Ala Ahmad, M.D.
Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician in St Petersburg, Florida.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 6,646 in Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) 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.
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File, 2023
What the federal data shows
Ala Ahmad, M.D. reported a CMS MIPS final score of 73.4/100 - below the 83.5 national average - and filed 953 Medicare Part D claims in 2023.
- 73.4/100
- MIPS score · -10 vs avg
- 953
- Part D claims, 2023
- 0%
- 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.
Federal trust snapshot
What official records show about Ala Ahmad, M.D.
Federal records show an active NPI with both Medicare prescribing volume and a measured CMS quality score — objective registry data, not patient reviews.
- Verified
NPI registry status
Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1356669196), first enumerated 05/04/2010.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 953 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.
Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF
- Reported
CMS quality reporting (MIPS)
Reported a CMS MIPS final score of 73.4/100 in the Quality Payment Program — a federal quality measure, not a patient review.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program
- Reported
Board certification signal
Heuristic suggests board-certified status based on ABMS-eligible specialty taxonomy plus active CMS participation signals — not a direct ABMS verification.
- Reported
Hospital affiliations
1 CMS Care Compare hospital affiliation on record — practice footprint from the Doctors and Clinicians file.
Source: CMS Care Compare
- Reported
Industry payment transparency
$3.4K in reported industry payments (74 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.
Source: CMS Open Payments
- State context
State board disciplinary context
Florida statewide board action statistics are published annually — these figures describe aggregate state activity, not Ala Ahmad, M.D.'s individual license status. Verify directly with the state medical board.
Source: FLDOH annual report 2023
- Not in federal data
Individual sanction lookup
PlainDoctor does not publish per-provider disciplinary determinations. Confirm current license and any individual actions through the state medical board or FSMB verification service.
Source: State medical board / FSMB
This trust snapshot summarizes only what appears in federal CMS/NPPES public records. It is not a composite score, star rating, patient review, or clinical recommendation. PlainDoctor never fabricates reviews or AggregateRating schema.
CMS NPPES provider registry desk
NPI 1356669196 · Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
NPI-10 · ENUM-MID · TAX-MID · MIPS-LOW · RX-LIGHT · BOOK-LIGHT · PHOTO-FINISH
- NPI-10 1356669196
- ENUM-MID 2010
- TAX-MID 7K Critical Care
- MIPS-LOW 73.4/100
- RX-LIGHT 953
- BOOK-LIGHT 523 in Florida
- PHOTO-FINISH Vas Devan · ±0.1
MIPS final-score neighbourhood
Same-specialty nationwide peers by CMS final score, not geographic proximity
- Vas Devan · lowest
Vas Devan
73.3 MIPS pts
- Douglas Rennert …
Douglas Rennert
73.3 MIPS pts
- William Sessions…
William Sessions
73.3 MIPS pts
- Ahmad · this pro…
Ahmad · this provider
73.4 MIPS pts
- Danielle Antin-O…
Danielle Antin-Ozerkis
73.6 MIPS pts
What this shows Nearest measured MIPS peers for this NUCC specialty (2023 performance year).
Ala Ahmad, M.D.'s MIPS score vs every measured U.S. clinician
CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) final score, 2023, the federal quality measure. Clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded.
73 ≥ 11th percentile 11% of 454,083 measured providers are in lower value bands
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more measured 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.
The percentile is a conservative whole-score-point band: it counts only measured clinicians in lower score bands. A CMS MIPS metric is not a recommendation or a clinical-quality rating by PlainDoctor. See methodology § corpus placement.
Source CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) · 2023
Where Ala Ahmad, M.D. sits
This provider among critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician peers
Across the 1,548 critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician providers who report both Medicare Part D prescribing and a MIPS quality score, Ala Ahmad, M.D. writes more Part D claims than 60% of them and scores higher on MIPS quality than 11% - placing this provider in the high-volume, lower-quality quadrant. Volume reflects patient-panel size and specialty, not quality; the two axes are independent.
Each dot is one critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician peer from a representative sample of 60; the gold marker is Ala Ahmad, M.D.. Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber data and the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, 2023.
Ala Ahmad, M.D. 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 Ala Ahmad, M.D.?
