NPI registry status
Active
2026 NPPES data Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician NPI 1043294291 MD
Verify on CMS → Tariq Salam, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician in Tacoma, Washington.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 1,668 in Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.
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Prescribing volume
1K
Medicare Part D claims · 293 beneficiaries · Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician avg: 2K
Generic prescribing
65%
generic claims · 35% brand-name · higher generic rates reduce patient out-of-pocket costs
Industry payments
$492.39
7 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File, 2024
What the federal data shows
Tariq Salam, MD filed 1,169 Medicare Part D claims in 2024 as a Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician in Tacoma, Washington, prescribing 65% generic.
- 1K
- Part D claims, 2024
- 65%
- generic prescribing
- Likely
- board-certified (heuristic)
- ≥77th
- pct by Part D claim volume (lower-bound band)
Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.
Federal trust snapshot
What official records show about Tariq Salam, MD
Federal records show an active NPI with Medicare Part D prescribing activity — verifiable registry data, not a proprietary rating.
- Verified
NPI registry status
Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1043294291), first enumerated 12/01/2005.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 1,169 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.
Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF
- Reported
Board certification signal
Heuristic suggests board-certified status based on ABMS-eligible specialty taxonomy plus active CMS participation signals — not a direct ABMS verification.
- Reported
Hospital affiliations
2 CMS Care Compare hospital affiliations on record — practice footprint from the Doctors and Clinicians file.
Source: CMS Care Compare
- Reported
Industry payment transparency
$492.39 in reported industry payments (7 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.
Source: CMS Open Payments
- State context
State board disciplinary context
Washington statewide board action statistics are published annually — these figures describe aggregate state activity, not Tariq Salam, MD's individual license status. Verify directly with the state medical board.
Source: WMC annual report 2023
- Not in federal data
Individual sanction lookup
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Source: State medical board / FSMB
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CMS NPPES provider registry desk
NPI 1043294291 · Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician
NPI-10 · ENUM-LEGACY · TAX-NARROW · RX-MID · BOOK-THIN · PHOTO-ENUM
- NPI-10 1043294291
- ENUM-LEGACY 2005
- TAX-NARROW 1,668
- RX-MID 1,169
- BOOK-THIN 37 in Washington
- PHOTO-ENUM Carlos Roman · 2005
Tariq Salam, MD's Medicare Part D volume vs every U.S. prescriber
Total Medicare Part D claims, 2024, across all CMS prescribers nationally
1,169 ≥ 77th percentile 77% of 1,416,883 prescribers are in lower value bands
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more prescribers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
The percentile is a conservative 100-claim band: it counts only prescribers in lower claim-volume bands. Medicare Part D claim volume is activity context, not a quality measure or recommendation. See methodology § corpus placement.
Source CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File · 2024
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Board certification likely (heuristic, not verified)
Tariq Salam, MD practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + 2 hospital affiliations - signals consistent with board-certified status. For verified board certification, see CertificationMatters.org (the official ABMS public lookup).
What does the federal data show about Tariq Salam, MD?
Quality data not reportedPrimary specialty
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician
Medicare Part D claims
1,169 30% vs specialty avg
Specialty distribution in Washington
How Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician compares to other specialties among Washington providers
Board certification
Not published by CMS
CMS does not publish a per-provider board-certification field in NPPES. PlainDoctor does not have a reliable per-specialty certification rate to show for Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician. Verify directly:
How MIPS and board certification work
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.
Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).
Practice Address
Provider Details
| NPI | 1043294291 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician |
| Credentials | MD |
| Gender | Male |
| NPI Issued | 12/01/2005 |
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where Tariq Salam, MD bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" - a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.
Bend Memorial Clinic PC
Bend, OR
Multicare Health System
Auburn, WA
Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).
Industry payments received (2024) - CMS Open Payments transparency data
The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for Tariq Salam, MD. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$492
Largest payer
Abbott Laboratories
Most common payment type
Food and Beverage
Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias, they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.
License & disciplinary context - Washington WMC 2023 annual report
Aggregate state board data only, NOT a determination of any individual provider's status. The figures below describe statewide disciplinary activity across all ~34K Washington medical licensees in 2023 - they are NOT specific to Tariq Salam, MD. To verify Tariq Salam, MD's current license status, search the WMC public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.
