Dr. Cynthia Wilson Baffi, MD

  • San Diego, CA
  • Pulmonologist
NPI1417264227PAC ID4284878174
Medicare services, 2024
548
Medicare patients, 2024
257
Part D claims, 2024
783
Publications
5
MIPS score, 2024
89
Practice address
5651 Copley Dr, San Diego, CA 92111
Practice phone
Call (858) 262-6666
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Primary practice

Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group, Inc

San Diego, California

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Dr. Cynthia Wilson Baffi is a pulmonologist in San Diego, California

Dr. Baffi practices at Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group, Inc in San Diego, California.

Dr. Baffi's NPI, 1417264227, was assigned on September 1, 2010. Dr. Baffi graduated from Heersink School of Medicine - Birmingham in 2009. Dr. Baffi's Pennsylvania license number on file is MD448768.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
4284878174
NPI enumeration date
September 1, 2010
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(858) 262-6666
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Sex
Female
Estimated age
43
Medical school graduation
2009

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

Dr. Cynthia Wilson Baffi practices at Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group, Inc in San Diego, California

Dr. Baffi's primary practice is Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group, Inc, at 5651 Copley Dr, San Diego, CA 92111 in San Diego County. The practice phone is (858) 262-6666.

  • Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group, Inc
    5651 Copley Dr, San Diego, CA 92111 · San Diego CountyPhone(858) 262-6666

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

Dr. Cynthia Wilson Baffi is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 3 medical groups

Dr. Baffi's primary practice is Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group, Inc in San Diego, California. Dr. Baffi is also affiliated with Sharp Memorial Hospital. The medical group on file is Emergency and Acute Care Medical Corporation. Dmand AI also links Dr. Baffi to 3 more group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups, 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. Cynthia Wilson Baffi's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group, IncAvailable with a free account
+4 more sites and 2 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Cynthia Wilson Baffi is one of 1,339 pulmonologists in California

Pulmonary disease is Dr. Baffi's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RP1001X. Dr. Baffi is board certified in critical care medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Baffi's licenses on file in 2 states: Pennsylvania and California.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Pulmonary disease, PennsylvaniaPrimaryLicense MD448768 · 2012 to 2016 · taxonomy 207RP1001X
  • California license2010 to 2026

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists acute respiratory failure, asthma, chronic lung disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), chronic respiratory failure, pneumonia, pulmonary fibrosis and sleep apnea among the conditions Dr. Baffi treats.

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

Dr. Cynthia Wilson Baffi billed Medicare for 548 services in 2024

CMS data shows 548 Medicare services from Dr. Baffi across 12 procedure codes in 2024, for 257 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $47,978 for them.

Medicare services, 2024548
Medicare patients257
Paid by Medicare$47,978
Procedure codes12

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 3822024: 3518%
Tests and treatments
2023: 2752024: 15544%
Other services
2023: 02024: 42

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

  • In an office47386%
  • In a facility7514%

Dr. Baffi compared with the California median for pulmonologists, 2024

  • Dr. Baffi
  • California median
Medicare services
548vs 64916% below
Medicare patients
257vs 2726% below
Part D claims
588vs 42140% above

Medians across 1,263 pulmonologists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Baffi'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. Cynthia Wilson Baffi treated 257 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74

CMS counts 257 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Baffi in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 115 patients. 70% of them have high blood pressure, and 67% have high cholesterol. 16% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.67, 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. Baffi's median patient age at 64, with 50% women.

Medicare patients, 2024257
Average age74
Average risk score1.67
Also on Medicaid16%

Dr. Baffi's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Baffi's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women14757%
  • Men11043%

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

  1. High blood pressure70%
  2. High cholesterol67%
  3. Arthritis44%
  4. COPD38%
  5. Ischemic heart disease37%
  6. Diabetes34%
  7. Chronic kidney disease31%
  8. Heart failure31%

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

Dr. Baffi's patients across all payers

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

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 64

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women50%
  • Men49%

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

Dr. Cynthia Wilson Baffi wrote 783 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Baffi wrote 783 Medicare Part D claims for 178 patients. 56% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 588 of them, across 22 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $404,789 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 933 claims across 32 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024783
Drugs named by CMS22
Total drug cost$404,789
Part D patients178

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

  • Generic440 claims56%
  • Brand-name343 claims44%

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

  • Antibiotics11%86 of 783 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: 9332024: 58837%

Drugs named by CMS: 22 in 2024, 32 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. Cynthia Wilson Baffi scored 89 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 89 out of 100 for Dr. Baffi for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Baffi accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Baffi as offering telehealth.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Dr. Baffi's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 89of 100Final score
  • 81of 100Quality
  • 99of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 82of 100Cost

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

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

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Dr. Cynthia Wilson Baffi has 5 publications on record

Dmand AI links 5 papers to Dr. Baffi, published from 2015 to 2022. Dr. Baffi's most frequent co-authors are Jonathan Joseph Cho, MD, PhD, Kevin Pak, MD and Joshua David Penfield, MBCHB.

