Dr. Bina Aftab Ahmed, MD

Dr. Ahmed practices at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara, California, part of Cottage Health.

Dr. Ahmed's NPI, 1598821803, was assigned on December 29, 2006. Dr. Ahmed graduated from Dow University of Health Sciences in 1999. Dr. Ahmed's California license number on file is A86965.

Dr. Ahmed's primary practice is Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, at 400 West Pueblo, Santa Barbara, CA 93105 in Santa Barbara County. The practice phone is (805) 682-7111.

Dr. Ahmed's primary practice is Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara, California, part of Cottage Health. Dr. Ahmed is also affiliated with Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital. The medical group on file is Cottage Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ahmed to 2 more hospitals, 2 group practices and clinics, 1 urgent care center and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Ahmed practices, 7 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Interventional cardiology is Dr. Ahmed's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RI0011X. Dr. Ahmed is board certified in cardiovascular disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Ahmed's licenses on file in 5 states: California, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Vermont and Massachusetts.

Dmand AI lists aneurysm, angioplasty, atrial fibrillation and flutter, cardiac arrhythmia, cardiac catheterization, cardiomyopathy, cerebrovascular disease and chronic hypertension among the conditions Dr. Ahmed treats.

CMS data shows 4,972 Medicare services from Dr. Ahmed across 27 procedure codes in 2024, for 1,356 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $335,586 for them.

CMS counts 1,356 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ahmed in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 575 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 13% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.51, 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. Ahmed's median patient age at 78, with 48% women.

In 2024, Dr. Ahmed wrote 3,416 Medicare Part D claims for 586 patients. 79% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 3,198 of them, across 44 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,524,161 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 3,713 claims across 47 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 89 out of 100 for Dr. Ahmed for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Ahmed accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Ahmed as offering telehealth. CMS counts 13 procedures of coronary angioplasty and stenting by Dr. Ahmed, more than 35% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Pacemaker insertion or repair: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 21 papers to Dr. Ahmed, published from 2009 to 2020. The most frequent topics are Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary, Coronary Angiography and Hemorrhage. Dr. Ahmed has published most often in J Invasive Cardiol. Dr. Ahmed's most frequent co-authors are Phillip Richard Anderson, MD, Shozab Ahmed and Ihab Bassam Alomari, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 70 general payments to Dr. Ahmed from 21 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 77% of the total. Edwards Lifesciences Corporation paid the most, $1,575.

Dr. Ahmed graduated from Dow University of Health Sciences in 1999. Dr. Ahmed is a member of ACC.

Dr. Ahmed is in network with 16 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.