Dr. Sina Emami, MD

  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Nephrologist
NPI1689954513PAC ID2961620851
Medicare services, 2024
2,738
Medicare patients, 2024
886
Part D claims, 2024
1,860
Publications
1
Hospital affiliations
4
Practice address
200 Medical Plz, Los Angeles, CA 90024
Practice phone
Call (310) 794-9206
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Primary practice

Peter Morton UCLA Medical Building

Los Angeles, California

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Dr. Sina Emami is a nephrologist in Los Angeles, California

Dr. Emami practices at Peter Morton UCLA Medical Building in Los Angeles, California.

Dr. Emami's NPI, 1689954513, was assigned on August 23, 2011. Dr. Emami graduated from Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in 2003. Dr. Emami holds California license A142845.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
2961620851
NPI enumeration date
August 23, 2011
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(310) 794-9206
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
49
Medical school graduation
2003

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

Dr. Sina Emami practices at Peter Morton UCLA Medical Building in Los Angeles, California

Dr. Emami's primary practice is Peter Morton UCLA Medical Building, at 200 Medical Plz, Los Angeles, CA 90024 in Los Angeles County. The practice phone is (310) 794-9206.

  • Peter Morton UCLA Medical Building
    200 Medical Plz, Los Angeles, CA 90024 · Los Angeles CountyPhone(310) 794-9206

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. Sina Emami is affiliated with 8 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Emami's primary practice is Peter Morton UCLA Medical Building in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Emami is also affiliated with Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. The medical group on file is UCLA Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Emami to 3 more hospitals, 2 dialysis centers and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Sina Emami's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Peter Morton UCLA Medical BuildingAvailable with a free account
+7 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Sina Emami is one of 1,401 nephrologists in California

Nephrology is Dr. Emami's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RN0300X. Dmand AI has Dr. Emami's licenses on file in 4 states: California, District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Nephrology, CaliforniaPrimaryLicense A142845 · 2016 to 2027 · taxonomy 207RN0300X
  • District of Columbia license2016 to 2018
  • Maryland license2014 to 2018
  • Virginia license2016 to 2018

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists acute kidney failure, chronic kidney disease, fluid and electrolyte imbalances and kidney cysts among the conditions Dr. Emami treats.

Nephrologists near Dr. Emami

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. Sina Emami billed Medicare for 2,738 services in 2024

CMS data shows 2,738 Medicare services from Dr. Emami across 11 procedure codes in 2024, for 886 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $256,034 for them.

Medicare services, 20242,738
Medicare patients886
Paid by Medicare$256,034
Procedure codes11

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1,6232024: 2,16734%
Other services
2023: 02024: 385
Tests and treatments
2023: 1172024: 13616%
Surgery
2023: 692024: 5028%

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

  • In an office1,96472%
  • In a facility77428%

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

  • Dr. Emami
  • California median
Medicare services
2,738vs 1,0842.5 times
Medicare patients
886vs 3072.9 times
Part D claims
1,578vs 95565% above

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

Dr. Emami'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. Sina Emami treated 886 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 77

CMS counts 886 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Emami in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 335 patients. 75% of them have chronic kidney disease, and 75% have high blood pressure. 33% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.73, 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. Emami's median patient age at 71, with 43% women.

Medicare patients, 2024886
Average age77
Average risk score2.73
Also on Medicaid33%

Dr. Emami's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Emami's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women38443%
  • Men50257%

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

  1. Chronic kidney disease75%
  2. High blood pressure75%
  3. High cholesterol75%
  4. Arthritis60%
  5. Ischemic heart disease57%
  6. Diabetes56%
  7. Heart failure42%
  8. Mood disorders38%

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

Dr. Emami's patients across all payers

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

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 71

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women43%
  • Men56%

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

Dr. Sina Emami wrote 1,860 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Emami wrote 1,860 Medicare Part D claims for 413 patients. 90% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,578 of them, across 27 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $165,190 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,009 claims across 20 drugs.

