Dr. Ahmed Omer Farooq, MD

Dr. Farooq practices at HCA Florida Sarasota Doctors Hospital in Sarasota, Florida, part of HCA Healthcare.

Dr. Farooq's NPI, 1811021769, was assigned on March 15, 2007. Dr. Farooq holds Florida license ME 91511.

Dr. Farooq's primary practice is HCA Florida Sarasota Doctors Hospital, at 5731 Bee Ridge Rd, Sarasota, FL 34233 in Sarasota County. The practice phone is (941) 342-1100.

Dr. Farooq's primary practice is HCA Florida Sarasota Doctors Hospital in Sarasota, Florida, part of HCA Healthcare. Dr. Farooq is also affiliated with Sarasota Memorial Hospital - Sarasota Campus. The medical group on file is Metrolina Infectious Diseases. Dmand AI also links Dr. Farooq to 3 more hospitals, 5 home health agencies 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. Farooq practices, 11 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Infectious disease is Dr. Farooq's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RI0200X. Dr. Farooq is board certified in hospice and palliative medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Farooq's licenses on file in 5 states: Florida, Arizona, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and North Carolina.

Dmand AI lists acute skin infection, facial skin infection, hiv/aids, immune deficiency disease, joint or bone infection, pneumonia, shingles and UTI among the conditions Dr. Farooq treats.

CMS data shows 6,649 Medicare services from Dr. Farooq across 9 procedure codes in 2024, for 1,514 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $602,677 for them.

CMS counts 1,514 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Farooq in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 636 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 11% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.72, 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. Farooq's median patient age at 75, with 49% women.

In 2024, Dr. Farooq wrote 2,506 Medicare Part D claims for 571 patients. 93% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,229 of them, across 40 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $716,730 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 2,277 claims across 44 drugs.

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

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Farooq in 2023. Dr. Farooq's most frequent co-authors are John Edward Eaton, MD, Manuel E. Gordillo, MD and Alison Delano Ridpath, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 52 general payments to Dr. Farooq from 12 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2023. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 83% of the total. Insmed, Inc. paid the most, $210.

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Farooq, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2013.

Dr. Farooq is a member of ACP, FMA, IDSA and THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE & HYGIENE.

Dr. Farooq is in network with 10 carriers, including Aetna, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield and Elevance. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 8. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.