NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Salman Meher Azim, M.D

Hospitalist Physician · Rochester, NY

Salman Meher Azim, M.D is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Rochester, New York, and NPI 1760745145, issued on Jun 20, 2012. Check the license (New York 287814, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; 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
1760745145
Name
Salman Meher Azim
Credential
M.D
Primary taxonomy
Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
License number
287814 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1425 Portland Ave, Rochester, NY 14621
Phone
(585) 922-1900
Enumerated
Jun 20, 2012
Record last updated
Jan 3, 2024
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20190619002911); accepts Medicare assignment
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 1425 Portland Ave

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

  1. Farrukh Abbas, MDHospitalist Physician1790124675
  2. Hassan Abbas, M.D.Hospitalist Physician1831643998
  3. Azza Abdalla, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1043053077
  4. Salman Abdul Basit, M.D.Hospitalist Physician1346987104
  5. Abdullah Abdullah, MDCardiovascular Disease Physician1073965042
  6. Mouhamed Yazan Abou-Ismail, M.D.Hematology & Oncology Physician1336553676

Verify Salman Meher Azim in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
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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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13.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average hospitalist physician in 2024

6,835 Medicare Part D claims for 961 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 60% of claims.

  1. Salman Azim6,835
  2. Specialty average521

Most prescribed

  1. Ozempic759 claims
  2. Jardiance586 claims
  3. Lantus Solostar543 claims
  4. Levothyroxine Sodium456 claims
  5. Trulicity362 claims
  6. Metformin Hcl299 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): 95.2 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 score70.6
  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: $27,704.40

66 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Lilly USA, LLC. 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. Salman Azim$27,704
  2. Specialty average$495

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. The Unity Hospital OF RochesterRochester, NY

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

Salman Meher Azim among 2,067 hospitalist physician records in New York

Salman Meher Azim, M.D is one of 2,067 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in New York. 93% 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 36% of them.

  • NPI issued2012 · 36% of these records are older, 60% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 93% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 83% of these records are
  • Graduated2004 · median 2013 among the 1,716 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2024 · 37% 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 New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

265 hospitalist physician records list a practice address in Rochester

They are 265 of the 20,520 NPPES records with a practice address in Rochester, and 2,067 hospitalist physician records in New York.

The 8 hospitalist physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Rutvic Amin, MDRochester, NY 146211104884741
  2. Kalyana Kanaparthy, M.DRochester, NY 146211255498325
  3. Christina Kosta Cashimere, MDRochester, NY 146211427003268
  4. Amar Munsiff, M.D.Rochester, NY 146211629024104
  5. Walter Polashenski, M.D.Rochester, NY 146211295754794
  6. Carl Reynolds, MDRochester, NY 146211548214646
  7. Suzan Saber, MDRochester, NY 146211710078845
  8. Arshad Sami, M.D.Rochester, NY 146211679502199

Common questions

What is Salman Meher Azim, M.D's NPI number?

Salman Meher Azim, M.D's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1760745145, issued on Jun 20, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Salman Meher Azim, M.D located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1425 Portland Ave, Rochester, NY, 14621. Phone: (585) 922-1900. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Salman Meher Azim, M.D's license?

NPPES lists New York license number 287814, 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 Salman Meher Azim, M.D prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Salman Meher Azim, M.D had 6,835 Medicare Part D claims for 961 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Salman Meher Azim, M.D's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 95.2 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.

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