NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Saima Azad, MD

Hospitalist Physician · Hannibal, MO

Saima Azad, MD is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Hannibal, Missouri, and NPI 1902542319, issued on May 9, 2022. Check the license (Missouri 2025034024, as entered in NPPES) on the Missouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts; 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
1902542319
Name
Saima Azad
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
License numbers
2025034024 MO
35.151624 OH
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
6000 Hospital Dr, Hannibal, MO 63401
Phone
(573) 629-3342
Enumerated
May 9, 2022
Record last updated
Jan 20, 2026
Fax
(573) 629-3432
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20251023003678); 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 6000 Hospital Dr

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

  1. Noureen Asghar, MDInternal Medicine Physician1073259347
  2. Kaelee BarnesPhysical Therapist1992672265
  3. Roderick Bartlett, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1649259300
  4. Joseph Bass, M.D.Diagnostic Radiology Physician1194799338
  5. Shelley Bergman, M.A.,CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1114094463
  6. Lori Brown, FNP-C, CENFamily Nurse Practitioner1124548177

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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMissouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts
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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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74% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024

138 Medicare Part D claims for 66 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims.

  1. Saima Azad138
  2. Specialty average521

Most prescribed

  1. Furosemide15 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.

Industry payments in 2024: $1,177.76

12 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Inspire Medical Systems, 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.

  1. Saima Azad$1,177.76
  2. Specialty average$494.84

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. Hannibal Regional Healthcare System IncHannibal, MO

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

Saima Azad among 930 hospitalist physician records in Missouri

Saima Azad, MD is one of 930 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in Missouri. 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 2022, is newer than 89% of them.

  • NPI issued2022 · 89% of these records are older, 4% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 87% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 77% of these records are
  • Graduated2022 · median 2014 among the 715 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2026 · 25% 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 Missouri practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Hospitalist Physician providers in Missouri

There are 930 hospitalist physician records in Missouri.

The 8 hospitalist physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Samer El-Dirani, MDHannibal, MO 634011891996039
  2. Nicolai Zhidkov, MDHannibal, MO 634011851811434
  3. Anna Bailey Berkley, MDSaint Peters, MO 633761811482250
  4. Sara Jensen, MDSaint Peters, MO 633761821738436
  5. Brett Malone, M.D.Saint Peters, MO 633761689962409
  6. Neal Holzum, MDO Fallon, MO 633681326011271
  7. Nawaf Al-Hashemi, MDFarmington, MO 636401811414626
  8. Yusuf Alimi, MDFarmington, MO 636401447810221

Common questions

What is Saima Azad, MD's NPI number?

Saima Azad, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1902542319, issued on May 9, 2022. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Saima Azad, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6000 Hospital Dr, Hannibal, MO, 63401. Phone: (573) 629-3342. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Saima Azad, MD's license?

NPPES lists Missouri license number 2025034024, as entered by the provider. Search the Missouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts at https://www.fsmb.org/contact-a-state-medical-board/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Saima Azad, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Saima Azad, MD had 138 Medicare Part D claims for 66 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. 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.