Afsana Alam, DO
Family Medicine Physician · Cold Spring, NY
Afsana Alam, DO is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Cold Spring, New York, and NPI 1760843031, issued on Mar 15, 2016. Check the license (New York 296827, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Afsana Alam
- Credential
- DO
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 296827 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1756 Route 9D, Cold Spring, NY 10516
- Phone
- (845) 809-5661
- Enumerated
- Mar 15, 2016
- Record last updated
- Dec 9, 2022
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20190909002134); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 1756 Route 9D
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Afsana Alam in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
Search for license 296827Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
34% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
2,326 Medicare Part D claims for 329 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Rosuvastatin Calcium210 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium155 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium113 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate90 claims
- Omeprazole77 claims
- Losartan Potassium72 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 100 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $47.08
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Dynavax Technologies Corporation. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Trustees OF Columbia University IN The City OF New YorkNew York, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Afsana Alam, DO's NPI number?
Afsana Alam, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1760843031, issued on Mar 15, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Afsana Alam, DO located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1756 Route 9D, Cold Spring, NY, 10516. Phone: (845) 809-5661. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Afsana Alam, DO's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 296827, as entered by the provider. Search the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions at https://www.op.nysed.gov/services/verifications/online-verification-searches. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Afsana Alam, DO prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Afsana Alam, DO had 2,326 Medicare Part D claims for 329 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Afsana Alam, DO's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 100 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.