Aref Rifai, MD

Primary specialty

Retina Specialist (Ophthalmology) PhysicianTaxonomy code 207WX0107X

License

ME71132 Issued in FL

Practice address

6100 N Davis Hwy
Pensacola, FL 32504-6950

Phone

(850) 607-6841

Fax

(850) 637-1054

NPI assigned

Sep 26, 2005

Last updated

Jul 25, 2025By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 2

Addresses

Other identifiers 1

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in AL, FL2 enrollments

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 2

Specialty

Ophthalmology

Education

Other, 1989

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Retina Center of Pensacola PAGroup PAC ID 2567699374, 4 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Sacred Heart Hospital Hospital, Pensacola, FL, CCN 100025

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

75 of 100Reported as individual

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships, National Provider Directory roles and organizations whose NPPES authorized official is this provider.

• Retina Center of Pensacola PA

  • Ophthalmology Physician
  • Pensacola, FL
  • NPI 1760810329
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group Authorized official
• University of South Alabama

  dba USA Student Health Center

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Mobile, AL
  • NPI 1992746838
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• USA Health Physician Billing Services LLC

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Mobile, AL
  • NPI 1720645468
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• University of South Alabama

  • Clinical Medical Laboratory
  • Mobile, AL
  • NPI 1497859052
  NPD
• University of South Alabama

  dba USA Health

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Mobile, AL
  • NPI 1700241015
  NPD
• USA Health Physician Billing Services LLC

  dba USA Radiology

  • Diagnostic Radiology Physician
  • Mobile, AL
  • NPI 1609434067
  NPD
• Gitter and Cohen a Medical Corporation

  dba Retina Associates New Orleans

  • Retina Specialist (Ophthalmology) Physician
  • Metairie, LA
  • NPI 1740379783
  NPD (past)
• J Bruce Steigner MD Facs,a Medical Corporation

  • Ophthalmology Physician
  • Houma, LA
  • NPI 1548441462
  NPD (past)
• Riverside Medical Center

  dba Riverside Surgical Clinic

  • Clinic/Center
  • Franklinton, LA
  • NPI 1104290949
  NPD (past)
• Riverside Medical Center

  dba Riverside Cardiology Clinic

  • Clinic/Center
  • Franklinton, LA
  • NPI 1538634977
  NPD (past)
• University of South Alabama Health Services Foundation

  dba USA Clinical Genetics Lab

  • Clinical Medical Laboratory
  • Mobile, AL
  • NPI 1548357916
  NPD (past)

Hospitals and other facilities this clinician is affiliated with according to Medicare Care Compare.

• Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.

  dba Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Pensacola, FL
  • NPI 1922032424
  Care Compare affiliation

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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            "affiliation": "N",
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            "address_1": "1549 Airport Blvd",
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            "city": "Pensacola",
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• Megan Jane Rieman, O.D.
• Orestes L Riera, DMD
• Michael Van Riesberg, M.D.
• Ryan Rietz, DPT
• Tara Rietz
• Fareed Rifai, MD
• Jessica Rife
• Colby Howard Rigby
• Donna J Rigby, MA, LMHC
• Adrianna Dayne Riggins, RDN

• Retina Specialist (Ophthalmology) Physician in Pensacola, FL
• Providers in Pensacola, FL by specialty
• Retina Specialist (Ophthalmology) Physician in Florida

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jul 25, 2025; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.