Umer Farooq Ahmad, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Shreveport, LA
Umer Farooq Ahmad, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Shreveport, Louisiana, and NPI 1265698591, issued on Aug 6, 2008. Check the license (Louisiana 202279, as entered in NPPES) on the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Umer Farooq Ahmad
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 202279 LA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 8001 Youree Dr, Shreveport, LA 71115
- Phone
- (318) 212-3821
- Enumerated
- Aug 6, 2008
- Record last updated
- Feb 26, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (318) 212-3825
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20200806002907); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Umer Farooq Ahmad in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersLouisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 202279Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
72% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
887 Medicare Part D claims for 245 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 36 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Furosemide54 claims
- Amiodarone Hcl43 claims
- Metoprolol Tartrate37 claims
- Eliquis36 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate34 claims
- Spironolactone30 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 75.3 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: $99.88
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. 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
- Texas Health Physicians GroupFort Worth, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Umer Farooq Ahmad among 1,749 internal medicine physician records in Louisiana
Umer Farooq Ahmad, MD is one of 1,749 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Louisiana. 85% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2008, is newer than 50% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 50% of these records are older, 47% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 85% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 70% of these records are
- Graduated2004 · median 2008 among the 1,216 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 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 Louisiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
218 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Shreveport
They are 218 of the 8,660 NPPES records with a practice address in Shreveport, and 1,749 internal medicine physician records in Louisiana.
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Common questions
What is Umer Farooq Ahmad, MD's NPI number?
Umer Farooq Ahmad, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1265698591, issued on Aug 6, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Umer Farooq Ahmad, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 8001 Youree Dr, Shreveport, LA, 71115. Phone: (318) 212-3821. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Umer Farooq Ahmad, MD's license?
NPPES lists Louisiana license number 202279, as entered by the provider. Search the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.lsbme.la.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Umer Farooq Ahmad, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Umer Farooq Ahmad, MD had 887 Medicare Part D claims for 245 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Umer Farooq Ahmad, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 75.3 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.