Dr. Gharoon Panahi, MD

  • Fountain Valley, CA
  • Rheumatologist
NPI1912956053PAC ID0042345001
Medicare services, 2024
66,994
Medicare patients, 2024
317
Part D claims, 2024
1,837
MIPS score, 2024
20
Hospital affiliations
2
Practice address
11180 Warner Ave, Fountain Valley, CA 92708
Practice phone
Call (714) 825-0891
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Primary practice

Gharoon Panahi MD Inc

Fountain Valley, California

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Dr. Gharoon Panahi is a rheumatologist in Fountain Valley, California

Dr. Panahi practices at Gharoon Panahi MD Inc in Fountain Valley, California.

Dr. Panahi's NPI, 1912956053, was assigned on May 8, 2006. Dr. Panahi graduated from Tehran University of Medical Sciences School of Medicine in 1979. Dr. Panahi holds California license A34894.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
0042345001
NPI enumeration date
May 8, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(714) 825-0891
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
82
Medical school graduation
1979

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

Dr. Gharoon Panahi practices at Gharoon Panahi MD Inc in Fountain Valley, California

Dr. Panahi's primary practice is Gharoon Panahi MD Inc, at 11180 Warner Ave, Fountain Valley, CA 92708 in Orange County. The practice phone is (714) 825-0891.

  • Gharoon Panahi MD Inc
    11180 Warner Ave, Fountain Valley, CA 92708 · Orange CountyPhone(714) 825-0891

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

Dr. Gharoon Panahi is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Panahi's primary practice is Gharoon Panahi MD Inc in Fountain Valley, California. Dr. Panahi is also affiliated with Hoag Hospital Newport Beach. The medical group on file is Gharoon Panahi MD. Dmand AI also links Dr. Panahi to 1 more hospital, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 home health agency, 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. Gharoon Panahi's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Gharoon Panahi MD IncAvailable with a free account
+4 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Gharoon Panahi is one of 821 rheumatologists in California

Rheumatology is Dr. Panahi's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RR0500X. Dr. Panahi is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Panahi's licenses on file in 2 states: California and Georgia.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Rheumatology, CaliforniaPrimaryLicense A34894 · 1980 to 2027 · taxonomy 207RR0500X
  • Georgia license1976 to 1979

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists acute skin infection, arthritis, atrial fibrillation and flutter, cerebrovascular disease, chronic diabetes, chronic hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and gout among the conditions Dr. Panahi treats.

Rheumatologists near Dr. Panahi

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

821rheumatologists in California
2rheumatologists in Fountain Valley

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

Dr. Gharoon Panahi billed Medicare for 66,994 services in 2024

CMS data shows 66,994 Medicare services from Dr. Panahi across 16 procedure codes in 2024, for 317 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $501,596 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 202466,994
Medicare patients317
Paid by Medicare$501,596
Procedure codes16

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Drugs given in the office
2023: 25,1402024: 65,296160%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 9102024: 9312%
Tests and treatments
2023: 5532024: 5285%
Surgery
2023: 1732024: 22731%
Other services
2023: 192024: 1237%

Dr. Panahi compared with the California median for rheumatologists, 2024

  • Dr. Panahi
  • California median
Medicare services
66,994vs 90074.4 times
Medicare patients
317vs 21647% above
Part D claims
1,372vs 96243% above

Medians across 773 rheumatologists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Panahi'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. Gharoon Panahi treated 317 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 78

CMS counts 317 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Panahi in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 121 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. 48% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.49, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Panahi's median patient age at 73, with 68% women.

Medicare patients, 2024317
Average age78
Average risk score1.49
Also on Medicaid48%

Dr. Panahi's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Panahi's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women23173%
  • Men8627%

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

  1. Arthritis75%
  2. High blood pressure75%
  3. High cholesterol75%
  4. Osteoporosis54%
  5. Diabetes38%
  6. Chronic kidney disease27%
  7. Ischemic heart disease27%
  8. Anxiety26%

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

Dr. Panahi's patients across all payers

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

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 73

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women68%
  • Men30%

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

Dr. Gharoon Panahi wrote 1,837 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Panahi wrote 1,837 Medicare Part D claims for 233 patients. 81% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,372 of them, across 53 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $539,696 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 2,167 claims across 70 drugs.

