NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Azita Takeshian, M.D.

Internal Medicine Physician · Birmingham, AL

Azita Takeshian, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Birmingham, Alabama, and NPI 1518927532, issued on Mar 24, 2006. Check the license (Alabama 14115, as entered in NPPES) on the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1518927532
Name
Azita Takeshian
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License number
14115 AL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
100 Pilot Medidcal Drive, Birmingham, AL 35235
Phone
(205) 380-2205
Enumerated
Mar 24, 2006
Record last updated
Jun 20, 2024
Fax
(205) 380-2206
Medicaid ID
00085274 AL
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20060411000513); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of Alabama School Of Medicine, 1987
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Verify Azita Takeshian in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersAlabama Board of Medical Examiners
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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2.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024

6,932 Medicare Part D claims for 635 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 15 claims were for opioids.

  1. Azita Takeshian6,932
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Amlodipine Besylate277 claims
  2. Metoprolol Succinate272 claims
  3. Farxiga246 claims
  4. Levothyroxine Sodium241 claims
  5. Losartan Potassium240 claims
  6. Hydralazine Hcl201 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.

No measured MIPS final score for 2023

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $182.82

18 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk 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.

  1. Azita Takeshian$182.82
  2. Specialty average$1,303.06

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Azita Takeshian among 1,705 internal medicine physician records in Alabama

Azita Takeshian, M.D. is one of 1,705 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Alabama. 84% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 9% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 9% of these records are older, 49% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
  • Graduated1987 · median 2003 among the 1,136 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2024 · 55% 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 Alabama practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

487 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Birmingham

They are 487 of the 15,795 NPPES records with a practice address in Birmingham, and 1,705 internal medicine physician records in Alabama.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Nicholas Echemendia, MDBirmingham, AL 352351144583436
  2. Donna Fico, MDBirmingham, AL 352351750339057
  3. David Hardin, M.D.Birmingham, AL 352351629489059
  4. Steven Kulback, MDBirmingham, AL 352351700890233
  5. Lori Lynn, DOBirmingham, AL 352351972517472
  6. Brandon Moore, D.O.Birmingham, AL 352351194189357
  7. Hansel Noffsinger, MDBirmingham, AL 352351801802863
  8. Adeeb Thomas, M.D.Birmingham, AL 352351568443786

Common questions

What is Azita Takeshian, M.D.'s NPI number?

Azita Takeshian, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1518927532, issued on Mar 24, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Azita Takeshian, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 100 Pilot Medidcal Drive, Birmingham, AL, 35235. Phone: (205) 380-2205. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Azita Takeshian, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Alabama license number 14115, as entered by the provider. Search the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.albme.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Azita Takeshian, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Azita Takeshian, M.D. had 6,932 Medicare Part D claims for 635 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Azita Takeshian, M.D.'s MIPS final score?

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.

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.