Dr. Paul V. Babikian, MD

Dr. Babikian practices at Select Specialty Hospital - Des Moines in Des Moines, Iowa, part of Select Medical Holdings.

Dr. Babikian's NPI, 1912011859, was assigned on August 18, 2006. Dr. Babikian graduated from American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine in 1983. Dr. Babikian holds Iowa license 32428.

Dr. Babikian's primary practice is Select Specialty Hospital - Des Moines, at 1111 6th Avenue, 4th Floor Main, Des Moines, IA 50314 in Polk County. The practice phone is (515) 247-4400.

Dr. Babikian's primary practice is Select Specialty Hospital - Des Moines in Des Moines, Iowa, part of Select Medical Holdings. Dr. Babikian is also affiliated with MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center. The medical group on file is MercyOne Clive Family Medicine. Dmand AI also links Dr. Babikian to 1 more hospital, named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Babikian practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Neurology is Dr. Babikian's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 2084N0400X. Dr. Babikian is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Babikian's licenses on file in 5 states: Iowa, California, Kansas, Ohio and Michigan.

Dmand AI lists epilepsy, essential tremor, migraine and chronic headache, muscle weakness, neuropathy, parkinson's disease, restless legs syndrome and vertigo among the conditions Dr. Babikian treats.

CMS data shows 496 Medicare services from Dr. Babikian across 12 procedure codes in 2024, for 275 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $22,433 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 275 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Babikian in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 129 patients. 68% of them have high cholesterol, and 65% have high blood pressure. 20% 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. Babikian's median patient age at 61, with 57% women.

In 2024, Dr. Babikian wrote 3,384 Medicare Part D claims for 321 patients. 80% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 3,261 of them, across 54 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,010,525 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 3,150 claims across 51 drugs.

Dr. Babikian accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Babikian.

CMS Open Payments shows 1,151 general payments to Dr. Babikian from 52 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 64% of the total. Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. paid the most, $52,453.

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

Dr. Babikian graduated from American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine in 1983.

Dr. Babikian is in network with 15 carriers, including United Healthcare, Elevance and Aetna. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.