Behnaz Farhang
- Medicare services, 2024
- 867
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 207
- Part D claims, 2024
- 6,953
- Hospital affiliations
- 2
- Industry payments
- $1,287
- Practice address
- 2825 Capitol Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95816
- Practice phone
- Call (916) 454-2222
- Professional email
- Get professional email
- Personal email
- Get personal email
- Mobile number
- Get mobile number
Primary practice
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Behnaz Farhang is an internist in Sacramento, California
Behnaz Farhang practices at Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento in Sacramento, California, part of Sutter Health.
Behnaz Farhang's NPI, 1225569726, was assigned on March 25, 2017. Behnaz Farhang graduated from Azad University in 2013. Behnaz Farhang's California license number on file is A166906.
- NPI
- 1225569726NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 8325325848
- NPI enumeration date
- March 25, 2017
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (916) 454-2222
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Female
- Estimated age
- 39
- Medical school graduation
- 2013
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Behnaz Farhang practices at Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento in Sacramento, California
Behnaz Farhang's primary practice is Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento, at 2825 Capitol Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95816 in Sacramento County. The practice phone is (916) 454-2222.
- Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento2825 Capitol Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95816 · Sacramento CountyPhone(916) 454-2222
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Behnaz Farhang is affiliated with 7 sites of care and 2 medical groups
Behnaz Farhang's primary practice is Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento in Sacramento, California, part of Sutter Health. Behnaz Farhang is also affiliated with Sutter Roseville Medical Center. The medical group on file is Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Behnaz Farhang to 2 more group practices and clinics, 2 home health agencies, 1 hospice and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Behnaz Farhang's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Behnaz Farhang practices, 7 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento | Available with a free account |
| +6 more sites and 1 medical group | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Behnaz Farhang is one of 16,751 internists in California
Internal medicine is Behnaz Farhang's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Behnaz Farhang is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Behnaz Farhang's licenses on file in 2 states: California and Connecticut.
Specialties and state licenses
- Internal medicine, CaliforniaPrimary
- Connecticut license
Clinical focus
Dmand AI lists acute kidney failure, acute skin infection, anxiety, atrial fibrillation and flutter, chronic diabetes, chronic embolism thrombosis, chronic hypertension and chronic kidney disease among the conditions Behnaz Farhang treats.
Internists near Behnaz Farhang
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Behnaz Farhang billed Medicare for 867 services in 2024
CMS data shows 867 Medicare services from Behnaz Farhang across 9 procedure codes in 2024, for 207 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $75,788 for them. Every service was in an office.
Behnaz Farhang's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 5482024: 5392%
- Other services
- 2023: 1512024: 306103%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 562024: 2261%
- Drugs given in the office
- 2023: 1522024: 0100%
- Surgery
- 2023: 162024: 0100%
Behnaz Farhang compared with the California median for internists, 2024
- Behnaz Farhang
- California median
- Medicare services
- 867vs 3612.4 times
- Medicare patients
- 207vs 15137% above
- Part D claims
- 6,128vs 42114.6 times
Medians across 15,815 internists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Behnaz Farhang'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
Behnaz Farhang treated 207 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 76
CMS counts 207 Medicare patients who saw Behnaz Farhang in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 81 patients. 73% of them have high cholesterol, and 68% have high blood pressure. 10% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.16, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Behnaz Farhang's median patient age at 64, with 69% women.
Behnaz Farhang's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Behnaz Farhang's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women13867%
- Men6933%
Chronic conditions among Behnaz Farhang's Medicare patients, 2024
- High cholesterol73%
- High blood pressure68%
- Arthritis53%
- Diabetes29%
- Chronic kidney disease28%
- Mood disorders28%
- Depression27%
- Anxiety24%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Behnaz Farhang's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 64
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women69%
- Men29%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Behnaz Farhang wrote 6,953 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Behnaz Farhang wrote 6,953 Medicare Part D claims for 480 patients. 86% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 6,128 of them, across 126 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $566,876 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 5,584 claims across 119 drugs.
