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Farida Bounoua, MD

NPI 1992925564ActiveIndividual· Surgery· Santa Barbara, CA

Surgery (MD) with Cottage Medical Foundation, practicing in Santa Barbara, California. In 2024 Medicare paid $85,860 for 247 patients, and Part D covered 71 of their prescriptions, 85% of them generic. Tela Bio, Inc. was the largest of 3 companies reporting payments in 2025, $213.14 in all, mostly food and beverage. Lists Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital and 3 other hospitals as hospital affiliations.

Overview

NPI1992925564
StatusActive
Entity typeIndividual
CredentialMD
Sole proprietorYes
NPI issuedApr 26, 2007
Last updated in NPPESSep 18, 2026
Certified by providerSep 18, 2026

Specialties and licenses

TaxonomyCodeLicenseState
Surgery Primary208600000XA89619CA

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Exclusion screening

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

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Medicare

Enrollment (PECOS)Enrolled Practitioner - General Surgery (CA)
Accepts assignmentYes (participating)

Medicare services in 2024

Medicare patients247
Services billed582 across 52 procedure codes
Paid by Medicare$85,860

Part D prescriptions in 2024

Prescriptions (claims)71 · 83 30-day fills
Patients29
Total drug cost$11,183
Generic share85% of claims

Medicare sources and data years

Education and affiliations

Graduation year1987
Medicare specialtyGeneral Surgery

Medical group

Hospital affiliations

Source: CMS Care Compare

Industry payments (Open Payments)

  • 2025$213.14 · 4 payments from 3 companies
  • 2024$347.48 · 5 payments from 4 companies

Top paying companies in 2025

CompanyAmountPayments
Tela Bio, Inc.$136.121
Novo Nordisk Inc$45.362
Lilly USA, LLC$31.661

What the 2025 payments were for

  • Food and Beverage$213.14 · 4 payments

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

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