Dr. Matthew Lee Arffa, MD

Dr. Arffa practices at Pacific Coast Plastic Surgery Center, Inc in Santa Monica, California.

Dr. Arffa's NPI, 1598261463, was assigned on April 1, 2018. Dr. Arffa graduated from Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine in 2018. Dr. Arffa holds Texas license T9054.

Dr. Arffa's primary practice is Pacific Coast Plastic Surgery Center, Inc, at 1301 20th St, Santa Monica, CA 90404 in Los Angeles County. The practice phone is (310) 453-2733.

Dr. Arffa's primary practice is Pacific Coast Plastic Surgery Center, Inc in Santa Monica, California. The medical group on file is Austin Skin Physicians. Dmand AI also links Dr. Arffa 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. Arffa practices. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Dermatology is Dr. Arffa's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207N00000X. Dr. Arffa is board certified in dermatology by the American Board of Dermatology. Dmand AI has Dr. Arffa's licenses on file in 4 states: Texas, Florida, California and Illinois.

CMS data shows 668 Medicare services from Dr. Arffa across 16 procedure codes in 2024, for 244 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $124,438 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 244 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Arffa in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 104 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 70% have high blood pressure. Their average risk score is 1.01, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Arffa's median patient age at 70, with 42% women.

In 2024, Dr. Arffa wrote 274 Medicare Part D claims for 131 patients. 94% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 197 of them, across 9 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $3,987 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 160 claims across 7 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 100 out of 100 for Dr. Arffa for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Arffa accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 226 procedures of melanoma (skin cancer) excision by Dr. Arffa, more than 98% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Removal of nail tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 8 papers to Dr. Arffa, published from 2015 to 2022. 2016 was the busiest year, with 2. The most frequent topics are Catechin, Osteopontin and Plastic Surgery Procedures. Dr. Arffa has published most often in Dermatol Surg. Dr. Arffa's most frequent co-authors are Anai N. Kothari, Paul C. Kuo, MD and Victor Chang, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 13 general payments to Dr. Arffa from 5 drug and device companies from 2022 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 86% of the total. Galderma Laboratories, L.P. paid the most, $2,331.

Dr. Arffa graduated from Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine in 2018.

Dr. Arffa is in network with 20 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 12. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.