Part D claims, 20241,837
Drugs named by CMS53
Total drug cost$539,696
Part D patients233

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

  • Generic1,490 claims81%
  • Brand-name and other347 claims19%

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

  • Opioids3%63 of 1,837 claims
  • Antibiotics1%24 of 1,837 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: 2,1672024: 1,37237%

Drugs named by CMS: 53 in 2024, 70 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. Gharoon Panahi scored 20 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 20 out of 100 for Dr. Panahi for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Panahi accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Panahi as offering telehealth.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Dr. Panahi's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 20of 100Final score
  • 0of 100Quality
  • 0of 100Improvement Activities
  • 67of 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. Gharoon Panahi received $7,987 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 467 general payments to Dr. Panahi from 32 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc paid the most, $2,014.

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

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

$8Kin total
  • Food and beverage$7,967100%
  • Education$200%

Companies that paid Dr. Panahi 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. Gharoon Panahi graduated from Tehran University of Medical Sciences School of Medicine

Dr. Panahi graduated from Tehran University of Medical Sciences School of Medicine in 1979.

  1. Medical schoolTehran University of Medical Sciences School of Medicine
  2. Board certified in internal medicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Gharoon Panahi accepts plans from 7 insurance carriers

Dr. Panahi is in network with 7 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 7. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • HCSC
  • Regence Health Plans
  • CMS Medicare
  • Molina

Plan types Dr. Panahi accepts, by number of carriers

  1. Medicare7
  2. PPO5
  3. HMO2
  4. POS2
  5. EPO1

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Gharoon Panahi'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)
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. Gharoon Panahi's NPI number?

Dr. Gharoon Panahi's NPI number is 1912956053. It was assigned on May 8, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Gharoon Panahi?

Dr. Gharoon Panahi is a rheumatologist in Fountain Valley, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Rheumatology Physician (taxonomy code 207RR0500X).

Where does Dr. Gharoon Panahi practice?

Dr. Panahi practices at 11180 Warner Ave, Fountain Valley, CA 92708. Dr. Panahi's primary practice is Gharoon Panahi MD Inc in Fountain Valley, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Panahi to 1 hospital, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 home health agency.

What is Dr. Gharoon Panahi's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Panahi is (714) 825-0891.

What is Dr. Gharoon Panahi's medical license number?

Dr. Panahi holds California license A34894, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Gharoon Panahi been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Panahi in California (1980 to 2027) and Georgia (1976 to 1979).

Which hospitals is Dr. Gharoon Panahi affiliated with?

Dr. Panahi is affiliated with Hoag Hospital Newport Beach. Dmand AI links Dr. Panahi to 1 more hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Gharoon Panahi part of?

Dr. Panahi is linked to Gharoon Panahi MD.

Does Dr. Gharoon Panahi accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Panahi billed Medicare for 66,994 services in 2024, and Dr. Panahi accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Gharoon Panahi offer telehealth?

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

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What is Dr. Gharoon Panahi's MIPS score?

Dr. Panahi's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 20 out of 100, reported individually.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Gharoon Panahi see?

CMS counts 317 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Panahi in 2024, with an average age of 78.

Is Dr. Gharoon Panahi board certified?

Yes. Dr. Panahi is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

What services does Dr. Gharoon Panahi bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Panahi's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J3262), injected or infused drug (J1602) and office visit, established patient (99214).

Where did Dr. Gharoon Panahi go to medical school?

Dr. Panahi graduated from Tehran University of Medical Sciences School of Medicine in 1979.

What drugs does Dr. Gharoon Panahi prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Panahi's most prescribed drugs by claims were Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate, Duloxetine HCl and Methotrexate.

Has Dr. Gharoon Panahi received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $7,987 in general payments to Dr. Panahi from 32 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

How long has Dr. Gharoon Panahi been practicing?

Dr. Panahi graduated from medical school in 1979, 47 years ago.

What insurance does Dr. Gharoon Panahi accept?

Dr. Panahi is in network with 7 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 7. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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