Syed Qudsiyah Qudsiyah Rufai
Internal Medicine Physician · Buffalo, NY
Syed Qudsiyah Qudsiyah Rufai is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Buffalo, New York, and NPI 1952796757, issued on Mar 30, 2015. Check the license (New York 298546, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Syed Qudsiyah Qudsiyah Rufai
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 298546 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Elm And Carlton St, Buffalo, NY 14263
- Phone
- (716) 845-2300
- Enumerated
- Mar 30, 2015
- Record last updated
- Feb 9, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (716) 845-1110
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20190605002516); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Syed Qudsiyah Qudsiyah Rufai 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 298546Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
98% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
51 Medicare Part D claims for 28 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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): 91.3 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: $94.80
4 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 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
- Apogee Medical Group, New York, PCBuffalo, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Syed Qudsiyah Qudsiyah Rufai among 12,067 internal medicine physician records in New York
Syed Qudsiyah Qudsiyah Rufai 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 2015, is newer than 75% of them.
- NPI issued2015 · 75% of these records are older, 23% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated2012 · 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).
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Common questions
What is Syed Qudsiyah Qudsiyah Rufai's NPI number?
Syed Qudsiyah Qudsiyah Rufai's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1952796757, issued on Mar 30, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Syed Qudsiyah Qudsiyah Rufai located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Elm And Carlton St, Buffalo, NY, 14263. Phone: (716) 845-2300. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Syed Qudsiyah Qudsiyah Rufai's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 298546, 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 Syed Qudsiyah Qudsiyah Rufai prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Syed Qudsiyah Qudsiyah Rufai had 51 Medicare Part D claims for 28 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Syed Qudsiyah Qudsiyah Rufai's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 91.3 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.