Dr. Ahmad Alsarah, MD

Dr. Alsarah practices at HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, part of HCA Healthcare.

Dr. Alsarah's NPI, 1134644941, was assigned on August 14, 2017. Dr. Alsarah graduated from Damascus University Faculty of Medicine in 2004. Dr. Alsarah holds Florida license ME158651.

Dr. Alsarah's primary practice is HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital, at 1000 Mar-Walt Dr, Fort Walton Beach, FL 32547 in Okaloosa County. The practice phone is (850) 862-1111.

Dr. Alsarah's primary practice is HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, part of HCA Healthcare. Dr. Alsarah is also affiliated with BayCare St. Joseph's Hospital. The medical group on file is Hospital Medicine Services of Florida. Dmand AI also links Dr. Alsarah to 5 more hospitals, 6 medical groups and 1 physician office, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Alsarah practices, 8 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Hospitalist is Dr. Alsarah's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208M00000X. Dr. Alsarah is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Alsarah's licenses on file in 2 states: Florida and Michigan.

Dmand AI lists cardiac arrhythmia, circulation problems and heart attack among the conditions Dr. Alsarah treats.

CMS data shows 739 Medicare services from Dr. Alsarah across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 266 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $65,359 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 266 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Alsarah in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 110 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 25% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.26, 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. Alsarah's median patient age at 68, with 49% women.

In 2024, Dr. Alsarah wrote 154 Medicare Part D claims for 89 patients. 84% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 17 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $148 in total drug cost. In 2022, CMS named 11 claims across 1 drug.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 82 out of 100 for Dr. Alsarah for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Alsarah accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 6 papers to Dr. Alsarah, published from 2013 to 2014. 2014 was the busiest year, with 2. Dr. Alsarah's most frequent co-authors are Heather S. Laird-Fick, MD, George Samih Abela, MD and Gaurav Dhar, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 3 general payments to Dr. Alsarah from 3 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2018. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. paid the most, $19.

Dr. Alsarah graduated from Damascus University Faculty of Medicine in 2004.

Dr. Alsarah is in network with 7 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 5. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.