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Akshay Sharma, MD

Hospitalist Physician in Concord, California. This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers — including 16,825 in Hospitalist Physician, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration — see our methodology.

Federal data — no proprietary rating. We show these CMS records as-is — no composite score, no star rating, no editorial opinion layered on top.
Prescribing volume
4K
Medicare Part D claims · 204 beneficiaries · Hospitalist Physician avg: 888
Generic prescribing
82%
generic claims · 17% brand-name · higher generic rates reduce patient out-of-pocket costs
MIPS score
85.5/100
▲ 2 pts above national avg 83.1 · Above neutral
Industry payments
$53.06
2 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
Compiled from official public sources by the PlainDoctor editorial team.

What the federal data shows

Akshay Sharma, MD reported a CMS MIPS final score of 85.5/100 — above the 83.1 national average — and filed 3,922 Medicare Part D claims in 2023.

85.5/100
MIPS score · +2 vs avg
4K
Part D claims, 2023
82%
generic prescribing
Likely
board-certified (heuristic)

Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) — no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.

Akshay Sharma, MD's MIPS score vs every scored U.S. clinician

CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) final score, 2023 — the federal quality measure

86 49th percentile higher than 49% of 477,587 scored providers

0–10: 8,684 scored providers (2%). Below this entry. 10–20: 3,008 scored providers (1%). Below this entry. 20–30: 3,069 scored providers (1%). Below this entry. 30–40: 2,746 scored providers (1%). Below this entry. 40–50: 2,928 scored providers (1%). Below this entry. 50–60: 5,882 scored providers (1%). Below this entry. 60–70: 13,906 scored providers (3%). Below this entry. 70–80: 118,074 scored providers (25%). Below this entry. 80–90: 129,887 scored providers (27%). This entry sits in this band. 90–100: 189,403 scored providers (40%). Above this entry. This provider 0 100 every MIPS-scored clinician, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more scored providers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) · 2023

Where Akshay Sharma, MD sits

This provider among hospitalist physician peers

Across the 4,437 hospitalist physician providers who report both Medicare Part D prescribing and a MIPS quality score, Akshay Sharma, MD writes more Part D claims than 95% of them and scores higher on MIPS quality than 45% — placing this provider in the high-volume, lower-quality quadrant. Volume reflects patient-panel size and specialty, not quality; the two axes are independent.

Part D claim volume vs MIPS quality, by specialty percentile

Lower volume · High qualityHigh volume · High qualityLower volume · Lower qualityHigh volume · Lower quality0255075100024.949.974.899.8Part D claim volume — percentile in specialtyMIPS quality — percentilePart D claim volume — percentile in specialty: 100 · MIPS quality — percentile: 0Part D claim volume — percentile in specialty: 50 · MIPS quality — percentile: 68Part D claim volume — percentile in specialty: 2 · MIPS quality — percentile: 32Part D claim volume — percentile in specialty: 12 · MIPS quality — percentile: 40Part D claim volume — percentile in specialty: 87 · MIPS quality — percentile: 48Part D claim volume — percentile in specialty: 85 · MIPS quality — percentile: 50Part D claim volume — percentile in specialty: 25 · MIPS quality — percentile: 95Part D claim volume — percentile in specialty: 48 · MIPS quality — percentile: 62Part D claim volume — percentile in specialty: 13 · MIPS quality — percentile: 28Part D claim volume — percentile in specialty: 67 · MIPS quality — percentile: 68Part D claim volume — percentile in specialty: 33 · MIPS quality — percentile: 65Part D claim volume — percentile in specialty: 93 · MIPS quality — percentile: 85Part D claim volume — percentile in specialty: 47 · MIPS quality — percentile: 47Part D claim volume — percentile in specialty: 80 · MIPS quality — percentile: 33Part D claim volume — percentile in specialty: 42 · MIPS quality — percentile: 95Part D claim volume — percentile in specialty: 82 · MIPS quality — percentile: 37Part D claim volume — percentile in specialty: 70 · MIPS quality — percentile: 45Part D claim volume — percentile in specialty: 60 · MIPS quality — percentile: 17Part D claim volume — percentile in specialty: 7 · MIPS quality — percentile: 27Part D claim volume — percentile in specialty: 78 · MIPS quality — percentile: 57Part D claim volume — percentile in specialty: 52 · MIPS quality — percentile: 43Part D claim volume — percentile in specialty: 57 · MIPS quality — percentile: 22Part D claim 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volume — percentile in specialty: 65 · MIPS quality — percentile: 95Akshay Sharma, MD — Part D claim volume — percentile in specialty: 95 · MIPS quality — percentile: 45
Part D claim volume vs MIPS quality, by specialty percentile

Each dot is one hospitalist physician peer from a representative sample of 60; the gold marker is Akshay Sharma, MD. Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber data and the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, 2023.

