Akua Essiam, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Winchester, VA
Akua Essiam, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Winchester, Virginia, and NPI 1275821803, issued on Jul 18, 2011. Check the license (Virginia 0101263222, as entered in NPPES) on the Virginia Department of Health Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Akua Essiam
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License numbers
- 0101263222 VA
D77064 MD
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1840 Amherst St, Winchester, VA 22601
- Phone
- (540) 536-4334
- Enumerated
- Jul 18, 2011
- Record last updated
- May 9, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20210303000429); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Maryland School Of Medicine, 2009
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 1840 Amherst St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Akua Essiam in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersVirginia Department of Health Professions
Search for license 0101263222Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
84% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
513 Medicare Part D claims for 206 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 28 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Buprenorphine-Naloxone40 claims
- Furosemide33 claims
- Prednisone22 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium19 claims
- Metoprolol Tartrate17 claims
- Eliquis16 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: $265.26
11 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novartis Pharmaceuticals 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 2 group practices
- Emergency Medicine Associates P.A., P.C.Arlington, VA
- Vamed Health Group LLCWinchester, VA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
76 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Winchester
They are 76 of the 2,762 NPPES records with a practice address in Winchester, and 3,599 internal medicine physician records in Virginia.
All 76 in Winchester → All 3,599 in Virginia → Every provider in Winchester →
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Common questions
What is Akua Essiam, MD's NPI number?
Akua Essiam, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1275821803, issued on Jul 18, 2011. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Akua Essiam, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1840 Amherst St, Winchester, VA, 22601. Phone: (540) 536-4334. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Akua Essiam, MD's license?
NPPES lists Virginia license number 0101263222, as entered by the provider. Search the Virginia Department of Health Professions at https://dhp.virginiainteractive.org/lookup/index. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Akua Essiam, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Akua Essiam, MD had 513 Medicare Part D claims for 206 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.