NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Muhammed Ashar Zaheer Afaq, MD

Hospitalist Physician · Sugar Land, TX

Muhammed Ashar Zaheer Afaq, MD is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Sugar Land, Texas, and NPI 1841751948, issued on Mar 29, 2019. Check the license (Texas T4300, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1841751948
Name
Muhammed Ashar Zaheer Afaq
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
License number
T4300 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1327 Lake Pointe Pkwy Ste 305, Sugar Land, TX 77478
Phone
(713) 798-0950
Enumerated
Mar 29, 2019
Record last updated
Dec 14, 2022
Fax
(713) 798-0951
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20220704000106); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Baylor College Of Medicine, 2019
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 1327 Lake Pointe Pkwy Ste 305

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

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  2. Wesley Mayer, MDUrology Physician1952467367
  3. Bincy Varughese, AGACNPAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1407391766

Verify Muhammed Ashar Zaheer Afaq in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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83% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024

90 Medicare Part D claims for 27 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Muhammed Ashar Afaq90
  2. Specialty average521

Most prescribed

  1. Metoprolol Succinate11 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 91.3 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score81.6
  2. Costnot scored (reweighted)
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%89.1
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Baylor College OF MedicineSugar Land, TX

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

Muhammed Ashar Zaheer Afaq among 1,587 hospitalist physician records in Texas

Muhammed Ashar Zaheer Afaq, MD is one of 1,587 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in Texas. 90% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2019, is newer than 73% of them.

  • NPI issued2019 · 73% of these records are older, 20% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 82% of these records are
  • Graduated2019 · median 2013 among the 1,298 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2022 · 25% 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 Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

66 hospitalist physician records list a practice address in Sugar Land

They are 66 of the 3,851 NPPES records with a practice address in Sugar Land, and 1,587 hospitalist physician records in Texas.

The 8 hospitalist physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Kamran Ahmed, MDSugar Land, TX 774781952562126
  2. Sophia Chang, MDSugar Land, TX 774781780111872
  3. Jean Ghosn, M.D.Sugar Land, TX 774781821523952
  4. Swathi Murali, M.D.Sugar Land, TX 774781104111517
  5. Nnenna Onochie, M.D.Sugar Land, TX 774781215173026
  6. Mary Philips, MDSugar Land, TX 774781356784417
  7. Matthew Shieh, MDSugar Land, TX 774781477997054
  8. Michael Shieh, MDSugar Land, TX 774781588050405

Common questions

What is Muhammed Ashar Zaheer Afaq, MD's NPI number?

Muhammed Ashar Zaheer Afaq, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1841751948, issued on Mar 29, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Muhammed Ashar Zaheer Afaq, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1327 Lake Pointe Pkwy Ste 305, Sugar Land, TX, 77478. Phone: (713) 798-0950. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Muhammed Ashar Zaheer Afaq, MD's license?

NPPES lists Texas license number T4300, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Muhammed Ashar Zaheer Afaq, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Muhammed Ashar Zaheer Afaq, MD had 90 Medicare Part D claims for 27 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Muhammed Ashar Zaheer Afaq, MD's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 91.3 of 100. 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.

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