Akua Amponsah Sam, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Waterbury, CT
Akua Amponsah Sam, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Waterbury, Connecticut, and NPI 1568454635, issued on Aug 16, 2005. Check the license (Connecticut 036450, as entered in NPPES) on the Connecticut Medical Examining Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Akua Amponsah Sam
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 036450 CT
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 80 Phoenix Ave, Waterbury, CT 06702
- Phone
- (203) 756-8021
- Enumerated
- Aug 16, 2005
- Record last updated
- May 3, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 001364504 CT
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20101221000627); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Akua Amponsah Sam in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersConnecticut Medical Examining Board
Search for license 036450Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
99% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
34 Medicare Part D claims for 17 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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: $111.74
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Pfizer Inc. 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
- Prospect CT Medical Foundation IncManchester, CT
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Akua Amponsah Sam among 2,623 internal medicine physician records in Connecticut
Akua Amponsah Sam, MD is one of 2,623 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Connecticut. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 89% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1992 · median 2004 among the 1,646 with a school on file
- Record last updated2011 · 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 Connecticut practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
119 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Waterbury
They are 119 of the 3,148 NPPES records with a practice address in Waterbury, and 2,623 internal medicine physician records in Connecticut.
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Common questions
What is Akua Amponsah Sam, MD's NPI number?
Akua Amponsah Sam, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1568454635, issued on Aug 16, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Akua Amponsah Sam, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 80 Phoenix Ave, Waterbury, CT, 06702. Phone: (203) 756-8021. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Akua Amponsah Sam, MD's license?
NPPES lists Connecticut license number 036450, as entered by the provider. Search the Connecticut Medical Examining Board at https://www.elicense.ct.gov/Lookup/LicenseLookup.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Akua Amponsah Sam, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Akua Amponsah Sam, MD had 34 Medicare Part D claims for 17 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.