Dr. Muhammad T. Bashir, MD

  • Chico, CA
  • Nephrologist
NPI1720081342PAC ID5597750133
Medicare services, 2024
2,367
Medicare patients, 2024
270
Part D claims, 2024
3,547
Publications
1
MIPS score, 2024
23
Practice address
2345 Forest Avenue, Chico, CA 95928
Practice phone
Call (310) 792-2600
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Primary practice

DaVita South Chico Dialysis Center

Dialysis Center - Independent · Chico, California

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Dr. Muhammad T. Bashir is a nephrologist in Chico, California

Dr. Bashir practices at DaVita South Chico Dialysis Center in Chico, California.

Dr. Bashir's NPI, 1720081342, was assigned on May 27, 2005. Dr. Bashir graduated from Punjab Medical College in 1984. Dr. Bashir holds California license A50356.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
5597750133
NPI enumeration date
May 27, 2005
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(310) 792-2600
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
68
Medical school graduation
1984

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Muhammad T. Bashir practices at DaVita South Chico Dialysis Center in Chico, California

Dr. Bashir's primary practice is DaVita South Chico Dialysis Center, at 2345 Forest Avenue, Chico, CA 95928 in Butte County. The practice phone is (310) 792-2600.

  • DaVita South Chico Dialysis Center
    2345 Forest Avenue, Chico, CA 95928 · Butte CountyPhone(310) 792-2600

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dr. Muhammad T. Bashir is affiliated with 10 sites of care and 3 medical groups

Dr. Bashir's primary practice is DaVita South Chico Dialysis Center in Chico, California. Dr. Bashir is also affiliated with Adventist Health Clear Lake. The medical group on file is Adventist Health Clear Lake. Dmand AI also links Dr. Bashir to 4 more hospitals, 3 dialysis centers, 2 medical groups and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

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Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Muhammad T. Bashir's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Bashir practices, 10 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
DaVita South Chico Dialysis CenterAvailable with a free account
+9 more sites and 2 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Muhammad T. Bashir is one of 1,401 nephrologists in California

Nephrology is Dr. Bashir's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RN0300X. Dr. Bashir is board certified in nephrology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Bashir is licensed in California.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Nephrology, CaliforniaPrimaryLicense A50356 · 1992 to 2027 · taxonomy 207RN0300X

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists acute kidney failure, chronic anemia, chronic kidney disease, fluid and electrolyte imbalances, hypercalcemia, kidney cysts, kidney disease and parathyroid gland disorder among the conditions Dr. Bashir treats.

Nephrologists near Dr. Bashir

Counts of nephrologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.

1,401nephrologists in California
5nephrologists in Chico

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Muhammad T. Bashir billed Medicare for 2,367 services in 2024

CMS data shows 2,367 Medicare services from Dr. Bashir across 7 procedure codes in 2024, for 270 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $236,236 for them.

Medicare services, 20242,367
Medicare patients270
Paid by Medicare$236,236
Procedure codes7

Dr. Bashir's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1,4292024: 1,4151%
Tests and treatments
2023: 9282024: 9523%

Where Dr. Bashir's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office87837%
  • In a facility1,48963%

Dr. Bashir compared with the California median for nephrologists, 2024

  • Dr. Bashir
  • California median
Medicare services
2,367vs 1,0842.2 times
Medicare patients
270vs 30712% below
Part D claims
3,161vs 9553.3 times

Medians across 1,355 nephrologists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Bashir's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Muhammad T. Bashir treated 270 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 70

CMS counts 270 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bashir in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 85 patients. 75% of them have chronic kidney disease, and 75% have high blood pressure. 56% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 6.07, 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. Bashir's median patient age at 74, with 53% women.

Medicare patients, 2024270
Average age70
Average risk score6.07
Also on Medicaid56%

Dr. Bashir's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Bashir's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women11844%
  • Men15256%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Bashir's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. Chronic kidney disease75%
  2. High blood pressure75%
  3. High cholesterol75%
  4. Diabetes66%
  5. Heart failure66%
  6. Ischemic heart disease51%
  7. Atrial fibrillation44%
  8. Mood disorders39%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Bashir's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 74

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women53%
  • Men47%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Muhammad T. Bashir wrote 3,547 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Bashir wrote 3,547 Medicare Part D claims for 504 patients. 88% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 3,161 of them, across 53 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $163,102 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 3,268 claims across 48 drugs.