Papers5
Years published2015 to 2022

Dr. Baffi's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Baffi

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

Dr. Cynthia Wilson Baffi received $14,158 in industry payments from 2018 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 38 general payments to Dr. Baffi from 8 drug and device companies from 2018 to 2025. Education make up the largest share, 74% of the total. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. paid the most, $11,894.

General payments to Dr. Baffi by program year, 2018 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Baffi by kind, 2018 to 2025

$14.2Kin total
  • Education$10,50074%
  • Travel and lodging$2,40017%
  • Food and beverage$1,2599%

Companies that paid Dr. Baffi the most, 2018 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. Cynthia Wilson Baffi graduated from Heersink School of Medicine - Birmingham

Dr. Baffi graduated from Heersink School of Medicine - Birmingham in 2009. Dr. Baffi is a member of ACCP and ATS.

  1. Medical schoolHeersink School of Medicine - Birmingham
  2. Board certified in critical care medicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  3. Board certified in internal medicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  4. Board certified in pulmonary diseaseAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  5. Board certified in neurocritical careAmerican Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Cynthia Wilson Baffi accepts plans from 6 insurance carriers

Dr. Baffi is in network with 6 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 4. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Elevance
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • United Healthcare
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City
  • CMS Medicare

Plan types Dr. Baffi accepts, by number of carriers

  1. HMO4
  2. POS4
  3. EPO3
  4. Medicare3
  5. PPO3

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Cynthia Wilson Baffi'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)
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. Cynthia Wilson Baffi's NPI number?

Dr. Cynthia Wilson Baffi's NPI number is 1417264227. It was assigned on September 1, 2010, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Cynthia Wilson Baffi?

Dr. Cynthia Wilson Baffi is a pulmonologist in San Diego, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Pulmonary Disease Physician (taxonomy code 207RP1001X).

Where does Dr. Cynthia Wilson Baffi practice?

Dr. Baffi practices at 5651 Copley Dr, San Diego, CA 92111. Dr. Baffi's primary practice is Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group, Inc in San Diego, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Baffi to 3 group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups.

What is Dr. Cynthia Wilson Baffi's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Baffi is (858) 262-6666.

What is Dr. Cynthia Wilson Baffi's medical license number?

Dr. Baffi's Pennsylvania license number on file is MD448768, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Cynthia Wilson Baffi been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Baffi in Pennsylvania (2012 to 2016) and California (2010 to 2026).

Which hospitals is Dr. Cynthia Wilson Baffi affiliated with?

Dr. Baffi is affiliated with Sharp Memorial Hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Cynthia Wilson Baffi part of?

Dr. Baffi is linked to Emergency and Acute Care Medical Corporation. Dmand AI links Dr. Baffi to 2 more medical groups.

Does Dr. Cynthia Wilson Baffi accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Baffi billed Medicare for 548 services in 2024, and Dr. Baffi accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Cynthia Wilson Baffi offer telehealth?

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

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What is Dr. Cynthia Wilson Baffi's MIPS score?

Dr. Baffi's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 89 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Cynthia Wilson Baffi see?

CMS counts 257 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Baffi in 2024, with an average age of 74.

Is Dr. Cynthia Wilson Baffi board certified?

Yes. Dr. Baffi is board certified in critical care medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

What services does Dr. Cynthia Wilson Baffi bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Baffi's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), office visit, established patient (99215) and lung function service (94727).

Where did Dr. Cynthia Wilson Baffi go to medical school?

Dr. Baffi graduated from Heersink School of Medicine - Birmingham in 2009.

What drugs does Dr. Cynthia Wilson Baffi prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Baffi's most prescribed drugs by claims were Prednisone, Trelegy Ellipta and Omeprazole.

Has Dr. Cynthia Wilson Baffi received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $14,158 in general payments to Dr. Baffi from 8 companies from 2018 to 2025. The largest total came from Intuitive Surgical, Inc.

How long has Dr. Cynthia Wilson Baffi been practicing?

Dr. Baffi graduated from medical school in 2009, 17 years ago.

Does Dr. Cynthia Wilson Baffi do research?

Dmand AI links 5 publications to Dr. Baffi, published from 2015 to 2022.

Who does Dr. Cynthia Wilson Baffi publish with?

Dr. Baffi's most frequent co-authors are Jonathan Joseph Cho, MD, PhD (1 shared paper), Kevin Pak, MD (1 shared paper) and Joshua David Penfield, MBCHB (1 shared paper).

What insurance does Dr. Cynthia Wilson Baffi accept?

Dr. Baffi is in network with 6 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 4. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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