Dr. Karim Abdollahi, MD

  • Laguna Beach, CA
  • Orthopedic surgeon
NPI1942240403PAC ID2466420583
Medicare services, 2024
2,264
Medicare patients, 2024
485
Part D claims, 2024
214
MIPS score, 2024
75
Hospital affiliations
1
Practice address
31862 Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach, CA 92651-6769
Practice phone
Call (949) 499-8226
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Primary practice

Advanced Orthopaedic Specialists of Orange County

Physician office · Laguna Beach, California

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Dr. Karim Abdollahi is an orthopedic surgeon in Laguna Beach, California

Dr. Abdollahi practices at Advanced Orthopaedic Specialists of Orange County in Laguna Beach, California.

Dr. Abdollahi's NPI, 1942240403, was assigned on June 6, 2006. Dr. Abdollahi graduated from Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in 1990. Dr. Abdollahi holds California license G73446.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
2466420583
NPI enumeration date
June 6, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(949) 499-8226
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
62
Medical school graduation
1990

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

Dr. Karim Abdollahi practices at Advanced Orthopaedic Specialists of Orange County in Laguna Beach, California

Dr. Abdollahi's primary practice is Advanced Orthopaedic Specialists of Orange County, at 31862 Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach, CA 92651-6769. The practice phone is (949) 499-8226.

  • Advanced Orthopaedic Specialists of Orange County
    31862 Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach, CA 92651-6769Phone(949) 499-8226

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Dr. Karim Abdollahi is affiliated with 4 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Abdollahi's primary practice is Advanced Orthopaedic Specialists of Orange County in Laguna Beach, California. Dr. Abdollahi is also affiliated with Providence Mission Hospital. Dmand AI also links Dr. Abdollahi to 2 more group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Karim Abdollahi's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Abdollahi practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Advanced Orthopaedic Specialists of Orange CountyAvailable with a free account
+3 more sites and 2 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Karim Abdollahi is one of 2,056 orthopedic surgeons in California

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

Specialties and state licenses

  • Orthopaedic surgery, CaliforniaPrimaryLicense G73446 · 1992 to 2027 · taxonomy 207X00000X

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists arm, wrist, hand fracture and dislocation, arthritis, bursitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, enthesopathy in arms, hand joint or tendon inflammation, hip replacement and joint arthropathy among the conditions Dr. Abdollahi treats.

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

Dr. Karim Abdollahi billed Medicare for 2,264 services in 2024

CMS data shows 2,264 Medicare services from Dr. Abdollahi across 27 procedure codes in 2024, for 485 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $160,922 for them.

Medicare services, 20242,264
Medicare patients485
Paid by Medicare$160,922
Procedure codes27

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 9372024: 8786%
Imaging
2023: 5022024: 5051%
Surgery
2023: 3642024: 3494%
Tests and treatments
2023: 02024: 339
Drugs given in the office
2023: 1832024: 1745%
Other services
2023: 522024: 1963%

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

  • In an office2,23199%
  • In a facility331%

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

  • Dr. Abdollahi
  • California median
Medicare services
2,264vs 6833.3 times
Medicare patients
485vs 2152.3 times
Part D claims
174vs 702.5 times

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

Dr. Abdollahi'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. Karim Abdollahi treated 485 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 76

CMS counts 485 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Abdollahi in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 209 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 66% have high blood pressure. 16% 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 Dr. Abdollahi's median patient age at 70, with 55% women.

