Dr. Babak Khazaeni, MD

  • Palm Springs, CA
  • Emergency medicine physician
NPI1962445858PAC ID7911948112
Medicare services, 2024
436
Medicare patients, 2024
232
Part D claims, 2024
71
Publications
3
MIPS score, 2024
97
Practice address
1150 North Indian Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, CA 92262
Practice phone
Call (760) 323-6511
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Primary practice

Desert Regional Medical Center

Hospital · Palm Springs, California

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Dr. Babak Khazaeni is an emergency medicine physician in Palm Springs, California

Dr. Khazaeni practices at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, California, part of Tenet Healthcare.

Dr. Khazaeni's NPI, 1962445858, was assigned on June 14, 2006. Dr. Khazaeni graduated from University Of Michigan Medical School in 1998. Dr. Khazaeni holds California license A90471.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
7911948112
NPI enumeration date
June 14, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(760) 323-6511
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
54
Medical school graduation
1998

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Babak Khazaeni practices at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, California

Dr. Khazaeni's primary practice is Desert Regional Medical Center, at 1150 North Indian Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, CA 92262 in Riverside County. The practice phone is (760) 323-6511.

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Dr. Babak Khazaeni is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Khazaeni's primary practice is Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, California, part of Tenet Healthcare. Dr. Khazaeni is also affiliated with Hi-Desert Medical Center. The medical group on file is Vituity. Dmand AI also links Dr. Khazaeni to 1 more hospital and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Babak Khazaeni's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Khazaeni practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Desert Regional Medical CenterAvailable with a free account
+2 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Babak Khazaeni is one of 7,423 emergency medicine physicians in California

Emergency medicine is Dr. Khazaeni's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207P00000X. Dr. Khazaeni is board certified in emergency medicine by the American Board of Emergency Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Khazaeni's licenses on file in 3 states: California, Pennsylvania and Michigan.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Emergency medicine, CaliforniaPrimaryLicense A90471 · 2005 to 2027 · taxonomy 207P00000X
  • Pennsylvania license2002 to 2006
  • Michigan license1998 to 2005

Emergency medicine physicians near Dr. Khazaeni

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Babak Khazaeni billed Medicare for 436 services in 2024

CMS data shows 436 Medicare services from Dr. Khazaeni across 6 procedure codes in 2024, for 232 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $33,478 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

Medicare services, 2024436
Medicare patients232
Paid by Medicare$33,478
Procedure codes6

Dr. Khazaeni's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 3042024: 25117%
Tests and treatments
2023: 1162024: 9617%
Imaging
2023: 832024: 897%

Dr. Khazaeni compared with the California median for emergency medicine physicians, 2024

  • Dr. Khazaeni
  • California median
Medicare services
436vs 26565% above
Medicare patients
232vs 243Close to median
Part D claims
11vs 6282% below

Medians across 7,079 emergency medicine physicians in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Khazaeni's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Babak Khazaeni treated 232 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 72

CMS counts 232 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Khazaeni in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 97 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 73% have high cholesterol. 52% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.11, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Khazaeni's median patient age at 46, with 54% women.

Medicare patients, 2024232
Average age72
Average risk score2.11
Also on Medicaid52%

Dr. Khazaeni's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Khazaeni's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women12554%
  • Men10746%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Khazaeni's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol73%
  3. Arthritis44%
  4. COPD42%
  5. Mood disorders41%
  6. Anxiety40%
  7. Diabetes38%
  8. Depression36%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Khazaeni's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 46

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women54%
  • Men46%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Babak Khazaeni wrote 71 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Khazaeni wrote 71 Medicare Part D claims for 55 patients. 92% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 11 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $77 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 37 claims across 3 drugs.

Part D claims, 202471
Drugs named by CMS1
Total drug cost$77
Part D patients55

Dr. Khazaeni's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic65 claims92%
  • Brand-name and other6 claims8%

Dr. Khazaeni's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Khazaeni's Part D claims, 2024

  • Antibiotics39%28 of 71 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 372024: 1170%

Drugs named by CMS: 1 in 2024, 3 in 2023.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Babak Khazaeni scored 97 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 97 out of 100 for Dr. Khazaeni for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Khazaeni accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Khazaeni's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 97of 100Final score
  • 90of 100Quality
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 78of 100Cost

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026

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Dr. Babak Khazaeni has 3 publications on record

Dmand AI links 3 papers to Dr. Khazaeni in 2017. Dr. Khazaeni has published most often in Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med. Dr. Khazaeni's most frequent co-authors are Jose Cardenas, MD, Joel Labha, DO and Jacqueline Kim Le, MD.

