NPI registry status
Active
2026 NPPES data Hospitalist Physician NPI 1548746183
Verify on CMS → Muhammad Arshad
Hospitalist Physician in Salisbury, Maryland.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 17,950 in Hospitalist Physician, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.
Federal data, no proprietary rating.
We show these CMS records as-is - no composite score, no star rating, no editorial opinion layered on top.
Prescribing volume
472
Medicare Part D claims · 194 beneficiaries · Hospitalist Physician avg: 940
MIPS score
79.5/100
▼ 4 pts below national avg 83.5 · Above neutral
Industry payments
$493.63
25 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
What the federal data shows
Muhammad Arshad reported a CMS MIPS final score of 79.5/100 - below the 83.5 national average - and filed 472 Medicare Part D claims in 2024.
- 79.5/100
- MIPS score · -4 vs avg
- 472
- Part D claims, 2024
- Likely
- board-certified (heuristic)
- ≥26th
- pct among measured MIPS (lower-bound band)
Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.
Federal trust snapshot
What official records show about Muhammad Arshad
Federal records show an active NPI with both Medicare prescribing volume and a measured CMS quality score — objective registry data, not patient reviews.
- Verified
NPI registry status
Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1548746183), first enumerated 07/17/2018.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 472 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.
Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF
- Reported
CMS quality reporting (MIPS)
Reported a CMS MIPS final score of 79.5/100 in the Quality Payment Program — a federal quality measure, not a patient review.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program
- Reported
Board certification signal
Heuristic suggests board-certified status based on ABMS-eligible specialty taxonomy plus active CMS participation signals — not a direct ABMS verification.
- Reported
Hospital affiliations
2 CMS Care Compare hospital affiliations on record — practice footprint from the Doctors and Clinicians file.
Source: CMS Care Compare
- Reported
Industry payment transparency
$493.63 in reported industry payments (25 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.
Source: CMS Open Payments
- Not in federal data
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Source: State medical board / FSMB
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CMS NPPES provider registry desk
NPI 1548746183 · Hospitalist Physician
NPI-10 · ENUM-RECENT · TAX-MID · MIPS-BELOW · RX-LIGHT · BOOK-THIN · PHOTO-FINISH
- NPI-10 1548746183
- ENUM-RECENT 2018
- TAX-MID 18K Hospitalist Physician
- MIPS-BELOW 79.5/100
- RX-LIGHT 472
- BOOK-THIN 323 in Maryland
- PHOTO-FINISH Emily Chau, M.D. · ±0.0
MIPS final-score neighbourhood
Same-specialty nationwide peers by CMS final score, not geographic proximity
- Arshad · this pr…
Arshad · this provider
79.5 MIPS pts
- Brian Diede, D.O…
Brian Diede, D.O.
79.5 MIPS pts
- Arfa Ahmad · near
Arfa Ahmad
79.5 MIPS pts
- Ahmed Omar, MBBS…
Ahmed Omar, MBBS
79.5 MIPS pts
- Emily Chau, M.D.…
Emily Chau, M.D.
79.5 MIPS pts
What this shows Nearest measured MIPS peers for this NUCC specialty (2023 performance year).
Muhammad Arshad's MIPS score vs every measured U.S. clinician
CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) final score, 2023, the federal quality measure. Clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded.
80 ≥ 26th percentile 26% of 454,083 measured providers are in lower value bands
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more measured providers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
The percentile is a conservative whole-score-point band: it counts only measured clinicians in lower score bands. A CMS MIPS metric is not a recommendation or a clinical-quality rating by PlainDoctor. See methodology § corpus placement.
Source CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) · 2023
Where Muhammad Arshad sits
This provider among hospitalist physician peers
Across the 4,317 hospitalist physician providers who report both Medicare Part D prescribing and a MIPS quality score, Muhammad Arshad writes more Part D claims than 77% of them and scores higher on MIPS quality than 24% - placing this provider in the high-volume, lower-quality quadrant. Volume reflects patient-panel size and specialty, not quality; the two axes are independent.
Each dot is one hospitalist physician peer from a representative sample of 60; the gold marker is Muhammad Arshad. Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber data and the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, 2023.
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Board certification likely (heuristic, not verified)
Muhammad Arshad practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + MIPS quality reporting + 2 hospital affiliations - signals consistent with board-certified status. For verified board certification, see CertificationMatters.org (the official ABMS public lookup).
What does the federal data show about Muhammad Arshad?
Near national averagePrimary specialty
Hospitalist Physician
Medicare Part D claims
472 50% vs specialty avg
MIPS final score
79.5/100 4 pts vs avg
Specialty distribution in Maryland
How Hospitalist Physician compares to other specialties among Maryland providers
Medicare quality performance, MIPS
Muhammad Arshad's 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Hospitalist Physician national average
- MIPS Final Score
- 79.5/100
- vs 83.5 national avg · 2023 performance year
How MIPS and board certification work
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.
Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).
Practice Address
Provider Details
| NPI | 1548746183 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Hospitalist Physician |
| Gender | Male |
| NPI Issued | 07/17/2018 |
CMS Quality Score (MIPS)
Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.
79.4713
Final Score
Measured-score avg: 83.5
78.236
Quality
60.0018
Cost
92
Promoting Interoperability
Reporting: Group practice
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where Muhammad Arshad bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" - a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.
Tidalhealth Specialty Care LLC
Salisbury, MD
Vitalcare LLC
Salisbury, MD
Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).
Industry payments received (2024) - CMS Open Payments transparency data
The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for Muhammad Arshad. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$494
Largest payer
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
Most common payment type
Food and Beverage
Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias, they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.
472
Total Claims
$25K
Total Drug Cost
194
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 496.7
- Total Day Supply
- 11,446
- Generic Drug Cost
- $4K
- Antibiotic Claims
- 64
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 73.9 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 2.27
- Gender Split
- 53% female / 47% male
- Age Distribution
- <65: 26, 65-74: 79, 75-84: 55, 85+: 34
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What Muhammad Arshad prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024
- Furosemide
Furosemide
28 claims
- Metoprolol Tartrate
Metoprolol Tartrate
23 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium
Atorvastatin Calcium
17 claims
- Eliquis
Eliquis
17 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate
Metoprolol Succinate
15 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium
Pantoprazole Sodium
14 claims
- Prednisone
Prednisone
14 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavul…
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass
13 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Furosemide | 28 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 23 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 17 |
| Eliquis Apixaban | 17 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 15 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 14 |
| Prednisone | 14 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass Amoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 13 |
| Albuterol Sulfate Hfa Albuterol Sulfate | 12 |
| Carvedilol | 12 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
Hospitalist Physician Overview
How Muhammad Arshad fits within the Hospitalist Physician landscape nationally.
17,950
Hospitalist Physician Providers in US
54
States with Hospitalist Physician
940
Avg Claims per Provider
Muhammad Arshad's 472 claims are below the specialty average of 940.
Nationwide Hospitalist Physician peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Arshad, both outside Maryland so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Similar MIPS final score
Nearest same-specialty clinicians by CMS MIPS final score (79.5 here).
Same NPPES enumeration year (2018)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Hospitalist Physician Providers in Maryland
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Maryland, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Arshad.
One of 323 Hospitalist Physician providers enrolled in Maryland, 5 are shown here.
Dr. Fasika Aberra
M.D.
Prince Frederick, MD
Dr. Ademayowa Ademiluyi
MD
Towson, MD
Dr. Elham Afshar
M.D.
Baltimore, MD
Dr. Negin Ahadi
MD
Baltimore, MD
Dr. Bernice Aidoo
MD
Takoma Park, MD
Compare Hospitalist Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Muhammad Arshad's specialty? ▼
Muhammad Arshad specializes in Hospitalist Physician and practices in Salisbury, Maryland.
How much does Muhammad Arshad prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Muhammad Arshad wrote 472 Medicare Part D claims totaling $25K in drug costs for 194 beneficiaries.
What is Muhammad Arshad's Medicare quality score? ▼
Muhammad Arshad has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 79.5/100 (Quality: 78.2, Cost: 60). The average MIPS Final Score across the 454,083 clinicians with at least one published category score is 83.5; clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded from that average. Source: CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 2023.
Where is Muhammad Arshad located? ▼
Muhammad Arshad is located at 100 E CARROLL ST, Salisbury, MD, 21801. Phone: (410) 543-7536.
What is Muhammad Arshad's NPI number? ▼
Muhammad Arshad's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1548746183, issued on 07/17/2018.
How many Hospitalist Physician providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 17,950 Hospitalist Physician providers across 54 states in the US. The average Hospitalist Physician provider writes 940 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Muhammad Arshad prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, Muhammad Arshad's most frequently prescribed drugs include Furosemide, Metoprolol Tartrate, Atorvastatin Calcium. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Muhammad Arshad accept Medicare? ▼
Muhammad Arshad appears in CMS Medicare data with 472 Part D claims and 194 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Muhammad Arshad's credentials? ▼
Muhammad Arshad's NPI is 1548746183. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.
Data Sources
View source datasets and methodology notes
- Provider Directory
- CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
- Specialty Classification
- NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
- Prescribing Data
- CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2024). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
- Quality Performance
- CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) - 2023 performance year.
- Limitations
- Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.
See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.
Data as of August 2026 (NPPES) / 2024 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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