Rifquat Giwa, MD
Hospitalist Physician · Austell, GA
Rifquat Giwa, MD is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Austell, Georgia, and NPI 1326202300, issued on Jul 18, 2008. Check the license (Georgia 063198, as entered in NPPES) on the Georgia Composite Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Rifquat Giwa
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License number
- 063198 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3950 Austell RD, Austell, GA 30106
- Phone
- (770) 732-4025
- Enumerated
- Jul 18, 2008
- Record last updated
- Nov 22, 2010 (not updated in 16 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (770) 732-4023
- Medicaid IDs
- 233482843A GA
233482843B GA - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100323000181); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Wright State University Boonshoft School Of Medicine, 2006
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Rifquat Giwa in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersGeorgia Composite Medical Board
Search for license 063198Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
510 Medicare Part D claims for 148 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 39 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Furosemide24 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl19 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium17 claims
- Nifedipine Er17 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium17 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate15 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): 92.9 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.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $194.10
9 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Inari Medical, Inc. The 7,324 providers of this specialty with any payment received $494.84 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
- Wellstar Medical Group LLCAtlanta, GA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Rifquat Giwa among 967 hospitalist physician records in Georgia
Rifquat Giwa, MD is one of 967 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in Georgia. 92% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2008, is newer than 32% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 32% of these records are older, 59% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 92% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 88% of these records are
- Graduated2006 · median 2008 among the 849 with a school on file
- Record last updated2010 · 62% 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 Georgia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
23 hospitalist physician records list a practice address in Austell
They are 23 of the 1,056 NPPES records with a practice address in Austell, and 967 hospitalist physician records in Georgia.
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Common questions
What is Rifquat Giwa, MD's NPI number?
Rifquat Giwa, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1326202300, issued on Jul 18, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Rifquat Giwa, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3950 Austell RD, Austell, GA, 30106. Phone: (770) 732-4025. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Rifquat Giwa, MD's license?
NPPES lists Georgia license number 063198, as entered by the provider. Search the Georgia Composite Medical Board at https://medicalboard.georgia.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Rifquat Giwa, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Rifquat Giwa, MD had 510 Medicare Part D claims for 148 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Rifquat Giwa, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 92.9 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.
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.