Medicare patients, 2024485
Average age76
Average risk score1.16
Also on Medicaid16%

Dr. Abdollahi's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Abdollahi's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women29962%
  • Men18638%

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

  1. High cholesterol75%
  2. High blood pressure66%
  3. Arthritis64%
  4. Osteoporosis26%
  5. Anxiety25%
  6. Ischemic heart disease25%
  7. Mood disorders25%
  8. Depression24%

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

Dr. Abdollahi's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 70

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women55%
  • Men44%

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

Dr. Karim Abdollahi wrote 214 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Abdollahi wrote 214 Medicare Part D claims for 93 patients. 99% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 174 of them, across 5 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $659 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 190 claims across 5 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024214
Drugs named by CMS5
Total drug cost$659
Part D patients93

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

  • Generic212 claims99%
  • Brand-name and other2 claims1%

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

  • Opioids60%128 of 214 claims
  • Antibiotics13%27 of 214 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: 1902024: 1748%

Drugs named by CMS: 5 in 2024, 5 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. Karim Abdollahi 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. Abdollahi for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Abdollahi accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Abdollahi as offering telehealth. CMS counts 40 procedures of upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) by Dr. Abdollahi, more than 81% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

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

Where Dr. Abdollahi ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair)
81st percentile40 procedures

CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.

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

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

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

Removal of tissue: 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. Karim Abdollahi received $10,676 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 162 general payments to Dr. Abdollahi from 31 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 62% of the total. Exactech, Inc. paid the most, $3,671.

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

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

$10.7Kin total
  • Food and beverage$6,57662%
  • Travel and lodging$2,76026%
  • Education$1,34013%

Companies that paid Dr. Abdollahi 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. Karim Abdollahi has 1 award and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Abdollahi, most recently CMS Stage 1 2012 in 2011.

Awards and honors for Dr. Abdollahi

  1. 2011
    • CMS Stage 1 2012

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Karim Abdollahi graduated from Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

Dr. Abdollahi graduated from Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in 1990.

  1. Medical schoolChicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
  2. Board certified in orthopaedic surgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
  3. Board certified in surgery of the handAmerican Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Karim Abdollahi accepts plans from 15 insurance carriers

Dr. Abdollahi is in network with 15 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • United Healthcare
  • Elevance
  • HCSC
  • Humana
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • Regence Health Plans
  • +7 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Dr. Abdollahi accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO10
  2. Medicare8
  3. HMO7
  4. EPO4
  5. POS4

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Karim Abdollahi'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 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)
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. Karim Abdollahi's NPI number?

Dr. Karim Abdollahi's NPI number is 1942240403. It was assigned on June 6, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Karim Abdollahi?

Dr. Karim Abdollahi is an orthopedic surgeon in Laguna Beach, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207X00000X).

Where does Dr. Karim Abdollahi practice?

Dr. Abdollahi practices at 31862 Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach, CA 92651-6769. Dr. Abdollahi's primary practice is Advanced Orthopaedic Specialists of Orange County in Laguna Beach, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Abdollahi to 2 group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups.

What is Dr. Karim Abdollahi's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Abdollahi is (949) 499-8226.

What is Dr. Karim Abdollahi's medical license number?

Dr. Abdollahi holds California license G73446.

Which hospitals is Dr. Karim Abdollahi affiliated with?

Dr. Abdollahi is affiliated with Providence Mission Hospital.

Does Dr. Karim Abdollahi accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Abdollahi billed Medicare for 2,264 services in 2024, and Dr. Abdollahi accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Karim Abdollahi offer telehealth?

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

What is Dr. Karim Abdollahi's MIPS score?

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

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Karim Abdollahi see?

CMS counts 485 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Abdollahi in 2024, with an average age of 76.

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Is Dr. Karim Abdollahi board certified?

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

What services does Dr. Karim Abdollahi bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Abdollahi's most billed Medicare services were physical therapy and rehabilitation (97750), office visit, established patient (99213) and office visit, established patient (99214).

Where did Dr. Karim Abdollahi go to medical school?

Dr. Abdollahi graduated from Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in 1990.

What drugs does Dr. Karim Abdollahi prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Abdollahi's most prescribed drugs by claims were Tramadol HCl, Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen and Cephalexin.

Has Dr. Karim Abdollahi received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $10,676 in general payments to Dr. Abdollahi from 31 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Exactech, Inc.

How long has Dr. Karim Abdollahi been practicing?

Dr. Abdollahi graduated from medical school in 1990, 36 years ago.

What insurance does Dr. Karim Abdollahi accept?

Dr. Abdollahi is in network with 15 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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