Showkat Hamid, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Buffalo, NY
Showkat Hamid, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Buffalo, New York, and NPI 1386950814, issued on Aug 21, 2010. Check the license (New York 280896, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Showkat Hamid
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License numbers
- 280896 NY
MD-40857 IA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Elm And Carlton Streets, Buffalo, NY 14263
- Phone
- (716) 845-2300
- Enumerated
- Aug 21, 2010
- Record last updated
- Jan 14, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20161121001641); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Showkat Hamid 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 280896Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
99% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
24 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Acyclovir11 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Roswell Park Cancer InstituteBuffalo, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Showkat Hamid among 12,067 internal medicine physician records in New York
Showkat Hamid, MD is one of 12,067 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in New York. 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 2010, is newer than 63% of them.
- NPI issued2010 · 63% of these records are older, 34% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated2007 · median 2002 among the 7,221 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 61% 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 New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
293 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Buffalo
They are 293 of the 13,287 NPPES records with a practice address in Buffalo, and 12,067 internal medicine physician records in New York.
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Common questions
What is Showkat Hamid, MD's NPI number?
Showkat Hamid, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1386950814, issued on Aug 21, 2010. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Showkat Hamid, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Elm And Carlton Streets, Buffalo, NY, 14263. Phone: (716) 845-2300. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Showkat Hamid, MD's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 280896, 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 Showkat Hamid, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Showkat Hamid, MD had 24 Medicare Part D claims; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.