Dr. Anuj Prakash Daftari, MD

Dr. Daftari practices at The Core Institute in Gilbert, Arizona.

Dr. Daftari's NPI, 1043452196, was assigned on April 2, 2009. Dr. Daftari graduated from St. George's University School of Medicine in 2008. Dr. Daftari holds Arizona license 46176.

Dr. Daftari's primary practice is The Core Institute, at 3420 S Mercy Rd, Gilbert, AZ 85297 in Maricopa County. The practice phone is (623) 537-5600.

Dr. Daftari's primary practice is The Core Institute in Gilbert, Arizona. Dr. Daftari is also affiliated with The CORE Institute Specialty Hospital. The medical group on file is The CORE Institute. Dmand AI also links Dr. Daftari to 1 more group practice or clinic, named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Daftari practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Interventional pain medicine is Dr. Daftari's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208VP0014X. Dr. Daftari is board certified in pain medicine by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Dmand AI has Dr. Daftari's licenses on file in 4 states: Arizona, California, Michigan and Ohio.

Dmand AI lists back pain injection, lower back pain, muscle pain, fibromyalgia, and limb pain, neck pain and spine problems and thoracic spine disorders among the conditions Dr. Daftari treats.

CMS data shows 4,968 Medicare services from Dr. Daftari across 34 procedure codes in 2024, for 460 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $290,542 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 460 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Daftari in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 200 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. 10% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.34, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Daftari's median patient age at 67, with 62% women.

In 2024, Dr. Daftari wrote 1,644 Medicare Part D claims for 427 patients. 98% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,547 of them, across 21 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $28,080 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 2,220 claims across 26 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 87 out of 100 for Dr. Daftari for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Daftari accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 4 papers to Dr. Daftari, published from 2012 to 2015. Dr. Daftari's most frequent co-authors are Jianguo Cheng, MD, PhD, Scott Harwood Homer, MD and Lan Zhou, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 319 general payments to Dr. Daftari from 22 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 79% of the total. Abbott Laboratories paid the most, $4,890.

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Daftari, most recently Pain Fellow of the Year Nomination in 2014.

Dr. Daftari graduated from St. George's University School of Medicine in 2008. Dr. Daftari is a member of AAPM, AAPMR and SIS.

Dr. Daftari is in network with 10 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Cigna. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.