Fareed Cheema, M.D.
Surgery Physician · Brooklyn, NY
Fareed Cheema, M.D. is a surgery physician with a practice address in Brooklyn, New York, and NPI 1629431101, issued on Apr 1, 2016. Check the license (New York 308434, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Fareed Cheema
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- 308434 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 8714 5TH Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11209
- Phone
- (718) 630-8600
- Enumerated
- Apr 1, 2016
- Record last updated
- Apr 4, 2023
- Fax
- (718) 630-8615
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20210714003388); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Drexel University College Of Medicine, 2016
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Fareed Cheema in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
Search for license 308434Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average surgery physician in 2024
330 Medicare Part D claims for 83 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 20 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Omeprazole31 claims
- Famotidine22 claims
- Mounjaro21 claims
- Ozempic20 claims
- Topiramate18 claims
- Ursodiol18 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 84.5 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $2,268.75
36 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Medtronic, Inc. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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.
2 hospitals and group practices
- Nyu Langone HospitalsBrooklyn, NY · Acute Care Hospitals5 of 5 stars
- New York UniversityBrooklyn, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through); hospitals matched to CMS Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.
Fareed Cheema among 2,053 surgery physician records in New York
Fareed Cheema, M.D. is one of 2,053 surgery physician 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 2016, is newer than 84% of them.
- NPI issued2016 · 84% of these records are older, 13% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated2016 · median 2002 among the 1,212 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 63% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in New York
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Common questions
What is Fareed Cheema, M.D.'s NPI number?
Fareed Cheema, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1629431101, issued on Apr 1, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Fareed Cheema, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 8714 5TH Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11209. Phone: (718) 630-8600. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Fareed Cheema, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists New York license number 308434, as entered by the provider. Search the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions at https://www.op.nysed.gov/services/verifications/online-verification-searches. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Fareed Cheema, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Fareed Cheema, M.D. had 330 Medicare Part D claims for 83 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Fareed Cheema, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 84.5 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.