Behnaz Farhang

  • Sacramento, CA
  • Internist
NPI1225569726PAC ID8325325848
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
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Primary practice

Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento

Hospital · Sacramento, California

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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 and contact details
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
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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.

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.

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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.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Sutter Medical Center, SacramentoAvailable with a free account
+6 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable 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, CaliforniaPrimaryLicense A166906 · 2019 to 2025 · taxonomy 207R00000X
  • Connecticut license2017 to 2020

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.

Medicare services, 2024867
Medicare patients207
Paid by Medicare$75,788
Procedure codes9

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

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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.

Medicare patients, 2024207
Average age76
Average risk score1.16
Also on Medicaid10%

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

  1. High cholesterol73%
  2. High blood pressure68%
  3. Arthritis53%
  4. Diabetes29%
  5. Chronic kidney disease28%
  6. Mood disorders28%
  7. Depression27%
  8. Anxiety24%

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

Behnaz Farhang's patients across all payers

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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.

Part D claims, 20246,953
Drugs named by CMS126
Total drug cost$566,876
Part D patients480

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.

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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

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

$1.3Kin total
  • 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.

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

Behnaz Farhang graduated from Azad University

Behnaz Farhang graduated from Azad University in 2013.

  1. Medical schoolAzad University
  2. Board certified in internal medicineAmerican Board of 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
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Plan types Behnaz Farhang accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO9
  2. Medicare8
  3. HMO6
  4. EPO4
  5. POS4

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Behnaz Farhang'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)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
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 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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