Farooq Munir Shaikh, M.D.
Infectious Disease Physician · Las Vegas, NV
Farooq Munir Shaikh, M.D. is an infectious disease physician with a practice address in Las Vegas, Nevada, and NPI 1962467845, issued on Apr 20, 2006. Check the license (Nevada 182667, as entered in NPPES) on the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Farooq Munir Shaikh
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Infectious Disease Physician 207RI0200X
- License number
- 182667 NV
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1081 S Cimarron RD Ste B5, Las Vegas, NV 89145
- Phone
- (702) 749-8885
- Enumerated
- Apr 20, 2006
- Record last updated
- Nov 20, 2024
- Fax
- (702) 749-6393
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20081219000430); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1081 S Cimarron RD Ste B5
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Mylene AgredaFamily Nurse Practitioner1568031235
- Jeremy LojaNurse Practitioner1265266761
Verify Farooq Munir Shaikh in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNevada State Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 182667Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
63% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average infectious disease physician in 2024
256 Medicare Part D claims for 62 beneficiaries, against an average of 689 among the 7,388 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 6% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Daptomycin93 claims
- Cefepime Hcl46 claims
- Ceftriaxone25 claims
- Ertapenem18 claims
- Meropenem18 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: $123.62
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company. The 3,895 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,362.19 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
- Mandt MsdlLas Vegas, NV
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Farooq Munir Shaikh among 64 infectious disease physician records in Nevada
Farooq Munir Shaikh, M.D. is one of 64 infectious disease physician records with a practice address in Nevada. 91% 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, 61% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 91% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 83% of these records are
- Graduated1998 · median 2004 among the 53 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 33% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RI0200X and a Nevada practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Infectious Disease Physician providers in Nevada
There are 64 infectious disease physician records in Nevada.
All 64 in Nevada → Every provider in Las Vegas → Infectious Disease Physician nationwide →
The 8 infectious disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Ion Alexie, MDLas Vegas, NV 891441881621662
- Amir Qureshi, MDLas Vegas, NV 891441972538247
- Anna Pinelo Coll Cardenas, MDLas Vegas, NV 891471508425950
- Nikita GargLas Vegas, NV 891481699335166
- Michael Gehman, DOLas Vegas, NV 891481912973041
- Otavio Pereira Rodrigues, M.D.Las Vegas, NV 891481790125367
- William Warner, MDLas Vegas, NV 891481467437574
- Kathleen Wairimu, M.D.Las Vegas, NV 891291023065422
Common questions
What is Farooq Munir Shaikh, M.D.'s NPI number?
Farooq Munir Shaikh, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1962467845, issued on Apr 20, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Farooq Munir Shaikh, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1081 S Cimarron RD Ste B5, Las Vegas, NV, 89145. Phone: (702) 749-8885. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Farooq Munir Shaikh, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Nevada license number 182667, as entered by the provider. Search the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners at https://medboard.nv.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Farooq Munir Shaikh, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Farooq Munir Shaikh, M.D. had 256 Medicare Part D claims for 62 beneficiaries; the average among infectious disease physician prescribers was 689. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Farooq Munir Shaikh, 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.