Afzal Hossain, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Jamaica, NY
Afzal Hossain, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Jamaica, New York, and NPI 1699755447, issued on Jan 18, 2006. Check the license (New York 234083, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Afzal Hossain
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 234083 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 8781 169TH St, Jamaica, NY 11432
- Phone
- (718) 297-4300
- Enumerated
- Jan 18, 2006
- Record last updated
- Feb 27, 2017 (not updated in 9 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (718) 297-4302
- Medicaid ID
- 02603056 NY
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20041130001128); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Afzal Hossain 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 234083Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
89% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
356 Medicare Part D claims for 80 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 18% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate28 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium18 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate16 claims
- Losartan Potassium14 claims
- Simvastatin12 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $74.92
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Exact Sciences Corporation. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- Afzal Hossain Physician PCJamaica, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Afzal Hossain among 12,067 internal medicine physician records in New York
Afzal Hossain, M.D. is one of 12,067 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in New York. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 8% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 8% of these records are older, 53% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated1982 · median 2002 among the 7,221 with a school on file
- Record last updated2017 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
175 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Jamaica
They are 175 of the 4,958 NPPES records with a practice address in Jamaica, and 12,067 internal medicine physician records in New York.
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Common questions
What is Afzal Hossain, M.D.'s NPI number?
Afzal Hossain, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1699755447, issued on Jan 18, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Afzal Hossain, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 8781 169TH St, Jamaica, NY, 11432. Phone: (718) 297-4300. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Afzal Hossain, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists New York license number 234083, 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 Afzal Hossain, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Afzal Hossain, M.D. had 356 Medicare Part D claims for 80 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
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.