What is Facika Tafara's specialty?

Facika Tafara (NPI 1609808187) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in Washington, DC.

Where does Facika Tafara practice?

Facika Tafara practices in Washington, DC, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1609808187.

How much does Medicare pay Facika Tafara?

Facika Tafara (NPI 1609808187) received approximately $66K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 268 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1609808187

Facika TafaraMD

Internal MedicineWashington, DCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

578

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

642

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$60K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 503 Internal Medicine providers in DC — top quintile (cohort median 493).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,996

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$163K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

17.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium201 claims

Amlodipine Besylate192 claims

Metformin Hcl100 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium74 claims

Lisinopril71 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

82.3

Quality

67.9

Cost

69.5

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.31%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

No data available for this provider in 2025.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Facika Tafara's patients come from & go

Directional shared-patient flow from Medicare claims — who sends patients to this provider (inbound) and where this provider's patients go next (outbound). 61 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
FAMILY HEALTH CENTERS OF SAN DIEGO, INC	223	443
FAMILY HEALTH CENTERS OF SAN DIEGO, INC	178	690
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	132	283
FAMILY HEALTH CENTERS OF SAN DIEGO, INC	130	242
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA	119	271
FAMILY HEALTH CENTERS OF SAN DIEGO, INC	112	267
FAMILY HEALTH CENTERS OF SAN DIEGO, INC	90	166
FAMILY HEALTH CENTERS OF SAN DIEGO, INC	83	131
FAMILY HEALTH CENTERS OF SAN DIEGO, INC	63	120
Bahghi Keflezighi Family Practice · San Diego, CA	53	185
Christopher Gordon Family Practice · El Cajon, CA	43	117
BENTLEY, SUZANNE	37	68

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

No outbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). Direction = a beneficiary seen by the first provider, then the second, within 30 days; a proxy for referral, not a documented referral. Pairs with fewer than 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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