Nihal K. Shah, MD
Psychiatry Physician · Largo, FL
Nihal K. Shah, MD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Largo, Florida, and NPI 1407829088, issued on Feb 13, 2006. Check the license (Florida ME86976, as entered in NPPES) on the Florida health license search; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Nihal K. Shah
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- ME86976 FL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1100 Clearwater Largo RD N, Largo, FL 33770
- Phone
- (727) 518-6444
- Enumerated
- Feb 13, 2006
- Record last updated
- Feb 1, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (727) 581-2678
- Medicaid ID
- 268164100 FL
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20120301000335); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1100 Clearwater Largo RD N
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Nihal K. Shah in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersFlorida health license search
Search for license ME86976Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
14.7 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average psychiatry physician in 2024
14,706 Medicare Part D claims for 849 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 2% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Alprazolam1,586 claims
- Clonazepam1,090 claims
- Trazodone Hcl902 claims
- Lorazepam801 claims
- Quetiapine Fumarate714 claims
- Duloxetine Hcl606 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $1,427.37
59 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 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
- Florida Behavioral Institute PLCLargo, FL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Nihal K. Shah among 2,744 psychiatry physician records in Florida
Nihal K. Shah, MD is one of 2,744 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in Florida. 72% 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 7% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 7% of these records are older, 61% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 47% of these records are
- Graduated1993 · median 2003 among the 1,283 with a school on file
- Record last updated2011 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a Florida practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Psychiatry Physician providers in Florida
There are 2,744 psychiatry physician records in Florida.
All 2,744 in Florida → Every provider in Largo → Psychiatry Physician nationwide →
The 8 psychiatry physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Sotiris Chaniotakis, MDLargo, FL 337701679213219
- Ronald Knaus, D.O.Largo, FL 337701619910734
- Christina MathewLargo, FL 337701396323663
- Robert Mayer, MDLargo, FL 337701699748251
- Ashok Patel, M.D.Largo, FL 337701124091798
- Neal Patel, DOLargo, FL 337701861020091
- Rodrigo Podesta, DOLargo, FL 337701861251381
- Shahid Qaudeer, DOLargo, FL 337701578266615
Common questions
What is Nihal K. Shah, MD's NPI number?
Nihal K. Shah, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1407829088, issued on Feb 13, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Nihal K. Shah, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1100 Clearwater Largo RD N, Largo, FL, 33770. Phone: (727) 518-6444. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Nihal K. Shah, MD's license?
NPPES lists Florida license number ME86976, as entered by the provider. Search the Florida health license search at https://mqa-internet.doh.state.fl.us/mqasearchservices/healthcareproviders. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Nihal K. Shah, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Nihal K. Shah, MD had 14,706 Medicare Part D claims for 849 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Nihal K. Shah, MD'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.