88
Total board actions, Washington 2023
Across 85 cases
2.59
Actions per 1,000 licensees
Washington statewide rate
probation
Most common action type
31 cases
WMC publishes annual disciplinary statistics as part of public-record reporting under each state's Administrative Procedure Act. See the full breakdown by action type and year on the Washington disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.
Brand vs generic prescribing mix · Above average
Tariq Salam, MD - brand share 35.0%
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician average
35% brand-name claims vs 65% generic, on 1,169 2024 Medicare Part D claims.
The federal Medicare Part D Generic Dispensing Rate national benchmark sits near 90% generic / 10% brand for primary-care prescribers, per CMS Office of the Actuary 2024 estimates. Higher brand share is common in specialty prescribing where generic equivalents are not available.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.
1,169
Total Claims
$459K
Total Drug Cost
293
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 2,409.967
- Total Day Supply
- 70,974
- Brand vs Generic
- 35% brand / 65% generic
- Brand Drug Cost
- $433K
- Generic Drug Cost
- $26K
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 74.7 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 1.64
- Gender Split
- 41% female / 59% male
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What Tariq Salam, MD prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024
- Eliquis
Eliquis
285 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate
Metoprolol Succinate
217 claims
- Xarelto 104
Xarelto
104 claims
- Flecainide Acetate 92
Flecainide Acetate
92 claims
- Amiodarone Hcl 56
Amiodarone Hcl
56 claims
- Colchicine 51
Colchicine
51 claims
- Clopidogrel 45
Clopidogrel
45 claims
- Omeprazole 31
Omeprazole
31 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Eliquis Apixaban | 285 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 217 |
| Xarelto Rivaroxaban | 104 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 92 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 56 |
| Colchicine | 51 |
| Clopidogrel Clopidogrel Bisulfate | 45 |
| Omeprazole | 31 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Xr) Diltiazem Hcl | 28 |
| Sotalol Sotalol Hcl | 28 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
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Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician Overview
How Tariq Salam, MD fits within the Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician landscape nationally.
1,668
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician Providers in US
52
States with Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician
1,662
Avg Claims per Provider
Tariq Salam, MD's 1,169 claims are below the specialty average of 1,662.
Nationwide Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Salam, both outside Washington so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Same NPPES enumeration year (2005)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician Providers in Washington
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Washington, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Salam.
One of 37 Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician providers enrolled in Washington, 5 are shown here.
Dr. Nazem Akoum
M.D.
Seattle, WA
Dr. Carlos Alves
M.D.
Seattle, WA
Dr. Charles Anderson
MD
Spokane, WA
Dr. Eteri Byazrova
MD
Spokane, WA
Dr. Neal Chatterjee
M.D.
Seattle, WA
Compare Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Tariq Salam, MD's specialty? ▼
Tariq Salam, MD specializes in Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician and practices in Tacoma, Washington. Credentials: MD.
How much does Tariq Salam, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Tariq Salam, MD wrote 1,169 Medicare Part D claims totaling $459K in drug costs for 293 beneficiaries.
Where is Tariq Salam, MD located? ▼
Tariq Salam, MD is located at 1901 S CEDAR ST, Tacoma, WA, 98405. Phone: (253) 572-7320.
What is Tariq Salam, MD's NPI number? ▼
Tariq Salam, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1043294291, issued on 12/01/2005.
Does Tariq Salam, MD prescribe more brand-name or generic drugs? ▼
Tariq Salam, MD's prescribing is 35% brand-name and 65% generic drugs by claim count, with $433K in brand drug costs.
How many Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 1,668 Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician providers across 52 states in the US. The average Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician provider writes 1,662 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Tariq Salam, MD prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, Tariq Salam, MD's most frequently prescribed drugs include Eliquis, Metoprolol Succinate, Xarelto. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Tariq Salam, MD accept Medicare? ▼
Tariq Salam, MD appears in CMS Medicare data with 1,169 Part D claims and 293 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Tariq Salam, MD's credentials? ▼
Tariq Salam, MD's NPI is 1043294291 with credentials MD. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.
Data Sources
View source datasets and methodology notes
- Provider Directory
- CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
- Specialty Classification
- NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
- Prescribing Data
- CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2024). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
- Limitations
- Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.
See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.
Data as of August 2026 (NPPES) / 2024 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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