Syed Ahmed, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Knoxville, TN
Syed Ahmed, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Knoxville, Tennessee, and NPI 1437128899, issued on Mar 16, 2006. Check the license (Tennessee TN029559, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Syed Ahmed
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- TN029559 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4711 Centerline Dr Ste 100, Knoxville, TN 37917
- Phone
- (865) 647-3940
- Enumerated
- Mar 16, 2006
- Record last updated
- Sep 1, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (865) 521-7293
- Medicaid ID
- 1507154 TN
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080808000598); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Syed Ahmed in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license TN029559Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
8.7 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
27,736 Medicare Part D claims for 1,049 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. 450 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Gabapentin1,196 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate1,186 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium1,126 claims
- Omeprazole900 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa873 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium680 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): 89.6 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.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $625.03
32 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- Knoxville Hma Physician Management, LLCKnoxville, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Syed Ahmed among 2,596 internal medicine physician records in Tennessee
Syed Ahmed, MD is one of 2,596 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Tennessee. 80% 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 15% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 15% of these records are older, 46% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated1988 · median 2003 among the 1,705 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 56% 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 Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
237 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Knoxville
They are 237 of the 14,339 NPPES records with a practice address in Knoxville, and 2,596 internal medicine physician records in Tennessee.
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Common questions
What is Syed Ahmed, MD's NPI number?
Syed Ahmed, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1437128899, issued on Mar 16, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Syed Ahmed, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4711 Centerline Dr Ste 100, Knoxville, TN, 37917. Phone: (865) 647-3940. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Syed Ahmed, MD's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number TN029559, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.tn.gov/health/licensure/me.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Syed Ahmed, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Syed Ahmed, MD had 27,736 Medicare Part D claims for 1,049 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Syed Ahmed, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 89.6 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.