Ahmad Shahzad, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Sacramento, CA
Ahmad Shahzad, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Sacramento, California, and NPI 1982983557, issued on Aug 12, 2011. Check the license (California C169910, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ahmad Shahzad
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License numbers
- C169910 CA
79878 AZ
C1-0027668 DE
249727 MA
MD457651 PA
and 1 more
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3160 Folsom Blvd Ste 2500, Sacramento, CA 95816
- Phone
- (253) 435-3100
- Enumerated
- Aug 12, 2011
- Record last updated
- May 1, 2026
- Fax
- (844) 660-0690
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20250109003949); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Ahmad Shahzad in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license C169910Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
90% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
315 Medicare Part D claims for 118 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate21 claims
- Lisinopril14 claims
- Wixela Inhub14 claims
- Diclofenac Sodium11 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: $108.52
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Boston Scientific 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
- Christiana Care Health Services IncNew Castle, DE
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ahmad Shahzad among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California
Ahmad Shahzad, M.D. is one of 17,696 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 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 2011, is newer than 66% of them.
- NPI issued2011 · 66% of these records are older, 32% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1999 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 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 California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
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They are 601 of the 33,083 NPPES records with a practice address in Sacramento, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Ahmad Shahzad, M.D.'s NPI number?
Ahmad Shahzad, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1982983557, issued on Aug 12, 2011. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ahmad Shahzad, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3160 Folsom Blvd Ste 2500, Sacramento, CA, 95816. Phone: (253) 435-3100. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ahmad Shahzad, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number C169910, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Ahmad Shahzad, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ahmad Shahzad, M.D. had 315 Medicare Part D claims for 118 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.