Seema Qayum
Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician · Gretna, LA
Seema Qayum is a critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician with a practice address in Gretna, Louisiana, and NPI 1679992549, issued on Apr 8, 2014. Check the license (Louisiana 305705, as entered in NPPES) on the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Seema Qayum
- Primary taxonomy
- Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician 207RC0200X
- License numbers
- 305705 LA
PGY.202453 LA
293980 NY
293980-1 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 120 Ochsner Blvd, Gretna, LA 70056
- Phone
- (504) 595-8310
- Enumerated
- Apr 8, 2014
- Record last updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20170822001978); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Tulane University School Of Medicine, 2014
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 120 Ochsner Blvd
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Seema Qayum in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersLouisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 305705Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
44% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician in 2024
393 Medicare Part D claims for 94 beneficiaries, against an average of 696 among the 2,873 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate24 claims
- Prednisone20 claims
- Famotidine19 claims
- Gabapentin18 claims
- Mirtazapine17 claims
- Azithromycin16 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): 84.5 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: $129.88
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Zoll Services LLC (a/k/a Zoll LifeCor Corp). The 2,708 providers of this specialty with any payment received $2,958.68 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
- Ochsner Clinic LLCGretna, LA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Seema Qayum among 62 critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician records in Louisiana
Seema Qayum is one of 62 critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician records with a practice address in Louisiana. 92% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2014, is newer than 63% of them.
- NPI issued2014 · 63% of these records are older, 29% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 92% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 89% of these records are
- Graduated2014 · median 2010 among the 55 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 29% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RC0200X and a Louisiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician providers in Louisiana
There are 62 critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician records in Louisiana.
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The 8 critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Lisseth Beltran, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701121245853241
- Thuy-Mai Nguyen, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121285138040
- Vernie Barnett, MDNew Orleans, LA 701211962453399
- Erik Oltmann, MDNew Orleans, LA 701211619363652
- Mazin Abdelghany, MDCovington, LA 704331427430669
- Linda Hodges, D.O.Covington, LA 704331528074671
Common questions
What is Seema Qayum's NPI number?
Seema Qayum's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1679992549, issued on Apr 8, 2014. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Seema Qayum located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 120 Ochsner Blvd, Gretna, LA, 70056. Phone: (504) 595-8310. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Seema Qayum's license?
NPPES lists Louisiana license number 305705, as entered by the provider. Search the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.lsbme.la.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Seema Qayum prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Seema Qayum had 393 Medicare Part D claims for 94 beneficiaries; the average among critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician prescribers was 696. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Seema Qayum's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 84.5 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.