Denise Rubino, MD

NPI 1912145533ActiveIndividual· Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine· Lompoc, CA

Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine (MD) with Pouya Afshar MD Inc, practicing in Lompoc, California. In 2024 Medicare paid $342,893 for 493 patients, and Part D covered 1,146 of their prescriptions, 85% of them generic.

Overview

NPI	1912145533
Status	Active
Entity type	Individual
Credential	MD
Sole proprietor	Yes
NPI issued	Feb 4, 2009
Last updated in NPPES	Jun 2, 2020
Certified by provider	Jun 2, 2020

Specialties and licenses

Taxonomy	Code	License	State
Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine Primary	208VP0014X	G56475	CA
General Practice	208D00000X	G58475	CA

About license numbers in NPPES

Exclusion screening

List	Result	Details
HHS-OIG LEIE · Oct 9, 2026	No match	Checked by NPI and by name + state
North Carolina Medicaid · Nov 10, 2026	No match	—
New York OMIG · Nov 10, 2026	No match	—
Ohio Medicaid · Nov 10, 2026	No match	—
Pennsylvania Medicheck · Nov 10, 2026	No match	—
Washington HCA · Nov 10, 2026	No match	—

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Medicare

Enrollment (PECOS)	Enrolled Practitioner - Family Practice (CA)
Accepts assignment	Yes (participating)

Medicare services in 2024

Medicare patients	493
Services billed	3,273 across 15 procedure codes
Paid by Medicare	$342,893

Part D prescriptions in 2024

Prescriptions (claims)	1,146 · 1,210 30-day fills
Patients	128
Total drug cost	$60,873
Generic share	85% of claims

Medicare sources and data years

Education and affiliations

Graduation year	1980
Medicare specialty	Family Practice

Medical group

Pouya Afshar MD IncSan Diego, CA · 19 clinicians

Other facilities

GlenbrookNursing home · Carlsbad, CA
Ridgeview Skilled Nursing FacilityNursing home · San Diego, CA

Source: CMS Care Compare

Industry payments (Open Payments)

None reported for 2025 or 2024.

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