Sanaa Zafar, M.D.
Hospitalist Physician · New York, NY
Sanaa Zafar, M.D. is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in New York, New York, and NPI 1518391978, issued on Aug 21, 2013. Check the license (New York 284938, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Sanaa Zafar
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License numbers
- 284938 NY
284938-1 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1000 10TH Ave, New York, NY 10019
- Phone
- (917) 664-1042
- Enumerated
- Aug 21, 2013
- Record last updated
- May 14, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20160921000347); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Sanaa Zafar in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
Search for license 284938Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
60% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
211 Medicare Part D claims for 39 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Pantoprazole Sodium19 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium14 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: $151.97
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Csl Behring. 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.
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
- Icahn School OF Medicine AT Mount SinaiNew York, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Sanaa Zafar among 2,067 hospitalist physician records in New York
Sanaa Zafar, 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 2013, is newer than 40% of them.
- NPI issued2013 · 40% of these records are older, 56% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 93% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 83% of these records are
- Graduated2011 · median 2013 among the 1,716 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 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).
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Common questions
What is Sanaa Zafar, M.D.'s NPI number?
Sanaa Zafar, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1518391978, issued on Aug 21, 2013. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Sanaa Zafar, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1000 10TH Ave, New York, NY, 10019. Phone: (917) 664-1042. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Sanaa Zafar, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists New York license number 284938, 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 Sanaa Zafar, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Sanaa Zafar, M.D. had 211 Medicare Part D claims for 39 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.