Board certification likely (heuristic — not verified)

Akshay Sharma, MD practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + MIPS quality reporting + 1 hospital affiliation — signals consistent with board-certified status. For verified board certification, see CertificationMatters.org (the official ABMS public lookup).

What does the federal data show about Akshay Sharma, MD?

High performer (top quartile)

NPI registry status

Active

Issued 04/06/2016

NPI 1215391214

Primary specialty

Hospitalist Physician

Mid-sized

16,825 US NPIs in this specialty

Medicare Part D claims

3,922 342% vs specialty avg

2023 prescription claims

Specialty avg: 888

MIPS final score

85.5/100 2.4 pts vs avg

Above neutral band

vs 83.1 national avg

Specialty distribution in California

How Hospitalist Physician compares to other specialties among California providers

California providers

Largest specialties in California (% of in-state providers)

Behavior Technician — 17.3%Behavior Technician17.3%Marriage & Family Therapist — 5.5%Marriage & Family Therapist5.5%Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program — 5%Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program5%Mental Health Counselor — 3.9%Mental Health Counselor3.9%Pharmacist — 3.5%Pharmacist3.5%Clinical Social Worker — 3.1%Clinical Social Worker3.1%Hospitalist Physician — 0.2%Hospitalist Physician0.2%
Largest specialties in California (% of in-state providers)

Medicare quality performance — MIPS

Akshay Sharma, MD's 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Hospitalist Physician national average

High performer (top quartile)
MIPS Final Score
85.5/100
vs 83.1 national avg · 2023 performance year

MIPS final score (Hospitalist Physician) — 85.5/100 vs national avg 83.1

0%100%National avg83%85.5%
MIPS final score (Hospitalist Physician) — 85.5/100 vs national avg 83.1

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.

Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).

Akshay Sharma, MD appears in the CMS NPPES registry as a Hospitalist Physician provider holding MD credentials at 2700 GRANT ST STE 200, Concord, CA, 94520, with a listed phone of (925) 939-9000. NPI 1215391214 was issued on 04/06/2016. Because NPPES data is self-reported by the provider and refreshed monthly, the address, phone, and specialty reflect what Sharma most recently submitted to CMS rather than a vetted directory listing, which is why patients should always confirm the practice is still at this location before scheduling.

Medicare Part D records for calendar year 2023 show 3,922 prescription claims written by this provider, covering 204 Medicare beneficiaries and totaling roughly $271K in drug spend, split 17% brand-name and 82% generic by claim count, with an opioid prescribing rate of 0.7%. These figures capture only Medicare Part D — commercial insurance, Medicaid, and cash-pay prescriptions are not included, and any drug-beneficiary cell under 11 is suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. On the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, this provider earned a Final Score of 85.5/100 for the 2023 performance year (Quality 56.1), compared with the national average of 83.1.

Hospitalist Physician is a mid-sized specialty nationwide, with 16,825 enrolled providers across 54 states and an average of 888 Part D claims per prescriber, so the context for interpreting these metrics differs meaningfully from a primary-care baseline. Important: PlainDoctor is a directory of publicly available government data, not medical advice, a malpractice database, or a quality rating. Inclusion here does not imply a recommendation, and absence of complaints or sanctions on this page does not mean none exist — always verify credentials through the NPPES NPI Registry, your state medical board, and the ABMS or AOA before making healthcare decisions.

Practice Address

2700 GRANT ST STE 200
Concord, CA 94520

Provider Details

NPI 1215391214
Specialty Hospitalist Physician
Credentials MD
Gender Male
NPI Issued 04/06/2016

CMS Quality Score (MIPS)

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.

85.5367
Final Score
Avg: 83.1
56.0667
Quality
99
Promoting Interoperability

Reporting: Group practice

Hospital and facility affiliations

Facilities where Akshay Sharma, MD bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" — a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.

John Muir Physician Network
Concord, CA

Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).

Industry payments received (2024) — CMS Open Payments transparency data

The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for Akshay Sharma, MD. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.

Total received

$53

Largest payer

Mindray DS USA, Inc.

Most common payment type

Food and Beverage

Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias — they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.

License & disciplinary context — California MBC 2023 annual report

Aggregate state board data only — NOT a determination of any individual provider's status. The figures below describe statewide disciplinary activity across all ~150K California medical licensees in 2023 — they are NOT specific to Akshay Sharma, MD. To verify Akshay Sharma, MD's current license status, search the MBC public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.

576
Total board actions, California 2023
Across 556 cases
3.84
Actions per 1,000 licensees
California statewide rate
probation
Most common action type
186 cases

MBC publishes annual disciplinary statistics as part of public-record reporting under each state's Administrative Procedure Act. See the full breakdown by action type and year on the California disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.

