Dr. Babak Samimi, MD

  • West Covina, CA
  • Orthopedic surgeon
NPI1912121377PAC ID2466525985
Medicare services, 2024
8,468
Medicare patients, 2024
309
Part D claims, 2024
148
Clinical trials
1
MIPS score, 2024
75
Practice address
741 S Orange Ave, West Covina, CA 91790
Practice phone
Call (626) 338-7391
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Primary practice

Samimi Orthopedic Group, Inc.

West Covina, California

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Dr. Babak Samimi is an orthopedic surgeon in West Covina, California

Dr. Samimi practices at Samimi Orthopedic Group, Inc. in West Covina, California.

Dr. Samimi's NPI, 1912121377, was assigned on April 13, 2007. Dr. Samimi graduated from David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in 2004. Dr. Samimi holds California license A93747.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
2466525985
NPI enumeration date
April 13, 2007
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(626) 338-7391
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
46
Medical school graduation
2004

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

Dr. Babak Samimi practices at Samimi Orthopedic Group, Inc. in West Covina, California

Dr. Samimi's primary practice is Samimi Orthopedic Group, Inc., at 741 S Orange Ave, West Covina, CA 91790 in Los Angeles County. The practice phone is (626) 338-7391.

  • Samimi Orthopedic Group, Inc.
    741 S Orange Ave, West Covina, CA 91790 · Los Angeles CountyPhone(626) 338-7391

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

Dr. Babak Samimi is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Samimi's primary practice is Samimi Orthopedic Group, Inc. in West Covina, California. The medical group on file is Samimi Orthopedic Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Samimi to 1 more physician office 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; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Babak Samimi's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Samimi practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Samimi Orthopedic Group, Inc.Available with a free account
+2 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Babak Samimi is one of 2,056 orthopedic surgeons in California

Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Samimi's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dr. Samimi is board certified in orthopaedic surgery by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. Dr. Samimi is licensed in California.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Orthopaedic surgery, CaliforniaPrimaryLicense A93747 · 2006 to 2026 · taxonomy 207X00000X

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists arthritis, broken or dislocated ankle/ or foot, bursitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, chest wall injury, enthesopathy in arms, fluid in a joint and hand joint or tendon inflammation among the conditions Dr. Samimi treats.

Orthopedic surgeons near Dr. Samimi

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

Dr. Babak Samimi billed Medicare for 8,468 services in 2024

CMS data shows 8,468 Medicare services from Dr. Samimi across 20 procedure codes in 2024, for 309 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $136,951 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 20248,468
Medicare patients309
Paid by Medicare$136,951
Procedure codes20

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Drugs given in the office
2023: 4,8802024: 5,45312%
Tests and treatments
2023: 1,7182024: 2,18527%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 6492024: 50522%
Surgery
2023: 2652024: 18829%
Imaging
2023: 2182024: 13737%

Dr. Samimi compared with the California median for orthopedic surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Samimi
  • California median
Medicare services
8,468vs 68312.4 times
Medicare patients
309vs 21544% above
Part D claims
96vs 7037% above

Medians across 1,844 orthopedic surgeons in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Samimi'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. Babak Samimi treated 309 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75

CMS counts 309 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Samimi in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 133 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. 51% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.25, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Samimi's median patient age at 63, with 57% women.

Medicare patients, 2024309
Average age75
Average risk score1.25
Also on Medicaid51%

Dr. Samimi's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Samimi's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women20366%
  • Men10634%

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

  1. Arthritis75%
  2. High blood pressure75%
  3. High cholesterol75%
  4. Diabetes48%
  5. Ischemic heart disease38%
  6. Osteoporosis31%
  7. Anxiety28%
  8. Mood disorders28%

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

Dr. Samimi's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 63

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women57%
  • Men42%

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

Dr. Babak Samimi wrote 148 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Samimi wrote 148 Medicare Part D claims for 79 patients. 99% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 96 of them, across 4 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $564 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 103 claims across 3 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024148
Drugs named by CMS4
Total drug cost$564
Part D patients79

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

  • Generic147 claims99%
  • Brand-name and other1 claims1%

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

  • Opioids17%25 of 148 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: 1032024: 967%

Drugs named by CMS: 4 in 2024, 3 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. Babak Samimi scored 75 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 75 out of 100 for Dr. Samimi for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Samimi accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Samimi as offering telehealth.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
MIPS final score, 2024
75 of 100

Knee replacement: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair): 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. Babak Samimi has worked on 1 clinical trial

Dmand AI links Dr. Samimi to 1 clinical trial.

