Saba Zahra Assar, MD
Cardiovascular Disease Physician · New York, NY
Saba Zahra Assar, MD is a cardiovascular disease physician with a practice address in New York, New York, and NPI 1730575275, issued on Apr 11, 2015. Check the license (New York 317244, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Saba Zahra Assar
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Cardiovascular Disease Physician 207RC0000X
- License numbers
- 317244 NY
4351041331 MI
32934 WV
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 161 Fort Washington Ave, New York, NY 10032
- Phone
- (212) 305-7060
- Enumerated
- Apr 11, 2015
- Record last updated
- Nov 28, 2023
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20231018002753); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 161 Fort Washington Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Saba Zahra Assar in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
Search for license 317244Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
92% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average cardiovascular disease physician in 2024
253 Medicare Part D claims for 61 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,078 among the 20,728 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium37 claims
- Clopidogrel26 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate22 claims
- Losartan Potassium18 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate18 claims
- Isosorbide Mononitrate Er17 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): 100 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: $3,033.58
37 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abiomed. The 16,686 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,819.56 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
- West Virginia University Medical CorporationMorgantown, WV
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Saba Zahra Assar among 2,583 cardiovascular disease physician records in New York
Saba Zahra Assar, MD is one of 2,583 cardiovascular disease physician records with a practice address in New York. 87% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2015, is newer than 86% of them.
- NPI issued2015 · 86% of these records are older, 11% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 87% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 73% of these records are
- Graduated2015 · median 1998 among the 1,896 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 64% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RC0000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers in New York
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Common questions
What is Saba Zahra Assar, MD's NPI number?
Saba Zahra Assar, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1730575275, issued on Apr 11, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Saba Zahra Assar, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 161 Fort Washington Ave, New York, NY, 10032. Phone: (212) 305-7060. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Saba Zahra Assar, MD's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 317244, as entered by the provider. Search the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions at https://www.op.nysed.gov/services/verifications/online-verification-searches. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Saba Zahra Assar, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Saba Zahra Assar, MD had 253 Medicare Part D claims for 61 beneficiaries; the average among cardiovascular disease physician prescribers was 3,078. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Saba Zahra Assar, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 100 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.