Dr. Bruce Torkan, MD

  • Los Angeles, CA
  • General practice physician
NPI1699770321PAC ID2062691876
Medicare services, 2024
3,771
Medicare patients, 2024
165
Part D claims, 2024
13,114
Clinical trials
4
Industry payments
$16,808
Practice address
820-A South Alvarado St, Los Angeles, CA 90057-4010
Practice phone
Call (213) 384-0604
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Mobile number
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Primary practice

Fatima Medical Clinic

Physician office · Los Angeles, California

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Dr. Bruce Torkan is a general practice physician in Los Angeles, California

Dr. Torkan practices at Fatima Medical Clinic in Los Angeles, California.

Dr. Torkan's NPI, 1699770321, was assigned on June 17, 2005. Dr. Torkan graduated from Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in 1973. Dr. Torkan holds California license A40561.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
2062691876
NPI enumeration date
June 17, 2005
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(213) 384-0604
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
79
Medical school graduation
1973

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

Dr. Bruce Torkan practices at Fatima Medical Clinic in Los Angeles, California

Dr. Torkan's primary practice is Fatima Medical Clinic, at 820-A South Alvarado St, Los Angeles, CA 90057-4010. The practice phone is (213) 384-0604.

  • Fatima Medical Clinic
    820-A South Alvarado St, Los Angeles, CA 90057-4010Phone(213) 384-0604

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dr. Bruce Torkan is affiliated with 2 sites of care

Dr. Torkan's primary practice is Fatima Medical Clinic in Los Angeles, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Torkan to 1 home health agency, named with a free account.

Fatima Medical ClinicPhysician office · Los Angeles, CaliforniaPrimary
1 home health agencyName with a free account
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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Bruce Torkan's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Fatima Medical ClinicAvailable with a free account
+1 more affiliated siteAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Bruce Torkan is one of 1,526 general practice physicians in California

General practice is Dr. Torkan's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208D00000X. Dr. Torkan is licensed in California.

Specialties and state licenses

  • General practice, CaliforniaPrimaryLicense A40561 · 1983 to 2027 · taxonomy 208D00000X

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists acute gallbladder or bile duct inflammation, acute gastroduodenitis, acute kidney failure, acute skin infection, aneurysm, ankle or foot injury, arthritis and bronchitis among the conditions Dr. Torkan treats.

General practice physicians near Dr. Torkan

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

Dr. Bruce Torkan billed Medicare for 3,771 services in 2024

CMS data shows 3,771 Medicare services from Dr. Torkan across 30 procedure codes in 2024, for 165 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $179,439 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 20243,771
Medicare patients165
Paid by Medicare$179,439
Procedure codes30

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Drugs given in the office
2023: 1,0282024: 1,21018%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 9722024: 9275%
Tests and treatments
2023: 7332024: 7908%
Imaging
2023: 4662024: 4562%
Surgery
2023: 1772024: 1802%
Lab and pathology
2023: 752024: 159112%
Other services
2023: 202024: 49145%

Dr. Torkan compared with the California median for general practice physicians, 2024

  • Dr. Torkan
  • California median
Medicare services
3,771vs 26214.4 times
Medicare patients
165vs 13621% above
Part D claims
12,570vs 19265.5 times

Medians across 1,114 general practice physicians in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Torkan'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. Bruce Torkan treated 165 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73

CMS counts 165 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Torkan in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 87 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. 88% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.37, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Torkan's median patient age at 48, with 57% women.

Medicare patients, 2024165
Average age73
Average risk score1.37
Also on Medicaid88%

Dr. Torkan's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Torkan's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women10362%
  • Men6238%

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

  1. Arthritis75%
  2. High blood pressure75%
  3. High cholesterol73%
  4. Heart failure61%
  5. Diabetes58%
  6. Osteoporosis28%
  7. Ischemic heart disease18%
  8. Mood disorders18%

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

Dr. Torkan's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 48

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women57%
  • Men43%

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

Dr. Bruce Torkan wrote 13,114 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Torkan wrote 13,114 Medicare Part D claims for 354 patients. 84% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 12,570 of them, across 135 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $516,888 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 12,899 claims across 146 drugs.

