Dr. Meer Akbar Ali, MD

Dr. Ali practices at UAMS Medical Center in Little Rock, Arkansas, part of University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

Dr. Ali's NPI, 1770775157, was assigned on August 9, 2007. Dr. Ali holds Arkansas license E10433.

Dr. Ali's primary practice is UAMS Medical Center, at 4301 West Markham Street Mail Slot 612, Little Rock, AR 72205 in Pulaski County. The practice phone is (501) 686-5000.

Dr. Ali's primary practice is UAMS Medical Center in Little Rock, Arkansas, part of University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Dr. Ali is also affiliated with CHI St. Vincent Infirmary. The medical group on file is UAMS - University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ali to 1 more hospital, 2 medical groups and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Ali practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Gastroenterology is Dr. Ali's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RG0100X. Dr. Ali is licensed in Arkansas.

CMS data shows 413 Medicare services from Dr. Ali across 11 procedure codes in 2024, for 267 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $36,176 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 267 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ali in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 128 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 72% have high cholesterol. 16% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.95, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Ali's median patient age at 61, with 65% women.

In 2024, Dr. Ali wrote 572 Medicare Part D claims for 221 patients. 85% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 472 of them, across 8 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $29,136 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,595 claims across 22 drugs.

Dr. Ali accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 157 procedures of upper gastrointestinal (gi) endoscopy for acid reflux by Dr. Ali, more than 86% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 5 papers to Dr. Ali, published from 2015 to 2024. 2024 was the busiest year, with 3. Dr. Ali has published most often in J Clin Med. Dr. Ali's most frequent co-authors are Sumant Inamdar, MBBS, MD, MPH, Saqr Alsakarneh, MD and Saurabh Chandan, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 22 general payments to Dr. Ali from 10 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Travel and lodging make up the largest share, 56% of the total. Enterra Medical, Inc. paid the most, $1,375.