Youssef Behnam Awad, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Long Beach, CA
Youssef Behnam Awad, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Long Beach, California, and NPI 1164528105, issued on Sep 16, 2006. Check the license (California A52194, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Youssef Behnam Awad
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- A52194 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3530 Long Beach Blvd Ste 120, Long Beach, CA 90807
- Phone
- (562) 989-1200
- Enumerated
- Sep 16, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jun 25, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 00A521941 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20051228000704); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 3530 Long Beach Blvd Ste 120
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Youssef Behnam Awad in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A52194Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
5.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
16,526 Medicare Part D claims for 280 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims. 25 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium808 claims
- Metformin Hcl744 claims
- Triamcinolone Acetonide684 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate585 claims
- Fluticasone Propionate557 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa555 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: $159.02
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. 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.
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
- St John Medical Group IncLong Beach, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Youssef Behnam Awad among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California
Youssef Behnam Awad, MD 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 2006, is newer than 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 56% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1973 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 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).
221 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Long Beach
They are 221 of the 13,650 NPPES records with a practice address in Long Beach, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Youssef Behnam Awad, MD's NPI number?
Youssef Behnam Awad, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1164528105, issued on Sep 16, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Youssef Behnam Awad, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3530 Long Beach Blvd Ste 120, Long Beach, CA, 90807. Phone: (562) 989-1200. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Youssef Behnam Awad, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A52194, 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 Youssef Behnam Awad, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Youssef Behnam Awad, MD had 16,526 Medicare Part D claims for 280 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.