Part D claims, 202413,114
Drugs named by CMS135
Total drug cost$516,888
Part D patients354

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

  • Generic10,954 claims84%
  • Brand-name1,814 claims14%
  • Other346 claims3%

Dr. Torkan'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. Torkan's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids0%13 of 13,114 claims
  • Antibiotics3%387 of 13,114 claims
  • Antipsychotics, patients 65 and over0%17 of 13,114 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: 12,8992024: 12,5703%

Drugs named by CMS: 135 in 2024, 146 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

How Dr. Bruce Torkan takes part in Medicare

Dr. Torkan accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

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Dr. Bruce Torkan has worked on 4 clinical trials

Dmand AI links Dr. Torkan to 4 clinical trials. Conditions studied include Eczema and Dermatitis, Atopic. Eli Lilly and Company sponsors the most, 4. Open Payments lists research payments to Dr. Torkan that name 1 trial.

Conditions in Dr. Torkan's trials

  • Eczema
  • Dermatitis, Atopic

Investigators on the most trials with Dr. Torkan

Recent clinical trials with Dr. Torkan

Sources: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026; ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. Bruce Torkan received $16,808 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 571 general payments to Dr. Torkan from 43 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 98% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $2,282. It also lists 1 research payment totaling $449 in 2020, naming 1 clinical trial.

General payments to Dr. Torkan by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Torkan by kind, 2016 to 2025

$16.8Kin total
  • Food and beverage$16,48398%
  • Education$3252%

Companies that paid Dr. Torkan the most, 2016 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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

Dr. Bruce Torkan graduated from Isfahan University of Medical Sciences

Dr. Torkan graduated from Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in 1973.

  1. Medical schoolIsfahan University of Medical Sciences

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Bruce Torkan accepts plans from 8 insurance carriers

Dr. Torkan is in network with 8 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 6. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • HCSC
  • LA Care
  • Molina
  • Regence Health Plans
  • CMS Medicare

Plan types Dr. Torkan accepts, by number of carriers

  1. Medicare6
  2. PPO5
  3. HMO4
  4. POS2
  5. EPO1
  6. Medicaid1

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Bruce Torkan'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 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)
Clinical trials and co-investigatorsClinicalTrials.gov (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. Bruce Torkan's NPI number?

Dr. Bruce Torkan's NPI number is 1699770321. It was assigned on June 17, 2005, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Bruce Torkan?

Dr. Bruce Torkan is a general practice physician in Los Angeles, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is General Practice Physician (taxonomy code 208D00000X).

Where does Dr. Bruce Torkan practice?

Dr. Torkan practices at 820-A South Alvarado St, Los Angeles, CA 90057-4010. Dr. Torkan's primary practice is Fatima Medical Clinic in Los Angeles, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Torkan to 1 home health agency.

What is Dr. Bruce Torkan's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Torkan is (213) 384-0604.

What is Dr. Bruce Torkan's medical license number?

Dr. Torkan holds California license A40561.

Does Dr. Bruce Torkan accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Torkan billed Medicare for 3,771 services in 2024, and Dr. Torkan accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Bruce Torkan see?

CMS counts 165 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Torkan in 2024, with an average age of 73.

What services does Dr. Bruce Torkan bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Torkan's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J1885), office visit, established patient (99213) and injected or infused drug (J1100).

Where did Dr. Bruce Torkan go to medical school?

Dr. Torkan graduated from Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in 1973.

What drugs does Dr. Bruce Torkan prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Torkan's most prescribed drugs by claims were Atorvastatin Calcium, Amlodipine Besylate and Hydrochlorothiazide.

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Has Dr. Bruce Torkan received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $16,808 in general payments to Dr. Torkan from 43 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Abbvie Inc.

How long has Dr. Bruce Torkan been practicing?

Dr. Torkan graduated from medical school in 1973, 53 years ago.

Does Dr. Bruce Torkan do research?

Dr. Torkan has worked on 4 clinical trials.

What insurance does Dr. Bruce Torkan accept?

Dr. Torkan is in network with 8 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 6. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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