Deborah Tarpley Azar, M. D.
Specialist · Hattiesburg, MS
Deborah Tarpley Azar, M. D. is a specialist with a practice address in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and NPI 1851471270, issued on Oct 17, 2006. Check the license (Mississippi 16353, as entered in NPPES) with the Mississippi board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Deborah Tarpley Azar
- Credential
- M. D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Specialist 174400000X
- License number
- 16353 MS
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 139 Fairfield Dr, Hattiesburg, MS 39402
- Phone
- (601) 450-2401
- Enumerated
- Oct 17, 2006
- Record last updated
- Sep 27, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (601) 450-2434
- Medicaid ID
- 00121572 MS
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040920000531); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Louisiana State University School Of Medicine In Shreveport, 1993
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 139 Fairfield Dr
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Deborah Tarpley Azar in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Mississippi board licenses this profession
Search for license 16353Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
86% more Medicare Part D claims than the average specialist in 2024
2,567 Medicare Part D claims for 592 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,380 among the 8,233 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 157 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Tamsulosin Hcl376 claims
- Finasteride305 claims
- Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim178 claims
- Oxybutynin Chloride149 claims
- Solifenacin Succinate137 claims
- Cefuroxime112 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: $591.57
40 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 5,844 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,760.79 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
- Southern Urology, P. A.Hattiesburg, MS
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Deborah Tarpley Azar among 220 specialist records in Mississippi
Deborah Tarpley Azar, M. D. is one of 220 specialist records with a practice address in Mississippi. 36% 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 11% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 11% of these records are older, 44% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 36% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 27% of these records are
- Graduated1993 · median 1991 among the 60 with a school on file
- Record last updated2016 · 89% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 174400000X and a Mississippi practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Specialist providers in Mississippi
There are 220 specialist records in Mississippi.
All 220 in Mississippi → Every provider in Hattiesburg → Specialist nationwide →
The 8 specialist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Charles Brent, MDHattiesburg, MS 394021063513141
- Arthur Fokakis, M.D.Hattiesburg, MS 394021235197096
- Cynthia Rouse, CFNPHattiesburg, MS 394021245331859
- William SullivanHattiesburg, MS 394021033177894
- Ava Bell, MDHattiesburg, MS 394011467543611
- Julie Falla, OTHattiesburg, MS 394011467537449
- David Lee, MDHattiesburg, MS 394011316048911
- John McCann, M.D.Hattiesburg, MS 394011700115557
Common questions
What is Deborah Tarpley Azar, M. D.'s NPI number?
Deborah Tarpley Azar, M. D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1851471270, issued on Oct 17, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Deborah Tarpley Azar, M. D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 139 Fairfield Dr, Hattiesburg, MS, 39402. Phone: (601) 450-2401. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Deborah Tarpley Azar, M. D.'s license?
NPPES lists Mississippi license number 16353, as entered by the provider. Search the Mississippi board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Deborah Tarpley Azar, M. D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Deborah Tarpley Azar, M. D. had 2,567 Medicare Part D claims for 592 beneficiaries; the average among specialist prescribers was 1,380. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Deborah Tarpley Azar, 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.