Part D claims, 20241,860
Drugs named by CMS27
Total drug cost$165,190
Part D patients413

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

  • Generic1,679 claims90%
  • Brand-name168 claims9%
  • Other13 claims1%

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

  • Antibiotics1%11 of 1,860 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: 1,0092024: 1,57856%

Drugs named by CMS: 27 in 2024, 20 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. Sina Emami offers telehealth to Medicare patients

Dr. Emami accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Emami as offering telehealth.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

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Dr. Sina Emami has 1 publication on record

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Emami in 2025. Dr. Emami's most frequent co-authors are Mrinal Asopa, DO, Mohammad Kamgar, MD and Niloofar Nobakht, MD.

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Dr. Emami's most frequent co-authors

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

Dr. Sina Emami received $1,889 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 18 general payments to Dr. Emami from 10 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 98% of the total. Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. paid the most, $626.

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

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

$1.9Kin total
  • Food and beverage$1,85298%
  • Education$382%

Companies that paid Dr. Emami 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. Sina Emami graduated from Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

Dr. Emami graduated from Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in 2003.

  1. Medical schoolShahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Sina Emami accepts plans from 14 insurance carriers

Dr. Emami is in network with 14 carriers, including Elevance, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Elevance
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • United Healthcare
  • HCSC
  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • Regence Health Plans
  • Alliant Health Plans
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Plan types Dr. Emami accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO9
  2. Medicare7
  3. HMO6
  4. POS4
  5. EPO3

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Sina Emami'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 phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand 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)
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)
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. Sina Emami's NPI number?

Dr. Sina Emami's NPI number is 1689954513. It was assigned on August 23, 2011, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Sina Emami?

Dr. Sina Emami is a nephrologist in Los Angeles, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Nephrology Physician (taxonomy code 207RN0300X).

Where does Dr. Sina Emami practice?

Dr. Emami practices at 200 Medical Plz, Los Angeles, CA 90024. Dr. Emami's primary practice is Peter Morton UCLA Medical Building in Los Angeles, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Emami to 3 hospitals, 2 dialysis centers and 1 group practice or clinic.

What is Dr. Sina Emami's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Emami is (310) 794-9206.

What is Dr. Sina Emami's medical license number?

Dr. Emami holds California license A142845, one of the licenses on file in 4 states.

Which states has Dr. Sina Emami been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Emami in California (2016 to 2027), District of Columbia (2016 to 2018), Maryland (2014 to 2018) and Virginia (2016 to 2018).

Which hospitals is Dr. Sina Emami affiliated with?

Dr. Emami is affiliated with Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Emami to 3 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Sina Emami part of?

Dr. Emami is linked to UCLA Medical Group.

Does Dr. Sina Emami accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Emami billed Medicare for 2,738 services in 2024, and Dr. Emami accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Sina Emami offer telehealth?

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

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Sina Emami see?

CMS counts 886 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Emami in 2024, with an average age of 77.

What services does Dr. Sina Emami bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Emami's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), hospital inpatient care (99233) and medicare service (G2211).

Where did Dr. Sina Emami go to medical school?

Dr. Emami graduated from Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in 2003.

What drugs does Dr. Sina Emami prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Emami's most prescribed drugs by claims were Furosemide, Nifedipine ER and Amlodipine Besylate.

Has Dr. Sina Emami received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $1,889 in general payments to Dr. Emami from 10 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.

How long has Dr. Sina Emami been practicing?

Dr. Emami graduated from medical school in 2003, 23 years ago.

Does Dr. Sina Emami do research?

Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Emami.

Who does Dr. Sina Emami publish with?

Dr. Emami's most frequent co-authors are Mrinal Asopa, DO (1 shared paper), Mohammad Kamgar, MD (1 shared paper) and Niloofar Nobakht, MD (1 shared paper).

What insurance does Dr. Sina Emami accept?

Dr. Emami is in network with 14 carriers, including Elevance, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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