Thamer Robert Qaqish, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician · Buffalo, NY
Thamer Robert Qaqish, MD is a thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in Buffalo, New York, and NPI 1073953006, issued on Jul 5, 2013. Check the license (New York 309863, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Thamer Robert Qaqish
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician 208G00000X
- License numbers
- 309863 NY
P28805 MD
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 462 Grider St, Buffalo, NY 14215
- Phone
- (716) 898-3948
- Enumerated
- Jul 5, 2013
- Record last updated
- Jan 12, 2022
- Fax
- (716) 961-6969
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20210624002020); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 462 Grider St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Thamer Robert Qaqish 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 309863Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 90 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: $4,028.87
16 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Intuitive Surgical, Inc. The 4,047 providers of this specialty with any payment received $7,828.84 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 2 group practices
- Erie County Medical Center CorporationBuffalo, NY
- University AT Buffalo Surgeons IncBuffalo, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Thamer Robert Qaqish among 446 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in New York
Thamer Robert Qaqish, MD is one of 446 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with a practice address in New York. 75% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2013, is newer than 75% of them.
- NPI issued2013 · 75% of these records are older, 22% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated2013 · median 1999 among the 294 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 63% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208G00000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician providers in New York
There are 446 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in New York.
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The 8 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Jiantao Xiao, M.D.Buffalo, NY 142201902198856
- Russell Carlson, M.D.Buffalo, NY 142091821103029
- Paulo Soltoski, MDWilliamsville, NY 142211306417936
Common questions
What is Thamer Robert Qaqish, MD's NPI number?
Thamer Robert Qaqish, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1073953006, issued on Jul 5, 2013. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Thamer Robert Qaqish, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 462 Grider St, Buffalo, NY, 14215. Phone: (716) 898-3948. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Thamer Robert Qaqish, MD's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 309863, 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.
What is Thamer Robert Qaqish, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 90 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.