Below national averagePrimary specialty
Medicare Part D claims
MIPS final score
Specialty distribution in Florida
How Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician compares to other specialties among Florida providers
Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician ranks #96 among Florida's specialties (0.1% of in-state providers)
Each bar is a specialty's share of the Florida provider total, by primary NUCC taxonomy. The highlighted bar is Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician; the long tail of smaller specialties is omitted for legibility.
Medicare quality performance, MIPS
Ala Ahmad, M.D.'s 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician national average
- MIPS Final Score
- 73.4/100
- vs 83.5 national avg · 2023 performance year
Quality benchmarks
- National MIPS avg 2023 measured reporting year
- Quality dim CMS Quality category
- Specialty volume Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician US NPIs
73.4/100 MIPS final score - 10.1 pts below the 83.5 national average
Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities composite score for the 2023 performance year. Specialty: Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician. Quality dim: 90.
How MIPS and board certification work
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).
Practice Address
Provider Details
| NPI | 1356669196 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician |
| Credentials | M.D. |
| Gender | Male |
| NPI Issued | 05/04/2010 |
Verify this provider's license
PlainDoctor pulls this profile from the CMS NPPES public registry. Confirm Ala Ahmad, M.D.'s current license status, disciplinary history, and board certifications with the Florida Board of Medicine in Florida before relying on this page for a clinical or care decision.
How we sourced this profile
Profile fields combine the CMS NPPES monthly snapshot (provider directory, taxonomy, and address) with calendar-year 2023 Medicare Part D and MIPS public-use files when records are present. NPI 1356669196 is the unique 10-digit identifier CMS uses to link Ahmad across every Medicare, Medicaid, and HIPAA-covered transaction. Read full methodology →
CMS Quality Score (MIPS)
Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.
Reporting: Individual
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where Ala Ahmad, M.D. 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.
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 Ala Ahmad, M.D.. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$3.4K
Largest payer
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC.
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 - Florida FLDOH 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 ~75K Florida medical licensees in 2023 - they are NOT specific to Ala Ahmad, M.D.. To verify Ala Ahmad, M.D.'s current license status, search the FLDOH public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.
FLDOH 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 Florida disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.
Brand vs generic prescribing mix · Brand-heavy
72% brand-name claims vs 0% generic, on 953 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.
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 1,328
- Total Day Supply
- 37,727
- Brand vs Generic
- 72% brand / 0% generic
- Brand Drug Cost
- $413K
- Antibiotic Claims
- 26
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 73.2 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 2.05
- Gender Split
- 68% female / 32% male
- Age Distribution
- <65: 22, 65-74: 77, 75-84: 67, 85+: 18
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2023. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What Ala Ahmad, M.D. prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2023
- Trelegy Ellipta
Trelegy Ellipta
202 claims
- Anoro Ellipta
Anoro Ellipta
107 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate …
Albuterol Sulfate Hfa
105 claims
- Montelukast Sodium
Montelukast Sodium
83 claims
- Arnuity Ellipta 67
Arnuity Ellipta
67 claims
- Breo Ellipta 58
Breo Ellipta
58 claims
- Prednisone 37
Prednisone
37 claims
- Stiolto Respimat 33
Stiolto Respimat
33 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Trelegy Ellipta Fluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 202 |
| Anoro Ellipta Umeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 107 |
| Albuterol Sulfate Hfa Albuterol Sulfate | 105 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 83 |
| Arnuity Ellipta Fluticasone Furoate | 67 |
| Breo Ellipta Fluticasone/Vilanterol | 58 |
| Prednisone | 37 |
| Stiolto Respimat Tiotropium Br/Olodaterol Hcl | 33 |
| Symbicort Budesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 29 |
| Ventolin Hfa Albuterol Sulfate | 25 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician Overview
How Ala Ahmad, M.D. fits within the Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician landscape nationally.
Ala Ahmad, M.D.'s 953 claims are below the specialty average of 1,069.
Nationwide Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Ahmad, both outside Florida so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Similar MIPS final score
Nearest same-specialty clinicians by CMS MIPS final score (73.4 here).
Same NPPES enumeration year (2010)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician Providers in Florida
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Florida, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Ahmad.
One of 523 Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician providers enrolled in Florida, 5 are shown here.
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Data Sources
View source datasets and methodology notes
- 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).
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