Behzad Taghizadeh, M.D., FACC

Primary specialty

Cardiovascular Disease PhysicianTaxonomy code 207RC0000X

License

C58208 Issued in CA

Practice address

280 Avocado Ave
El Cajon, CA 92020-4604

Phone

(619) 582-2404

Fax

(619) 243-3236

NPI assigned

Nov 9, 2005

Last updated

Jun 24, 2026By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

Yes

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

Specialties & licenses 3

Addresses

Other identifiers 17

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in CA

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 1

Specialty

Cardiovascular Disease (Cardiology)

Education

Other, 1995

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Btla VIGroup PAC ID 5698091924, 3 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Grossmont Hospital Hospital, La Mesa, CA, CCN 050026

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

99.54 of 100Reported as group

Quality

97.36

Improvement activities

40

Cost

76.26

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Networks

• BSC 65 PLUS INDIVIDUAL MAPD

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.

• Btla VI

  • Cardiovascular Disease Physician
  • San Diego, CA
  • NPI 1417345091
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD Authorized official
• Emergency and Acute Care Medical Corporation

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • San Diego, CA
  • NPI 1437103942
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Sun City Cardiology Medical Center, Inc.

  • Cardiovascular Disease Physician
  • Sun City, CA
  • NPI 1982603908
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• BT Heart and Vascular Center, PLLC

  dba The Heart and Vascular Center

  • Cardiovascular Disease Physician
  • Mount Airy, NC
  • NPI 1043294200
  NPD (past) Authorized official
• Fair Oaks Imaging Center, PC

  • Diagnostic Radiology Physician
  • Fairfax, VA
  • NPI 1063437903
  NPD (past)
• Hampton Mental Health Associates, Inc

  • Mental Health Clinic/Center (Including Community Mental Health Center)
  • Hampton, VA
  • NPI 1356432801
  NPD (past)

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

• Grossmont Hospital Corporation

  dba Sharp Grossmont Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • La Mesa, CA
  • NPI 1528041811
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Cardiovascular Disease Physician in El Cajon, CA
• Providers in El Cajon, CA by specialty
• Cardiovascular Disease Physician in California

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jun 24, 2026; 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.