Salar Alam, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Grand Rapids, MI
Salar Alam, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and NPI 1043705114, issued on Jun 29, 2018. Check the license (Michigan 4301115982, as entered in NPPES) on the Michigan Board of Medicine (LARA); the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Salar Alam
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 4301115982 MI
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 25 Michigan St NE Ste 2100, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
- Phone
- (616) 391-3777
- Enumerated
- Jun 29, 2018
- Record last updated
- Jun 29, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (616) 391-3755
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230920003974); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Salar Alam in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMichigan Board of Medicine (LARA)
Search for license 4301115982Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
54% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
1,458 Medicare Part D claims for 373 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 23% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate151 claims
- Losartan Potassium142 claims
- Farxiga138 claims
- Jardiance97 claims
- Torsemide75 claims
- Lisinopril73 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 100 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $71.58
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Amgen Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- Lake Michigan Nephrology LLCNiles, MI
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Salar Alam among 5,735 internal medicine physician records in Michigan
Salar Alam, MD is one of 5,735 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Michigan. 79% 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 74% of them.
- NPI issued2018 · 74% of these records are older, 24% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated2015 · median 2006 among the 3,564 with a school on file
- Record last updated2018 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Michigan practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
451 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Grand Rapids
They are 451 of the 18,005 NPPES records with a practice address in Grand Rapids, and 5,735 internal medicine physician records in Michigan.
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Common questions
What is Salar Alam, MD's NPI number?
Salar Alam, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1043705114, issued on Jun 29, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Salar Alam, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 25 Michigan St NE Ste 2100, Grand Rapids, MI, 49503. Phone: (616) 391-3777. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Salar Alam, MD's license?
NPPES lists Michigan license number 4301115982, as entered by the provider. Search the Michigan Board of Medicine (LARA) at https://aca-prod.accela.com/MILARA/GeneralProperty/PropertyLookUp.aspx?isLicensee=Y&TabName=APO. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Salar Alam, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Salar Alam, MD had 1,458 Medicare Part D claims for 373 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Salar Alam, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 100 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.