NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Safeer Shah, MD

Pulmonary Disease Physician · Chicago, IL

Safeer Shah, MD is a pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in Chicago, Illinois, and NPI 1457855819, issued on Mar 21, 2018. Check the license (Illinois 036157091, 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 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1457855819
Name
Safeer Shah
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Pulmonary Disease Physician 207RP1001X
License number
036157091 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
3134 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60657
Phone
(773) 296-5090
Enumerated
Mar 21, 2018
Record last updated
Aug 8, 2024
Fax
(312) 766-4925
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20220706001278); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Wayne State University School Of Medicine, 2018
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
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 3134 N Clark St

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

  1. Lauren Abplanalp, D.O.Pulmonary Disease Physician1346604642
  2. Ahmed Abuhasna, DOInternal Medicine Physician1841985025
  3. Sara AbuzahraObstetrics & Gynecology Physician1952105066
  4. Fabiola Adkisson, MDInternal Medicine Physician1184474843
  5. Muhammad Ahmad, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1407422629
  6. Reda Ahmed, MDInternal Medicine Physician1790618064

Verify Safeer Shah 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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  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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97% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average pulmonary disease physician in 2024

37 Medicare Part D claims for 25 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,425 among the 11,596 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 35% of claims.

  1. Safeer Shah37
  2. Specialty average1,425

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): 94.1 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 score82.6
  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: $121.86

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 8,806 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,159.88 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Safeer Shah$121.86
  2. Specialty average$5,159.88

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. Advocate Health And Hospitals CorporationChicago, IL

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

Safeer Shah among 617 pulmonary disease physician records in Illinois

Safeer Shah, MD is one of 617 pulmonary disease physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 85% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2018, is newer than 88% of them.

  • NPI issued2018 · 88% of these records are older, 8% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 85% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 72% of these records are
  • Graduated2018 · median 2005 among the 444 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2024 · 48% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RP1001X and a Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Pulmonary Disease Physician providers in Illinois

There are 617 pulmonary disease physician records in Illinois.

The 8 pulmonary disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Lauren Abplanalp, D.O.Chicago, IL 606571346604642
  2. Ilja Faibussowitsch, MDChicago, IL 606571740220193
  3. Samuel Goodman, M.D.Chicago, IL 606571134500283
  4. Anil Kachru, MDChicago, IL 606571982679346
  5. Scott NeeleyChicago, IL 606571083618417
  6. William Sanders, MDChicago, IL 606571164426599
  7. Kristin Walter, M.D.Chicago, IL 606571649214636
  8. Keith Nam, MDChicago, IL 606591922180330

Common questions

What is Safeer Shah, MD's NPI number?

Safeer Shah, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1457855819, issued on Mar 21, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Safeer Shah, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3134 N Clark St, Chicago, IL, 60657. Phone: (773) 296-5090. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Safeer Shah, MD's license?

NPPES lists Illinois license number 036157091, 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 Safeer Shah, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Safeer Shah, MD had 37 Medicare Part D claims for 25 beneficiaries; the average among pulmonary disease physician prescribers was 1,425. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Safeer Shah, MD's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 94.1 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.