Papers3

Dr. Khazaeni's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Khazaeni

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Dr. Babak Khazaeni received $13 in industry payments in 2016

CMS Open Payments shows 1 general payment to Dr. Khazaeni from 1 drug or device company in 2016. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Allergan Inc. paid the most, $13.

Companies that paid Dr. Khazaeni the most, 2016 to 2016

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Babak Khazaeni graduated from University Of Michigan Medical School

Dr. Khazaeni graduated from University Of Michigan Medical School in 1998. Dr. Khazaeni is a member of AAEM, ACEP and CMA.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity Of Michigan Medical School
  2. Board certified in emergency medicineAmerican Board of Emergency Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Babak Khazaeni accepts plans from 1 insurance carrier

Dr. Khazaeni is in network with 1 carrier, including CMS Medicare. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 1. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • CMS Medicare

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Sources for Dr. Babak Khazaeni's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Babak Khazaeni's NPI number?

Dr. Babak Khazaeni's NPI number is 1962445858. It was assigned on June 14, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Babak Khazaeni?

Dr. Babak Khazaeni is an emergency medicine physician in Palm Springs, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Emergency Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207P00000X).

Where does Dr. Babak Khazaeni practice?

Dr. Khazaeni practices at 1150 North Indian Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, CA 92262. Dr. Khazaeni's primary practice is Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, California, part of Tenet Healthcare. Dmand AI also links Dr. Khazaeni to 1 hospital and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Babak Khazaeni's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Khazaeni is (760) 323-6511.

What is Dr. Babak Khazaeni's medical license number?

Dr. Khazaeni holds California license A90471, one of the licenses on file in 3 states.

Which states has Dr. Babak Khazaeni been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Khazaeni in California (2005 to 2027), Pennsylvania (2002 to 2006) and Michigan (1998 to 2005).

Which hospitals is Dr. Babak Khazaeni affiliated with?

Dr. Khazaeni practices at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, California. Dr. Khazaeni is also affiliated with Hi-Desert Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Khazaeni to 1 more hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Babak Khazaeni part of?

Dr. Khazaeni is linked to Vituity. Dmand AI links Dr. Khazaeni to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Babak Khazaeni accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Khazaeni billed Medicare for 436 services in 2024, and Dr. Khazaeni accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Babak Khazaeni's MIPS score?

Dr. Khazaeni's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 97 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Babak Khazaeni see?

CMS counts 232 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Khazaeni in 2024, with an average age of 72.

Is Dr. Babak Khazaeni board certified?

Yes. Dr. Khazaeni is board certified in emergency medicine by the American Board of Emergency Medicine.

What services does Dr. Babak Khazaeni bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Khazaeni's most billed Medicare services were emergency department visit (99285), heart test or procedure (93010) and diagnostic imaging (71045).

Where did Dr. Babak Khazaeni go to medical school?

Dr. Khazaeni graduated from University Of Michigan Medical School in 1998.

What drugs does Dr. Babak Khazaeni prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Khazaeni's most prescribed drugs by claims were Cephalexin.

Has Dr. Babak Khazaeni received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $13 in general payments to Dr. Khazaeni from 1 company from 2016 to 2016. The largest total came from Allergan Inc.

How long has Dr. Babak Khazaeni been practicing?

Dr. Khazaeni graduated from medical school in 1998, 28 years ago.

Does Dr. Babak Khazaeni do research?

Dmand AI links 3 publications to Dr. Khazaeni.

Who does Dr. Babak Khazaeni publish with?

Dr. Khazaeni's most frequent co-authors are Jose Cardenas, MD (1 shared paper), Joel Labha, DO (1 shared paper) and Jacqueline Kim Le, MD (1 shared paper).

What insurance does Dr. Babak Khazaeni accept?

Dr. Khazaeni is in network with 1 carrier, including CMS Medicare. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 1. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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