Dr. David L. Balfe, M.D.
Pulmonology (Pulmonary Disease Physician)
8700 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90048
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Los Angeles County includes primary care (7% of residents) and mental health (13% of residents) shortage areas. About shortage areas
- Medicare participating
At a glance
- Years since graduation
- 42
- In the NPI registry since
- 2006
- Medicare patients seen, 2024
- 498
Licensed in California since 1998, according to the Medical Board of California. We show license dates only for the states that publish them in bulk; see which states do. For other states, check the state medical board.
The NPI date is when this clinician registered for a National Provider Identifier, the billing number used on health claims. It is not a license, graduation or board-certification date. NPIs were first issued in May 2005 and became required on claims in 2007–2008, so an early date usually means the clinician was already in practice before then. What an NPI is
Education and training
- 2006Registered with an NPI (national billing number; not a license date) — NPIs began in 2005, so practice likely started earlier
Medicare’s Care Compare data doesn’t list this clinician’s medical school. Undergraduate school, residency, fellowship, licensing exams and board certification aren’t in public federal data. Board certification can be confirmed with the certifying board (ABMS member boards for MDs, AOA boards for DOs).
Specialties and state licenses
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Pulmonary Disease Physician primary
CA license A66798 (first issued 1998; current)
As reported to the NPI registry. To confirm a license is current, check the state medical board.
Where they work
Hospitals
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA
- Southern California Hospital at Hollywood Hollywood, CA
Medical groups
- Abraham Ishaaya M D A Professional Corporation (2 clinicians)
Hospitals this clinician lists with Medicare, and groups they bill Medicare through (Care Compare). Affiliation doesn’t mean they see patients at every location.
Medicare patients and services
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 498
- Services billed
- 3,390
- Patients’ average age
- 74
| Service | Times | Patients |
|---|---|---|
| Subsequent nursing facility care with straightforward level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 15 minutes | 1,830 | 81 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes | 834 | 252 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes | 403 | 81 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes | 174 | 165 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 130 | 37 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes | 26 | 25 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 24 | 24 |
Medicare fee-for-service only. CMS leaves out services billed for fewer than 11 patients. These figures describe a practice’s Medicare work; they aren’t a measure of quality.