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Rifat Latifi, MD

NPI 1760589220ActiveIndividual· Surgery· Tucson, AZ

Surgery (MD) with Arizona Advanced Surgery LLC, practicing in Tucson, Arizona. Medicare paid $34,482 for services to 96 patients in 2024. Kerecis Limited was the largest of 5 companies reporting payments in 2025, $32,879 in all, mostly compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a me. Lists Banner Desert Medical Center as a hospital affiliation.

Overview

NPI1760589220
StatusActive
Entity typeIndividual
CredentialMD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI issuedSep 19, 2006
Last updated in NPPESApr 2, 2024
Certified by providerApr 2, 2024

Specialties and licenses

TaxonomyCodeLicenseState
Surgery Primary208600000X30921AZ
Surgery208600000X224125-1NY
Surgery, Trauma Surgery2086S0127X224125NY

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 - General Surgery (AZ); Practitioner - General Surgery (NY)
Accepts assignmentYes (participating)

Medicare services in 2024

Medicare patients96
Services billed195 across 42 procedure codes
Paid by Medicare$34,482

Medicare sources and data years

Education and affiliations

Graduation year1986
Medicare specialtyGeneral Surgery

Medical group

Hospital affiliation

Source: CMS Care Compare

Industry payments (Open Payments)

  • 2025$32,879 · 32 payments from 5 companies
  • 2024$45,033 · 36 payments from 3 companies

Top paying companies in 2025

What the 2025 payments were for

  • Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program$17,700 · 4 payments
  • Education$5,900 · 3 payments
  • Honoraria$4,800 · 1 payment
  • Travel and Lodging$3,065 · 10 payments
  • Food and Beverage$813.32 · 13 payments
  • Consulting Fee$600.00 · 1 payment

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

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