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Melanie Goldfarb, MD

NPI 1306092564ActiveIndividual· Surgery· Santa Monica, CA

Surgery (MD) in Santa Monica, California, trained at University of Illinois College of Med (Chi/Peor/Rock/Chm-Urb) (class of 2005). Mostly services rather than prescriptions: Medicare paid $80,595 for 255 patients in 2024, with only 33 Part D claims. Histosonics, Inc. was the largest of 7 companies reporting payments in 2025, $573.78 in all, mostly food and beverage.

Overview

NPI1306092564
StatusActive
Entity typeIndividual
CredentialMD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI issuedAug 7, 2008
Last updated in NPPESFeb 13, 2024
Certified by providerNov 21, 2022

Specialties and licenses

TaxonomyCodeLicenseState
Surgery Primary208600000XA117052CA
Surgery, Surgical Oncology2086X0206XA117052CA

About license numbers in NPPES

Exclusion screening

ListResultDetails
HHS-OIG LEIE · Nov 10, 2026No matchChecked by NPI and by name + state
North Carolina Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026No match—
New York OMIG · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Ohio Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Pennsylvania Medicheck · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Washington HCA · Nov 11, 2026No match—

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Medicare

Enrollment (PECOS)Enrolled Practitioner - Surgical Oncology (CA)
Accepts assignmentYes (participating)

Medicare services in 2024

Medicare patients255
Services billed752 across 28 procedure codes
Paid by Medicare$80,595

Part D prescriptions in 2024

Prescriptions (claims)33 · 43 30-day fills
Patients27
Total drug cost$94.04
Generic share85% of claims

Medicare sources and data years

Education and affiliations

Medical schoolUniversity of Illinois College of Med (Chi/Peor/Rock/Chm-Urb)
Graduation year2005
Medicare specialtySurgical Oncology
TelehealthOffers telehealth

Medical group

Hospital affiliations

Source: CMS Care Compare

Industry payments (Open Payments)

  • 2025$573.78 · 7 payments from 7 companies
  • 2024$439.65 · 6 payments from 5 companies

Top paying companies in 2025

What the 2025 payments were for

  • Food and Beverage$573.78 · 7 payments

Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. What Open Payments covers ·original records

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