NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Omar Farooq Ahmed, DO

Emergency Medicine Physician · Chicago, IL

Omar Farooq Ahmed, DO is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Chicago, Illinois, and NPI 1043896947, issued on Mar 22, 2021. Check the license (Illinois 036166490, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; 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
1043896947
Name
Omar Farooq Ahmed
Credential
DO
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License number
036166490 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
7435 W Talcott Ave, Chicago, IL 60631
Phone
(773) 990-7921
Enumerated
Mar 22, 2021
Record last updated
Sep 14, 2023
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20230927001887); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Lincoln Mem Univ, Debusk Col Of Osteopathic Med, 2021
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 7435 W Talcott Ave

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

  1. Logan Abel, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1447900592
  2. Rachel Abrams, M.D.Emergency Medicine Physician1659786317
  3. Eva Adams, P.T.Physical Therapist1265780753
  4. Jennifer AdamsStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1710681473
  5. John Affinito, MDFamily Medicine Physician1316930191
  6. Matthew Altman, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1750078432

Verify Omar Farooq Ahmed in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
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  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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69% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024

71 Medicare Part D claims for 52 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Omar Ahmed71
  2. Specialty average226

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: $43.60

2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Inari Medical, Inc. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Omar Ahmed$43.60
  2. Specialty average$953.79

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Bills Medicare through 2 group practices

  1. Baptist Health Medical Group IncJeffersonville, IN
  2. Cepamerica Illinois LLPOlympia Fields, IL

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

Omar Farooq Ahmed among 3,291 emergency medicine physician records in Illinois

Omar Farooq Ahmed, DO is one of 3,291 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 80% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2021, is newer than 82% of them.

  • NPI issued2021 · 82% of these records are older, 15% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 57% of these records are
  • Graduated2021 · median 2012 among the 1,867 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2023 · 47% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

1,310 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Chicago

They are 1,310 of the 63,379 NPPES records with a practice address in Chicago, and 3,291 emergency medicine physician records in Illinois.

The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Stephen Bozek, M.D.Chicago, IL 606311841285103
  2. Shu Chan, M.D.Chicago, IL 606311790770014
  3. Steve Christos, D.O.Chicago, IL 606311902891237
  4. Darien Cohen, M.D.Chicago, IL 606311366437626
  5. James Harlan, M.D.Chicago, IL 606311619126372
  6. Linda Herman, M.D.Chicago, IL 606311619957776
  7. Matthew Jordan, M.D.Chicago, IL 606311952302101
  8. Robert Marshall, MDChicago, IL 606311316031396

Common questions

What is Omar Farooq Ahmed, DO's NPI number?

Omar Farooq Ahmed, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1043896947, issued on Mar 22, 2021. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Omar Farooq Ahmed, DO located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7435 W Talcott Ave, Chicago, IL, 60631. Phone: (773) 990-7921. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Omar Farooq Ahmed, DO's license?

NPPES lists Illinois license number 036166490, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation at https://idfpr.illinois.gov/checklicense.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Omar Farooq Ahmed, DO prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Omar Farooq Ahmed, DO had 71 Medicare Part D claims for 52 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.