Dr. Nicholas Anthony Iafe, MD

Dr. Iafe practices at The Retina Institute in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Dr. Iafe's NPI, 1942733811, was assigned on April 7, 2017. Dr. Iafe holds Missouri license 2023027648.

Dr. Iafe's primary practice is The Retina Institute, at 12106 Tesson Ferry Rd, Saint Louis, MO 63128 in Saint Louis County. The practice phone is (314) 367-1181.

Dr. Iafe's primary practice is The Retina Institute in Saint Louis, Missouri. Dr. Iafe is also affiliated with St. Luke's Hospital. The medical group on file is Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. Dmand AI also links Dr. Iafe to 1 more group practice or clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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

Retina specialist is Dr. Iafe's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207WX0107X. Dr. Iafe is licensed in Missouri.

CMS data shows 25,951 Medicare services from Dr. Iafe across 20 procedure codes in 2024, for 975 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $2,174,209 for them.

CMS counts 975 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Iafe in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 367 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 7% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.34, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Iafe's median patient age at 72, with 57% women.

In 2024, Dr. Iafe wrote 804 Medicare Part D claims for 253 patients. 64% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 782 of them, across 13 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $24,457 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 464 claims across 9 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 90 out of 100 for Dr. Iafe for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Iafe accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Cataract surgery: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 11 papers to Dr. Iafe, published from 2016 to 2017. 2016 was the busiest year, with 2. The most frequent topics are Tomography, Optical Coherence, Fluorescein Angiography and Retinal Vessels. Dr. Iafe has published most often in Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. Dr. Iafe's most frequent co-authors are David Sarraf, MD, Srinivas Reddy Sadda, MD and Xuejing Chen.

CMS Open Payments shows 110 general payments to Dr. Iafe from 13 drug and device companies from 2018 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 55% of the total. EyePoint Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. paid the most, $3,057.