Dr. Masoud Afshar, MD

  • Imperial, CA
  • Nephrologist
NPI1225287378PAC ID0244394690
Medicare services, 2024
9,408
Medicare patients, 2024
692
Part D claims, 2024
7,448
Publications
6
MIPS score, 2024
25
Practice address
220 N Imperial Ave, Imperial, CA 92251
Practice phone
Call (442) 283-5049
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Primary practice

Masoud Afshar, MD

Urgent Care Center · Imperial, California

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Dr. Masoud Afshar is a nephrologist in Imperial, California

Dr. Afshar practices at Masoud Afshar, MD in Imperial, California.

Dr. Afshar's NPI, 1225287378, was assigned on September 13, 2008. Dr. Afshar holds California license A105324.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
0244394690
NPI enumeration date
September 13, 2008
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(442) 283-5049
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
50
Medical school graduation
2002

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

Dr. Masoud Afshar practices at Masoud Afshar, MD in Imperial, California

Dr. Afshar's primary practice is Masoud Afshar, MD, at 220 N Imperial Ave, Imperial, CA 92251. The practice phone is (442) 283-5049.

  • Masoud Afshar, MD
    220 N Imperial Ave, Imperial, CA 92251Phone(442) 283-5049

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Dr. Masoud Afshar is affiliated with 11 sites of care and 4 medical groups

Dr. Afshar's primary practice is Masoud Afshar, MD in Imperial, California. Dr. Afshar is also affiliated with Desert Regional Medical Center. The medical group on file is Masoud Afshar M.D. Dmand AI also links Dr. Afshar to 4 more hospitals, 5 dialysis centers and 3 medical groups, each named with a free account. Dr. Afshar's employer is on file too: an urgent care center.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Masoud Afshar's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Afshar practices, 11 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Masoud Afshar, MDAvailable with a free account
+10 more sites and 3 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Masoud Afshar is one of 1,401 nephrologists in California

Nephrology is Dr. Afshar's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RN0300X. Dr. Afshar is licensed in California.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Nephrology, CaliforniaPrimaryLicense A105324 · taxonomy 207RN0300X

Nephrologists near Dr. Afshar

Counts of nephrologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.

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

Dr. Masoud Afshar billed Medicare for 9,408 services in 2024

CMS data shows 9,408 Medicare services from Dr. Afshar across 24 procedure codes in 2024, for 692 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $633,835 for them.

Medicare services, 20249,408
Medicare patients692
Paid by Medicare$633,835
Procedure codes24

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 7,4502024: 7,9036%
Tests and treatments
2023: 1,0152024: 1,19017%
Surgery
2023: 1972024: 1875%
Other services
2023: 1312024: 1282%

Where Dr. Afshar's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office8,09086%
  • In a facility1,31814%

Dr. Afshar compared with the California median for nephrologists, 2024

  • Dr. Afshar
  • California median
Medicare services
9,408vs 1,0848.7 times
Medicare patients
692vs 3072.3 times
Part D claims
6,986vs 9557.3 times

Medians across 1,355 nephrologists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Afshar'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. Masoud Afshar treated 692 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73

CMS counts 692 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Afshar in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 244 patients. 75% of them have chronic kidney disease, and 75% have diabetes. 78% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 3.68, 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. Afshar's median patient age at 65, with 53% women.

Medicare patients, 2024692
Average age73
Average risk score3.68
Also on Medicaid78%

Dr. Afshar's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Afshar's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women34249%
  • Men35051%

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

  1. Chronic kidney disease75%
  2. Diabetes75%
  3. High blood pressure75%
  4. High cholesterol75%
  5. Arthritis51%
  6. Ischemic heart disease49%
  7. Heart failure47%
  8. Anxiety32%

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

Dr. Afshar's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 65

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women53%
  • Men46%

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

Dr. Masoud Afshar wrote 7,448 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Afshar wrote 7,448 Medicare Part D claims for 644 patients. 77% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 6,986 of them, across 97 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,549,575 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 5,959 claims across 83 drugs.

