NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Kareem Abed, MD, MBA

Hospitalist Physician · Philadelphia, PA

Kareem Abed, MD, MBA is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and NPI 1770940843, issued on Jan 20, 2016. Check the license (Pennsylvania MD469618, as entered in NPPES) on the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS); the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1770940843
Name
Kareem Abed
Credential
MD, MBA
Primary taxonomy
Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
License numbers
MD469618 PA
285374 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
2601 Holme Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19152
Phone
(215) 335-6562
Enumerated
Jan 20, 2016
Record last updated
Apr 26, 2024
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20201202002843); accepts Medicare assignment
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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Also registered at 2601 Holme Ave

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Suroor Abbas, DPMStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1811781867
  2. Latila Abbott, DPM, MSStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1548054471
  3. Abdelrahman Abusaif, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1457920779
  4. Olukemi Adekanmbi, MDInternal Medicine Physician1669631206
  5. Zarmeena Aftab, M.D.Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1568217875
  6. Durgesh Agrawal, MDInternal Medicine Physician1871268565

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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersPennsylvania Department of State (PALS)
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
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55% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024

237 Medicare Part D claims for 121 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Kareem Abed237
  2. Specialty average521

Most prescribed

  1. Cefuroxime24 claims
  2. Pantoprazole Sodium20 claims
  3. Prednisone15 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.

Industry payments in 2024: $59.37

3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Smith+Nephew, Inc. The 7,324 providers of this specialty with any payment received $494.84 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Kareem Abed$59.37
  2. Specialty average$494.84

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

  1. Temple Physicians IncPhiladelphia, PA

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Kareem Abed among 1,424 hospitalist physician records in Pennsylvania

Kareem Abed, MD, MBA is one of 1,424 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in Pennsylvania. 94% 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 62% of them.

  • NPI issued2016 · 62% of these records are older, 33% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 94% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 87% of these records are
  • Graduated2012 · median 2011 among the 1,236 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2024 · 36% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a Pennsylvania practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Hospitalist Physician providers in Pennsylvania

There are 1,424 hospitalist physician records in Pennsylvania.

The 8 hospitalist physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Kumar AshishPhiladelphia, PA 191521609361377
  2. Oladayo Bolarinwa, MDPhiladelphia, PA 191521609193507
  3. Ansa ChughtaiPhiladelphia, PA 191521174184642
  4. Jamaal Hardee, MDPhiladelphia, PA 191521700446051
  5. Phillip Liu, DOPhiladelphia, PA 191521316444623
  6. Aslam Malik, MDPhiladelphia, PA 191521902081391
  7. Varunpal Sama, M.B.B.SPhiladelphia, PA 191521326490012
  8. Syed Sohail, DOPhiladelphia, PA 191521356831259

Common questions

What is Kareem Abed, MD, MBA's NPI number?

Kareem Abed, MD, MBA's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1770940843, issued on Jan 20, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Kareem Abed, MD, MBA located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2601 Holme Ave, Philadelphia, PA, 19152. Phone: (215) 335-6562. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Kareem Abed, MD, MBA's license?

NPPES lists Pennsylvania license number MD469618, as entered by the provider. Search the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS) at https://www.pals.pa.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Kareem Abed, MD, MBA prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Kareem Abed, MD, MBA had 237 Medicare Part D claims for 121 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. 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.