NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Zafar U. Khalid, MD

Internal Medicine Physician · Merrillville, IN

Zafar U. Khalid, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Merrillville, Indiana, and NPI 1689657975, issued on Nov 21, 2005. Check the license (Indiana 01034369, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Licensing Board of Indiana; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1689657975
Name
Zafar U. Khalid
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License number
01034369 IN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
8550 Broadway, Merrillville, IN 46410
Phone
(219) 769-3550
Enumerated
Nov 21, 2005
Record last updated
Sep 30, 2008 (not updated in 18 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(219) 769-8604
Medicaid ID
100191320A IN
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20040717000285); accepts Medicare assignment
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 8550 Broadway

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Boyann Bonjean, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1376184010
  2. Ernest Mirich, MDCardiovascular Disease Physician1831185800

Verify Zafar U. Khalid in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Licensing Board of Indiana
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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73% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024

5,490 Medicare Part D claims for 303 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 9% of claims. 64 claims were for opioids.

  1. Zafar Khalid5,490
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium293 claims
  2. Levothyroxine Sodium221 claims
  3. Amlodipine Besylate194 claims
  4. Pantoprazole Sodium184 claims
  5. Losartan Potassium171 claims
  6. Rosuvastatin Calcium146 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.

Industry payments in 2024: $96.28

5 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.

  1. Zafar Khalid$96.28
  2. Specialty average$1,303.06

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

  1. Elite Internal Medicine PCMerrillville, IN

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Zafar U. Khalid among 2,109 internal medicine physician records in Indiana

Zafar U. Khalid, MD is one of 2,109 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Indiana. 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.

  • NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 87% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 85% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 69% of these records are
  • Graduated1980 · median 2005 among the 1,448 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2008 · 43% 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 Indiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

15 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Merrillville

They are 15 of the 1,972 NPPES records with a practice address in Merrillville, and 2,109 internal medicine physician records in Indiana.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Vallee Adams-Miller, M.D.Merrillville, IN 464101902898505
  2. Gaurav Alreja, M.D.Merrillville, IN 464101639346380
  3. Mohammed Asgar, MDMerrillville, IN 464101023004587
  4. Osama Ayad, MD, FACPMerrillville, IN 464101427162288
  5. Jenee Bhuju, M.D.Merrillville, IN 464101578918108
  6. Radosveta Ivanova Nesch, M.D.Merrillville, IN 464101548350853
  7. Tarangini Padhya, MDMerrillville, IN 464101588673479
  8. Chirag Patel, M.D.Merrillville, IN 464101205981750

Common questions

What is Zafar U. Khalid, MD's NPI number?

Zafar U. Khalid, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1689657975, issued on Nov 21, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Zafar U. Khalid, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 8550 Broadway, Merrillville, IN, 46410. Phone: (219) 769-3550. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Zafar U. Khalid, MD's license?

NPPES lists Indiana license number 01034369, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Licensing Board of Indiana at https://www.in.gov/pla/professions/physicians-home/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Zafar U. Khalid, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Zafar U. Khalid, MD had 5,490 Medicare Part D claims for 303 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

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.