Ataul Ghani, PA
Physician Assistant · Rensselaer, NY
Ataul Ghani, PA is a physician assistant with a practice address in Rensselaer, New York, and NPI 1154867620, issued on Jan 9, 2017. Check the license (New York 020438, as entered in NPPES) with the New York board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ataul Ghani
- Credential
- PA
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- 020438 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 53 Columbia Street, Rensselaer, NY 12144
- Phone
- (518) 434-2526
- Enumerated
- Jan 9, 2017
- Record last updated
- May 19, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (518) 434-2595
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20170203000641); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 53 Columbia Street
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Elizabeth Flaherty, FNP-BCFamily Nurse Practitioner1225872963
Verify Ataul Ghani in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich New York board licenses this profession
Search for license 020438Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
28% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
596 Medicare Part D claims for 415 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 7% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Prednisone107 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate69 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass55 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa53 claims
- Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro48 claims
- Cephalexin43 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Wellnow Urgent Care, P.C.Albany, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ataul Ghani among 15,555 physician assistant records in New York
Ataul Ghani, PA is one of 15,555 physician assistant records with a practice address in New York. 74% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2017, is newer than 47% of them.
- NPI issued2017 · 47% of these records are older, 49% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 52% of these records are
- Graduated2015 · median 2018 among the 8,158 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 48% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
5 physician assistant records list a practice address in Rensselaer
They are 5 of the 350 NPPES records with a practice address in Rensselaer, and 15,555 physician assistant records in New York.
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The 8 physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Dennis Cicchino, PARensselaer, NY 121441245290626
- Fredrick Cunningham, PARensselaer, NY 121441760578603
- Erica Otterbeck, PA-CRensselaer, NY 121441649822073
- Nicole Ryan, RPARensselaer, NY 121441831283548
- Richard GalarzaRavena, NY 121431396181475
- Prachi Jamadagni, BS, MSRexford, NY 121481063294304
- William Schafer, PARexford, NY 121481205851524
- Sharon Aragona, PASlingerlands, NY 121591083610489
Common questions
What is Ataul Ghani, PA's NPI number?
Ataul Ghani, PA's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1154867620, issued on Jan 9, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ataul Ghani, PA located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 53 Columbia Street, Rensselaer, NY, 12144. Phone: (518) 434-2526. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ataul Ghani, PA's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 020438, as entered by the provider. Search the New York board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Ataul Ghani, PA prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ataul Ghani, PA had 596 Medicare Part D claims for 415 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. 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.