Amer Akhrass, M.D.
Legal Medicine · Pittsburgh, PA
Amer Akhrass, M.D. is a legal medicine with a practice address in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and NPI 1326005786, issued on Apr 28, 2006. Check the license (Pennsylvania M.D.052769L, as entered in NPPES) with the Pennsylvania board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Amer Akhrass
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Legal Medicine 173000000X
- License number
- M.D.052769L PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1049 Unity Center RD, Pittsburgh, PA 15239
- Phone
- (412) 795-8022
- Enumerated
- Apr 28, 2006
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Verify Amer Akhrass in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Pennsylvania board licenses this profession
Search for license M.D.052769LCheck the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS, AOA, NCCPA, AANPNot checked
5.8 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average legal medicine in 2024
16,471 Medicare Part D claims for 588 beneficiaries, against an average of 2,818 among the 419 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 960 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Pantoprazole Sodium746 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate612 claims
- Montelukast Sodium481 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium442 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen383 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium377 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: $3,912.78
190 payments, mostly food and beverage; the largest payer was GlaxoSmithKline, LLC.. The 260 providers of this specialty with any payment received $2,951.37 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.
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There are 42 legal medicine records in Pennsylvania.
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Common questions
What is Amer Akhrass, M.D.'s NPI number?
Amer Akhrass, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1326005786, issued on Apr 28, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Amer Akhrass, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1049 Unity Center RD, Pittsburgh, PA, 15239. Phone: (412) 795-8022. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Amer Akhrass, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Pennsylvania license number M.D.052769L, as entered by the provider. Search the Pennsylvania board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Amer Akhrass, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Amer Akhrass, M.D. had 16,471 Medicare Part D claims for 588 beneficiaries; the average among legal medicine prescribers was 2,818. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), loaded Aug 27, 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.
Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 27, 2026.