Brand vs generic prescribing mix · Typical

Akshay Sharma, MD — brand share 17.0%
Hospitalist Physician average

17% brand-name claims vs 82% generic, on 3,922 2023 Medicare Part D claims.

The federal Medicare Part D Generic Dispensing Rate national benchmark sits near 90% generic / 10% brand for primary-care prescribers, per CMS Office of the Actuary 2024 estimates. Higher brand share is common in specialty prescribing where generic equivalents are not available.

Medicare Part D Prescribing Data

CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2023.

3,922
Total Claims
$271K
Total Drug Cost
204
Medicare Beneficiaries

Prescribing Breakdown

30-Day Fills
3,933
Total Day Supply
95,479
Brand vs Generic
17% brand / 82% generic
Brand Drug Cost
$192K
Generic Drug Cost
$76K
Opioid Claims
29 (0.7% rate)
Antibiotic Claims
103

Patient Demographics

Average Patient Age
77.6 years
Avg HCC Risk Score
3.00
Gender Split
56% female / 44% male
Age Distribution
<65: 24, 65-74: 55, 75-84: 62, 85+: 63

Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)

Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2023. Based on Medicare Part D data only.

What Akshay Sharma, MD prescribes most

Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2023

claims
Source CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File As of 2023
Drug Claims
Atorvastatin Calcium
304
Gabapentin
147
Levothyroxine Sodium
138
Amlodipine Besylate
136
Eliquis
Apixaban
135
Tamsulosin Hcl
101
Metoprolol Tartrate
100
Clopidogrel
Clopidogrel Bisulfate
94
Mirtazapine
93
Sertraline Hcl
82

* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.

Hospitalist Physician Overview

How Akshay Sharma, MD fits within the Hospitalist Physician landscape nationally.

16,825
Hospitalist Physician Providers in US
54
States with Hospitalist Physician
888
Avg Claims per Provider

Akshay Sharma, MD's 3,922 claims are above the specialty average of 888.

Nearby Hospitalist Physician Providers in California

Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in California, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Sharma.

Compare Hospitalist Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →

Before you book an appointment

Use this federal record as your verification checklist, not as a recommendation.

  • Confirm the NPI record is current in the official CMS registry — providers update their own NPPES details, and moves can lag. Verify this NPI
  • Check the active license and any disciplinary history with the California medical board — federal registration is not a license check. Credential verification guide
  • Weigh a second option: compare this provider with a nearby Hospitalist Physician peer on Medicare volume and prescribing patterns. Compare providers

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Akshay Sharma, MD's specialty?
Akshay Sharma, MD specializes in Hospitalist Physician and practices in Concord, California. Credentials: MD.
How much does Akshay Sharma, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2023, Akshay Sharma, MD wrote 3,922 Medicare Part D claims totaling $271K in drug costs for 204 beneficiaries.
What is Akshay Sharma, MD's Medicare quality score?
Akshay Sharma, MD has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 85.5/100 (Quality: 56.1). The national average MIPS Final Score is 83.1. Source: CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 2023.
Where is Akshay Sharma, MD located?
Akshay Sharma, MD is located at 2700 GRANT ST STE 200, Concord, CA, 94520. Phone: (925) 939-9000.
What is Akshay Sharma, MD's NPI number?
Akshay Sharma, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1215391214, issued on 04/06/2016.
Does Akshay Sharma, MD prescribe more brand-name or generic drugs?
Akshay Sharma, MD's prescribing is 17% brand-name and 82% generic drugs by claim count, with $192K in brand drug costs.
Does Akshay Sharma, MD prescribe opioids?
Yes, Akshay Sharma, MD had 29 opioid claims in 2023 with an opioid prescribing rate of 0.7%.
How many Hospitalist Physician providers are there in the US?
There are 16,825 Hospitalist Physician providers across 54 states in the US. The average Hospitalist Physician provider writes 888 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Akshay Sharma, MD prescribe most often?
Based on 2023 Medicare Part D data, Akshay Sharma, MD's most frequently prescribed drugs include Atorvastatin Calcium, Gabapentin, Levothyroxine Sodium. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Akshay Sharma, MD accept Medicare?
Akshay Sharma, MD appears in CMS Medicare data with 3,922 Part D claims and 204 Medicare beneficiaries in 2023. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Akshay Sharma, MD's credentials?
Akshay Sharma, MD's NPI is 1215391214 with credentials MD. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.

Data Sources

Provider Directory
CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
Specialty Classification
NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2023). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
Quality Performance
CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) — 2023 performance year.
Limitations
Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.

See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.

Data as of April 2026 (NPPES) / 2023 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Disclaimer: Data from CMS NPPES and Medicare Part D. PlainDoctor does not rate or rank providers. Provider information is self-reported and may not be current. Always verify information directly with the provider. About · Methodology

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