Part D claims, 20243,547
Drugs named by CMS53
Total drug cost$163,102
Part D patients504

Dr. Bashir's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic3,107 claims88%
  • Brand-name427 claims12%
  • Other13 claims0%

Dr. Bashir's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Bashir's Part D claims, 2024

  • Antibiotics5%188 of 3,547 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 3,2682024: 3,1613%

Drugs named by CMS: 53 in 2024, 48 in 2023.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Muhammad T. Bashir scored 23 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 23 out of 100 for Dr. Bashir for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Bashir accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Bashir's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 23of 100Final score
  • 0of 100Quality
  • 0of 100Improvement Activities
  • 77of 100Cost

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026

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Dr. Muhammad T. Bashir has 1 publication on record

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Bashir in 2023. Dr. Bashir's most frequent co-authors are Sunil Kumar, MD and Robert Neal Nishimura, MD.

Papers1

Dr. Bashir's most frequent co-authors

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Dr. Muhammad T. Bashir received $38,807 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 213 general payments to Dr. Bashir from 28 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 88% of the total. Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. paid the most, $20,870.

General payments to Dr. Bashir by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Bashir by kind, 2016 to 2025

$38.8Kin total
  • Speaker and faculty fees$34,21688%
  • Food and beverage$3,4099%
  • Travel and lodging$8012%
  • Education$3801%

Companies that paid Dr. Bashir the most, 2016 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Muhammad T. Bashir has 1 award and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Bashir, most recently CMS Stage 1 2012 in 2011.

Awards and honors for Dr. Bashir

  1. 2011
    • CMS Stage 1 2012

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Muhammad T. Bashir graduated from Punjab Medical College

Dr. Bashir graduated from Punjab Medical College in 1984.

  1. Medical schoolPunjab Medical College
  2. Board certified in nephrologyAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Muhammad T. Bashir accepts plans from 12 insurance carriers

Dr. Bashir is in network with 12 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 8. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • United Healthcare
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • Elevance
  • HCSC
  • Regence Health Plans
  • Alliant Health Plans
  • +4 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Dr. Bashir accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO8
  2. Medicare7
  3. HMO5
  4. POS4
  5. EPO2

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Muhammad T. Bashir's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Awards and committee rolesDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Muhammad T. Bashir's NPI number?

Dr. Muhammad T. Bashir's NPI number is 1720081342. It was assigned on May 27, 2005, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Muhammad T. Bashir?

Dr. Muhammad T. Bashir is a nephrologist in Chico, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Nephrology Physician (taxonomy code 207RN0300X).

Where does Dr. Muhammad T. Bashir practice?

Dr. Bashir practices at 2345 Forest Avenue, Chico, CA 95928. Dr. Bashir's primary practice is DaVita South Chico Dialysis Center in Chico, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Bashir to 4 hospitals, 3 dialysis centers, 2 medical groups and 1 group practice or clinic.

What is Dr. Muhammad T. Bashir's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Bashir is (310) 792-2600.

What is Dr. Muhammad T. Bashir's medical license number?

Dr. Bashir holds California license A50356.

Which hospitals is Dr. Muhammad T. Bashir affiliated with?

Dr. Bashir is affiliated with Adventist Health Clear Lake. Dmand AI links Dr. Bashir to 4 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Muhammad T. Bashir part of?

Dr. Bashir is linked to Adventist Health Clear Lake. Dmand AI links Dr. Bashir to 2 more medical groups.

Does Dr. Muhammad T. Bashir accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Bashir billed Medicare for 2,367 services in 2024, and Dr. Bashir accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Muhammad T. Bashir's MIPS score?

Dr. Bashir's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 23 out of 100, reported individually.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Muhammad T. Bashir see?

CMS counts 270 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bashir in 2024, with an average age of 70.

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Is Dr. Muhammad T. Bashir board certified?

Yes. Dr. Bashir is board certified in nephrology by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

What services does Dr. Muhammad T. Bashir bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Bashir's most billed Medicare services were hospital inpatient care (99232), dialysis (90960) and dialysis (90970).

Where did Dr. Muhammad T. Bashir go to medical school?

Dr. Bashir graduated from Punjab Medical College in 1984.

What drugs does Dr. Muhammad T. Bashir prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Bashir's most prescribed drugs by claims were Calcitriol, Famotidine and Allopurinol.

Has Dr. Muhammad T. Bashir received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $38,807 in general payments to Dr. Bashir from 28 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc.

How long has Dr. Muhammad T. Bashir been practicing?

Dr. Bashir graduated from medical school in 1984, 42 years ago.

Does Dr. Muhammad T. Bashir do research?

Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Bashir.

Who does Dr. Muhammad T. Bashir publish with?

Dr. Bashir's most frequent co-authors are Sunil Kumar, MD (1 shared paper) and Robert Neal Nishimura, MD (1 shared paper).

What insurance does Dr. Muhammad T. Bashir accept?

Dr. Bashir is in network with 12 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 8. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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