NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Sami Georges Tahhan, MD

Internal Medicine Physician · Norfolk, VA

Sami Georges Tahhan, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Norfolk, Virginia, and NPI 1659348068, issued on Mar 3, 2006. Check the license (Virginia 0101232448, as entered in NPPES) on the Virginia Department of Health 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
1659348068
Name
Sami Georges Tahhan
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License number
0101232448 VA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
150 Kingsley LN, Norfolk, VA 23505
Phone
(757) 889-5432
Enumerated
Mar 3, 2006
Record last updated
Jan 7, 2022
Fax
(757) 889-5930
Medicaid IDs
005878586 VA
005878594 VA
89065X4 NC
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20100125000561); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Eastern Virginia Medical School, 1999
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 150 Kingsley LN

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

  1. Amarachi Agbai, RNRegistered Nurse1619443009
  2. Wendy Alband, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1558434233
  3. Susan Anderson, NP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1366987745
  4. Jaime Argila, M.D.Emergency Medicine Physician1790041614
  5. Alison Blair, PA-CPhysician Assistant1689080699
  6. Valerie Blitzer, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1659646818

Verify Sami Georges Tahhan in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersVirginia Department of Health 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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21% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024

2,506 Medicare Part D claims for 224 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 11% of claims. 66 claims were for opioids.

  1. Sami Tahhan2,506
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium221 claims
  2. Amlodipine Besylate145 claims
  3. Losartan Potassium87 claims
  4. Omeprazole77 claims
  5. Gabapentin75 claims
  6. 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 95.1 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 score86.3
  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).

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Evms Academic Physicians And Surgeons Health Services FoundationNorfolk, VA

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

Sami Georges Tahhan among 3,599 internal medicine physician records in Virginia

Sami Georges Tahhan, MD is one of 3,599 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Virginia. 77% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 9% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 9% of these records are older, 55% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
  • Graduated1999 · median 2003 among the 2,234 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2022 · 53% 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 Virginia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

196 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Norfolk

They are 196 of the 5,993 NPPES records with a practice address in Norfolk, and 3,599 internal medicine physician records in Virginia.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Wendy Alband, M.D.Norfolk, VA 235051558434233
  2. Antoine Arrage, MDNorfolk, VA 235051013997733
  3. Harvey Bercowitz, MDNorfolk, VA 235051801864566
  4. Maureen Chevalier-Seawell, M.D.Norfolk, VA 235051538107040
  5. Katherine Griffin, DONorfolk, VA 235051962965368
  6. Pedro Hasas, M.D.Norfolk, VA 235051871560110
  7. Marilyn Kellam, MDNorfolk, VA 235051497740641
  8. Luanne Lewis, M.D.Norfolk, VA 235051760466759

Common questions

What is Sami Georges Tahhan, MD's NPI number?

Sami Georges Tahhan, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1659348068, issued on Mar 3, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Sami Georges Tahhan, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 150 Kingsley LN, Norfolk, VA, 23505. Phone: (757) 889-5432. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Sami Georges Tahhan, MD's license?

NPPES lists Virginia license number 0101232448, as entered by the provider. Search the Virginia Department of Health Professions at https://dhp.virginiainteractive.org/lookup/index. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Sami Georges Tahhan, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Sami Georges Tahhan, MD had 2,506 Medicare Part D claims for 224 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Sami Georges Tahhan, MD's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 95.1 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.