NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Rizwan Ahmed, M.D.

Surgery Physician · Durango, CO

Rizwan Ahmed, M.D. is a surgery physician with a practice address in Durango, Colorado, and NPI 1467728014, issued on Mar 28, 2012. Check the license (Colorado DR.0069126, as entered in NPPES) on the Colorado Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1467728014
Name
Rizwan Ahmed
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Surgery Physician 208600000X
License numbers
DR.0069126 CO
648430 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1 Mercado St Ste 220, Durango, CO 81301
Phone
(970) 764-3450
Enumerated
Mar 28, 2012
Record last updated
Aug 8, 2024
Fax
(970) 382-6607
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20240215004215); accepts Medicare assignment
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 1 Mercado St Ste 220

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

  1. Helen Kay, D.O.Surgery Physician1881906865
  2. Brigid O'Holleran, M.D.Surgery Physician1740548957

Verify Rizwan Ahmed in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersColorado 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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The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 97.6 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 score86.5
  2. Costnot scored (reweighted)
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%100.0
  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).

Industry payments in 2024: $220.48

1 payment: travel and lodging; the largest payer was Davol Inc. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Rizwan Ahmed$220.48
  2. Specialty average$3,513.80

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

  1. Surgery Associates OF Ntx PLLCDenton, TX

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

Rizwan Ahmed among 608 surgery physician records in Colorado

Rizwan Ahmed, M.D. is one of 608 surgery physician records with a practice address in Colorado. 74% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2012, is newer than 75% of them.

  • NPI issued2012 · 75% of these records are older, 22% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 61% of these records are
  • Graduated2009 · median 2005 among the 370 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2024 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a Colorado practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Surgery Physician providers in Colorado

There are 608 surgery physician records in Colorado.

The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Charles Black, MDDurango, CO 813011497764187
  2. David Deaver, M.D.Durango, CO 813011699795690
  3. Helen Kay, D.O.Durango, CO 813011881906865
  4. Brigid O'Holleran, M.D.Durango, CO 813011740548957
  5. Frank Quayle, MDDurango, CO 813011396861407
  6. Robert Wrona, M.D.Durango, CO 813011720232895
  7. Kevin Matteson, M.D.Cortez, CO 813211407853013
  8. William Rainer, MDCortez, CO 813211821067190

Common questions

What is Rizwan Ahmed, M.D.'s NPI number?

Rizwan Ahmed, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1467728014, issued on Mar 28, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Rizwan Ahmed, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1 Mercado St Ste 220, Durango, CO, 81301. Phone: (970) 764-3450. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Rizwan Ahmed, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Colorado license number DR.0069126, as entered by the provider. Search the Colorado Medical Board at https://dpo.colorado.gov/Medical. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

What is Rizwan Ahmed, M.D.'s MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 97.6 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.