Behnaz Farhang's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic6,004 claims86%
- Brand-name892 claims13%
- Other57 claims1%
Behnaz Farhang'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 Behnaz Farhang's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids3%234 of 6,953 claims
- Antibiotics1%101 of 6,953 claims
- Antipsychotics, patients 65 and over1%35 of 6,953 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: 5,5842024: 6,12810%
Drugs named by CMS: 126 in 2024, 119 in 2023.
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
Behnaz Farhang offers telehealth to Medicare patients
Behnaz Farhang accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Behnaz Farhang as offering telehealth.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
Removal or shaving of skin growth: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)
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Behnaz Farhang received $1,287 in industry payments from 2020 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 14 general payments to Behnaz Farhang from 7 drug and device companies from 2020 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 97% of the total. Novo Nordisk Inc paid the most, $566.
General payments to Behnaz Farhang by program year, 2020 to 2025
General payments to Behnaz Farhang by kind, 2020 to 2025
- Food and beverage$1,25597%
- Education$323%
Companies that paid Behnaz Farhang the most, 2020 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Behnaz Farhang graduated from Azad University
Behnaz Farhang graduated from Azad University in 2013.
- Medical school
- Board certified in internal medicine
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Behnaz Farhang accepts plans from 13 insurance carriers
Behnaz Farhang is in network with 13 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
- Aetna
- Elevance
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
- United Healthcare
- HCSC
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
- Regence Health Plans
- Alliant Health Plans
- +5 more carriersWith a free account
Plan types Behnaz Farhang accepts, by number of carriers
- PPO9
- Medicare8
- HMO6
- EPO4
- POS4
Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data
Sources for Behnaz Farhang's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare 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 percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Insurance carriers and plan types | Dmand AI Insurance Network Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Behnaz Farhang's NPI number?
Behnaz Farhang's NPI number is 1225569726. It was assigned on March 25, 2017, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What does Behnaz Farhang specialize in?
Behnaz Farhang is an internist in Sacramento, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Internal Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207R00000X).
Where does Behnaz Farhang practice?
Behnaz Farhang practices at 2825 Capitol Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95816. Behnaz Farhang's primary practice is Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento in Sacramento, California, part of Sutter Health. Dmand AI also links Behnaz Farhang to 2 group practices and clinics, 2 home health agencies, 1 hospice and 1 medical group.
What is Behnaz Farhang's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Behnaz Farhang is (916) 454-2222.
What is Behnaz Farhang's medical license number?
Behnaz Farhang's California license number on file is A166906, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.
Which states has Behnaz Farhang been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Behnaz Farhang in California (2019 to 2025) and Connecticut (2017 to 2020).
Which hospitals is Behnaz Farhang affiliated with?
Behnaz Farhang practices at Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento in Sacramento, California. Behnaz Farhang is also affiliated with Sutter Roseville Medical Center.
What medical group is Behnaz Farhang part of?
Behnaz Farhang is linked to Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group. Dmand AI links Behnaz Farhang to 1 more medical group.
Does Behnaz Farhang accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Behnaz Farhang billed Medicare for 867 services in 2024, and Behnaz Farhang accepts Medicare assignment.
Does Behnaz Farhang offer telehealth?
Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Behnaz Farhang as offering telehealth services.
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How many Medicare patients does Behnaz Farhang see?
CMS counts 207 Medicare patients who saw Behnaz Farhang in 2024, with an average age of 76.
Is Behnaz Farhang board certified?
Yes. Behnaz Farhang is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
What services does Behnaz Farhang bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Behnaz Farhang's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), medicare service (G2211) and medicare service (G0439).
Where did Behnaz Farhang go to medical school?
Behnaz Farhang graduated from Azad University in 2013.
What drugs does Behnaz Farhang prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Behnaz Farhang's most prescribed drugs by claims were Atorvastatin Calcium, Amlodipine Besylate and Levothyroxine Sodium.
Has Behnaz Farhang received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $1,287 in general payments to Behnaz Farhang from 7 companies from 2020 to 2025. The largest total came from Novo Nordisk Inc.
How long has Behnaz Farhang been practicing?
Behnaz Farhang graduated from medical school in 2013, 13 years ago.
What insurance does Behnaz Farhang accept?
Behnaz Farhang is in network with 13 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
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