Akram Dera
Hospitalist Physician · Hattiesburg, MS
Akram Dera is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and NPI 1316346968, issued on Aug 20, 2014. Check the license (Mississippi 25577, as entered in NPPES) on the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Akram Dera
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License number
- 25577 MS
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 415 S 28TH Ave, Hattiesburg, MS 39401
- Phone
- (601) 288-4329
- Enumerated
- Aug 20, 2014
- Record last updated
- Jul 17, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (601) 579-5240
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20260120002493); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Akram Dera in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMississippi State Board of Medical Licensure
Search for license 25577Check 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% more Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
989 Medicare Part D claims for 290 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 15 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Furosemide71 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium64 claims
- Amiodarone Hcl53 claims
- Eliquis51 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass37 claims
- Clopidogrel37 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: $217.63
10 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 7,324 providers of this specialty with any payment received $494.84 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 2 group practices
- Hattiesburg Clinic PAHattiesburg, MS
- Statcare Inpatient LLCKnoxville, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Akram Dera among 116 hospitalist physician records in Mississippi
Akram Dera is one of 116 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in Mississippi. 91% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2014, is newer than 60% of them.
- NPI issued2014 · 60% of these records are older, 35% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 91% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 81% of these records are
- Graduated2007 · median 2009 among the 94 with a school on file
- Record last updated2018 · 45% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a Mississippi practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
42 hospitalist physician records list a practice address in Hattiesburg
They are 42 of the 2,569 NPPES records with a practice address in Hattiesburg, and 116 hospitalist physician records in Mississippi.
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Common questions
What is Akram Dera's NPI number?
Akram Dera's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1316346968, issued on Aug 20, 2014. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Akram Dera located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 415 S 28TH Ave, Hattiesburg, MS, 39401. Phone: (601) 288-4329. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Akram Dera's license?
NPPES lists Mississippi license number 25577, as entered by the provider. Search the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure at https://www.msbml.ms.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Akram Dera prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Akram Dera had 989 Medicare Part D claims for 290 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. 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.