, 75-84: 38, 85+: 17
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What Vinod Garg, MD prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024
- Hydrocodone-Acetam…
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
90 claims
- Cilostazol
Cilostazol
47 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavul… 30
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass
30 claims
- Santyl 21
Santyl
21 claims
- Cephalexin 18
Cephalexin
18 claims
- Gabapentin 15
Gabapentin
15 claims
- Ciprofloxacin Hcl 14
Ciprofloxacin Hcl
14 claims
- Metronidazole 11
Metronidazole
11 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 90 |
| Cilostazol | 47 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass Amoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 30 |
| Santyl Collagenase Clostridium Hist. | 21 |
| Cephalexin | 18 |
| Gabapentin | 15 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 14 |
| Metronidazole | 11 |
| Mupirocin | 11 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
Vascular Surgery Physician Overview
How Vinod Garg, MD fits within the Vascular Surgery Physician landscape nationally.
4,362
Vascular Surgery Physician Providers in US
53
States with Vascular Surgery Physician
211
Avg Claims per Provider
Vinod Garg, MD's 380 claims are above the specialty average of 211.
Nationwide Vascular Surgery Physician peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Garg, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Similar MIPS final score
Nearest same-specialty clinicians by CMS MIPS final score (12.7 here).
Same NPPES enumeration year (2006)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Vascular Surgery Physician Providers in California
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in California, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Garg.
One of 463 Vascular Surgery Physician providers enrolled in California, 5 are shown here.
Dr. Arad Abadi
MD
Lancaster, CA
Dr. Andrew Abi-Chaker
M.D.
Sherman Oaks, CA
Dr. Ahmed Abou-Zamzam
M.D.
Loma Linda, CA
Dr. Joseph Abu-Dalu
MD
Los Angeles, CA
Dr. Queen Abure
MD
San Francisco, CA
Compare Vascular Surgery Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Vinod Garg, MD's specialty? ▼
Vinod Garg, MD specializes in Vascular Surgery Physician and practices in Pomona, California. Credentials: MD.
How much does Vinod Garg, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Vinod Garg, MD wrote 380 Medicare Part D claims totaling $124K in drug costs for 145 beneficiaries.
What is Vinod Garg, MD's Medicare quality score? ▼
Vinod Garg, MD has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 12.7/100 (Quality: 0, Cost: 42.5). The average MIPS Final Score across the 454,083 clinicians with at least one published category score is 83.5; clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded from that average. Source: CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 2023.
Where is Vinod Garg, MD located? ▼
Vinod Garg, MD is located at 250 W BONITA AVE STE 250, Pomona, CA, 91767. Phone: (909) 868-6800.
What is Vinod Garg, MD's NPI number? ▼
Vinod Garg, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1962578120, issued on 11/28/2006.
Does Vinod Garg, MD prescribe more brand-name or generic drugs? ▼
Vinod Garg, MD's prescribing is 10% brand-name and 90% generic drugs by claim count, with $120K in brand drug costs.
Does Vinod Garg, MD prescribe opioids? ▼
Yes, Vinod Garg, MD had 106 opioid claims in 2024 with an opioid prescribing rate of 27.9%.
How many Vascular Surgery Physician providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 4,362 Vascular Surgery Physician providers across 53 states in the US. The average Vascular Surgery Physician provider writes 211 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Vinod Garg, MD prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, Vinod Garg, MD's most frequently prescribed drugs include Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen, Cilostazol, Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Vinod Garg, MD accept Medicare? ▼
Vinod Garg, MD appears in CMS Medicare data with 380 Part D claims and 145 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Vinod Garg, MD's credentials? ▼
Vinod Garg, MD's NPI is 1962578120 with credentials MD. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.
Data Sources
View source datasets and methodology notes
- Provider Directory
- CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
- Specialty Classification
- NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
- Prescribing Data
- CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2024). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
- Quality Performance
- CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) - 2023 performance year.
- Limitations
- Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.
See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.
Data as of August 2026 (NPPES) / 2024 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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