Navid S. Dara, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Columbus, MS
Navid S. Dara, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Columbus, Mississippi, and NPI 1245736818, issued on Apr 3, 2018. Check the license (Mississippi 29274, as entered in NPPES) on the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Navid S. Dara
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 29274 MS
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2520 5TH St N, Columbus, MS 39705
- Phone
- (662) 244-2042
- Enumerated
- Apr 3, 2018
- Record last updated
- Aug 24, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (662) 244-4041
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20210907001196); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Navid S. Dara in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMississippi State Board of Medical Licensure
Search for license 29274Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
5% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
3,011 Medicare Part D claims for 314 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims. 52 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Rosuvastatin Calcium112 claims
- Gabapentin95 claims
- Metformin Hcl Er94 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium93 claims
- Losartan Potassium91 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate70 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): 76.5 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: $260.28
6 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- Baptist Memorial Medical Group, Inc.Columbus, MS
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Navid S. Dara among 972 internal medicine physician records in Mississippi
Navid S. Dara, MD is one of 972 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Mississippi. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2018, is newer than 65% of them.
- NPI issued2018 · 65% of these records are older, 32% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated2017 · median 2008 among the 585 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 52% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Mississippi practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
34 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Columbus
They are 34 of the 843 NPPES records with a practice address in Columbus, and 972 internal medicine physician records in Mississippi.
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Common questions
What is Navid S. Dara, MD's NPI number?
Navid S. Dara, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1245736818, issued on Apr 3, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Navid S. Dara, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2520 5TH St N, Columbus, MS, 39705. Phone: (662) 244-2042. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Navid S. Dara, MD's license?
NPPES lists Mississippi license number 29274, as entered by the provider. Search the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure at https://www.msbml.ms.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Navid S. Dara, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Navid S. Dara, MD had 3,011 Medicare Part D claims for 314 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Navid S. Dara, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 76.5 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.