Investigators on the most trials with Dr. Samimi

Recent clinical trials with Dr. Samimi

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Dr. Babak Samimi received $313,274 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 404 general payments to Dr. Samimi from 24 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 79% of the total. Arthrex, Inc. paid the most, $265,884.

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

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

$313.3Kin total
  • Speaker and faculty fees$247,22779%
  • Consulting fees$27,3289%
  • Travel and lodging$25,7238%
  • Food and beverage$10,3663%
  • Education$2,6301%

Companies that paid Dr. Samimi 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. Babak Samimi has 3 awards and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 3 awards for Dr. Samimi, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2011.

Awards and honors for Dr. Samimi

  1. 2011
    • CMS Stage 1 EHR
  2. 1999
    • Dean's Honors List
    • Provost's Honors List

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Babak Samimi graduated from David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Dr. Samimi graduated from David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in 2004.

  1. Medical schoolDavid Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
  2. Board certified in orthopaedic surgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Babak Samimi accepts plans from 17 insurance carriers

Dr. Samimi is in network with 17 carriers, including Elevance, United Healthcare and Aetna. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Elevance
  • United Healthcare
  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • HCSC
  • Alliant Health Plans
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • Molina
  • +9 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Dr. Samimi accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO10
  2. Medicare9
  3. HMO8
  4. POS6
  5. EPO4

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Babak Samimi'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 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)
Clinical trials and co-investigatorsClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Awards and committee rolesDmand AI Professional Profile Data
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. Babak Samimi's NPI number?

Dr. Babak Samimi's NPI number is 1912121377. It was assigned on April 13, 2007, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Babak Samimi?

Dr. Babak Samimi is an orthopedic surgeon in West Covina, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207X00000X).

Where does Dr. Babak Samimi practice?

Dr. Samimi practices at 741 S Orange Ave, West Covina, CA 91790. Dr. Samimi's primary practice is Samimi Orthopedic Group, Inc. in West Covina, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Samimi to 1 physician office and 1 group practice or clinic.

What is Dr. Babak Samimi's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Samimi is (626) 338-7391.

What is Dr. Babak Samimi's medical license number?

Dr. Samimi holds California license A93747.

What medical group is Dr. Babak Samimi part of?

Dr. Samimi is linked to Samimi Orthopedic Group.

Does Dr. Babak Samimi accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Samimi billed Medicare for 8,468 services in 2024, and Dr. Samimi accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Babak Samimi offer telehealth?

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

What is Dr. Babak Samimi's MIPS score?

Dr. Samimi's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 75 out of 100, reported individually.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Babak Samimi see?

CMS counts 309 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Samimi in 2024, with an average age of 75.

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Is Dr. Babak Samimi board certified?

Yes. Dr. Samimi is board certified in orthopaedic surgery by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.

What services does Dr. Babak Samimi bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Samimi's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J7318), physical therapy and rehabilitation (97110) and physical therapy and rehabilitation (97140).

Where did Dr. Babak Samimi go to medical school?

Dr. Samimi graduated from David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in 2004.

What drugs does Dr. Babak Samimi prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Samimi's most prescribed drugs by claims were Meloxicam, Methylprednisolone and Diclofenac Sodium.

Has Dr. Babak Samimi received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $313,274 in general payments to Dr. Samimi from 24 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Arthrex, Inc.

How long has Dr. Babak Samimi been practicing?

Dr. Samimi graduated from medical school in 2004, 22 years ago.

Does Dr. Babak Samimi do research?

Dr. Samimi has worked on 1 clinical trial.

What insurance does Dr. Babak Samimi accept?

Dr. Samimi is in network with 17 carriers, including Elevance, United Healthcare and Aetna. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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