Part D claims, 20247,448
Drugs named by CMS97
Total drug cost$1.5M
Part D patients644

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

  • Generic5,701 claims77%
  • Brand-name1,731 claims23%
  • Other16 claims0%

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

  • Opioids0%22 of 7,448 claims
  • Antibiotics4%271 of 7,448 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: 5,9592024: 6,98617%

Drugs named by CMS: 97 in 2024, 83 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. Masoud Afshar scored 25 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 25 out of 100 for Dr. Afshar for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Afshar accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Afshar as offering telehealth.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Dr. Afshar's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 25of 100Final score
  • 0of 100Quality
  • 0of 100Improvement Activities
  • 84of 100Cost

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

Removal of skin lesions: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

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

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Dr. Masoud Afshar has 6 publications on record

Dmand AI links 6 papers to Dr. Afshar, published from 2011 to 2025. 2022 was the busiest year, with 2. The most frequent topics are Limonene, Pilot Projects and Volatile Organic Compounds. Dr. Afshar's most frequent co-authors are Pamela D. Berens, MD, Edward G. Brooks, MD and George L. Delclos, MD, MPH, PhD.

Papers6
Years published2011 to 2025

Dr. Afshar's papers by year, 2011 to 2025

Topics Dr. Afshar writes about most

  • Limonene
  • Pilot Projects
  • Volatile Organic Compounds

Dr. Afshar's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Afshar

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. Masoud Afshar received $9,760 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 361 general payments to Dr. Afshar from 38 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 95% of the total. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP paid the most, $1,488.

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

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

$9.8Kin total
  • Food and beverage$9,23795%
  • Honoraria$4004%
  • Education$1221%

Companies that paid Dr. Afshar 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

Sources for Dr. Masoud Afshar'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)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (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)
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Masoud Afshar's NPI number?

Dr. Masoud Afshar's NPI number is 1225287378. It was assigned on September 13, 2008, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Masoud Afshar?

Dr. Masoud Afshar is a nephrologist in Imperial, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Nephrology Physician (taxonomy code 207RN0300X).

Where does Dr. Masoud Afshar practice?

Dr. Afshar practices at 220 N Imperial Ave, Imperial, CA 92251. Dr. Afshar's primary practice is Masoud Afshar, MD in Imperial, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Afshar to 4 hospitals, 5 dialysis centers and 3 medical groups.

What is Dr. Masoud Afshar's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Afshar is (442) 283-5049.

What is Dr. Masoud Afshar's medical license number?

Dr. Afshar holds California license A105324.

Which hospitals is Dr. Masoud Afshar affiliated with?

Dr. Afshar is affiliated with Desert Regional Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Afshar to 4 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Masoud Afshar part of?

Dr. Afshar is linked to Masoud Afshar M.D. Dmand AI links Dr. Afshar to 3 more medical groups.

Does Dr. Masoud Afshar accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Afshar billed Medicare for 9,408 services in 2024, and Dr. Afshar accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Masoud Afshar offer telehealth?

Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Afshar as offering telehealth services.

What is Dr. Masoud Afshar's MIPS score?

Dr. Afshar's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 25 out of 100, reported individually.

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Masoud Afshar see?

CMS counts 692 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Afshar in 2024, with an average age of 73.

What services does Dr. Masoud Afshar bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Afshar's most billed Medicare services were care management and other visits (99457), care management and other visits (99458) and care management and other visits (99454).

What drugs does Dr. Masoud Afshar prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Afshar's most prescribed drugs by claims were Carvedilol, Hydralazine HCl and Calcitriol.

Has Dr. Masoud Afshar received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $9,760 in general payments to Dr. Afshar from 38 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP.

How long has Dr. Masoud Afshar been practicing?

Dr. Afshar graduated from medical school in 2002, 24 years ago.

Does Dr. Masoud Afshar do research?

Dmand AI links 6 publications to Dr. Afshar, published from 2011 to 2025.

Who does Dr. Masoud Afshar publish with?

Dr. Afshar's most frequent co-authors are Pamela D. Berens, MD (1 shared paper), Edward G. Brooks, MD (1 shared paper) and George L. Delclos, MD, MPH, PhD (1 shared paper).

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