Zulfiqar Ahmed, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Glendale, CA
Zulfiqar Ahmed, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Glendale, California, and NPI 1750348090, issued on Apr 28, 2006. Check the license (California A53666, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Zulfiqar Ahmed
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- A53666 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1030 S Glendale Ave, Glendale, CA 91205
- Phone
- (818) 244-7771
- Enumerated
- Apr 28, 2006
- Record last updated
- Sep 2, 2010 (not updated in 16 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (818) 244-7778
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070622000537); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Zulfiqar Ahmed in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A53666Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.7 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
11,668 Medicare Part D claims for 974 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Montelukast Sodium2,126 claims
- Trelegy Ellipta1,081 claims
- Azelastine Hcl1,050 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa1,045 claims
- Theophylline Er752 claims
- Breztri Aerosphere594 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 63.2 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $1,211.61
28 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.
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
- Vista Critical Care Associates IncGlendale, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Zulfiqar Ahmed among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California
Zulfiqar Ahmed, MD is one of 17,696 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 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 2006, is newer than 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 56% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1988 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
- Record last updated2010 · 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 California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
92 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Glendale
They are 92 of the 4,742 NPPES records with a practice address in Glendale, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Zulfiqar Ahmed, MD's NPI number?
Zulfiqar Ahmed, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1750348090, issued on Apr 28, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Zulfiqar Ahmed, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1030 S Glendale Ave, Glendale, CA, 91205. Phone: (818) 244-7771. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Zulfiqar Ahmed, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A53666, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Zulfiqar Ahmed, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Zulfiqar Ahmed, MD had 11,668 Medicare Part D claims for 974 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Zulfiqar Ahmed, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 63.2 of 100. 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.