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Waqas Azhar
NPI1598172140PAC ID4385912344
- Medicare services, 2024
- 8,773
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 252
- Part D claims, 2024
- 396
- Publications
- 10
- MIPS score, 2024
- 100
- Practice address
- 315 W Carpenter St Fl 1 Fl 1, Springfield, IL 62702
- Practice phone
- Call (217) 545-8000
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Siu Healthcare
Multi-specialty group site · Springfield, Illinois
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Waqas Azhar is a hematologist and oncologist in Springfield, Illinois
Waqas Azhar practices at Siu Healthcare in Springfield, Illinois.
Waqas Azhar's NPI, 1598172140, was assigned on July 15, 2014. Waqas Azhar graduated from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in 2017. Waqas Azhar holds Illinois license 036143116.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1598172140NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 4385912344
- NPI enumeration date
- July 15, 2014
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (217) 545-8000
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 35
- Medical school graduation
- 2017
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Waqas Azhar practices at Siu Healthcare in Springfield, Illinois
Waqas Azhar's primary practice is Siu Healthcare, at 315 W Carpenter St Fl 1 Fl 1, Springfield, IL 62702. The practice phone is (217) 545-8000.
- Siu Healthcare315 W Carpenter St Fl 1 Fl 1, Springfield, IL 62702Phone(217) 545-8000
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Waqas Azhar is affiliated with 7 sites of care and 2 medical groups
Waqas Azhar's primary practice is Siu Healthcare in Springfield, Illinois. Waqas Azhar is also affiliated with Springfield Memorial Hospital. The medical group on file is SIU Medicine. Dmand AI also links Waqas Azhar to 4 more hospitals, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.
Siu HealthcarePrimary
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Waqas Azhar's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Waqas Azhar practices, 7 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Siu Healthcare | Available with a free account |
| +6 more sites and 1 medical group | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Waqas Azhar is one of 563 hematologists and oncologists in Illinois
Hematology and oncology is Waqas Azhar's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RH0003X. Waqas Azhar is licensed in Illinois.
Specialties and state licenses
- Hematology and oncology, IllinoisPrimary
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Waqas Azhar billed Medicare for 8,773 services in 2024
CMS data shows 8,773 Medicare services from Waqas Azhar across 17 procedure codes in 2024, for 252 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $46,239 for them.
Medicare services, 20248,773
Medicare patients252
Paid by Medicare$46,239
Procedure codes17
Waqas Azhar's Medicare services by type, 2021 to 2024
- 2021
- 2024
- Other services
- 2021: 02024: 7,140
- Drugs given in the office
- 2021: 02024: 1,013
- Office and hospital visits
- 2021: 5322024: 33637%
- Tests and treatments
- 2021: 02024: 284
Where Waqas Azhar's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office8,67999%
- In a facility941%
Waqas Azhar compared with the Illinois median for hematologists and oncologists, 2024
- Waqas Azhar
- Illinois median
- Medicare services
- 8,773vs 1,0568.3 times
- Medicare patients
- 252vs 28211% below
- Part D claims
- 171vs 32848% below
Medians across 547 hematologists and oncologists in Illinois with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Waqas Azhar'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
Waqas Azhar treated 252 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 72
CMS counts 252 Medicare patients who saw Waqas Azhar in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 115 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 68% have high cholesterol. 25% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.03, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Waqas Azhar's median patient age at 69, with 58% women.
Medicare patients, 2024252
Average age72
Average risk score2.03
Also on Medicaid25%
Waqas Azhar's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Waqas Azhar's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women12851%
- Men12449%
Chronic conditions among Waqas Azhar's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol68%
- Cancer48%
- Ischemic heart disease45%
- Arthritis44%
- COPD37%
- Chronic kidney disease36%
- Diabetes34%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Waqas Azhar's patients across all payers
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Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 69
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women58%
- Men41%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Waqas Azhar wrote 396 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Waqas Azhar wrote 396 Medicare Part D claims for 104 patients. 76% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 171 of them, across 10 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $352,247 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 42 claims across 3 drugs.
Part D claims, 2024396
Drugs named by CMS10
Total drug cost$352,247
Part D patients104
Waqas Azhar's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic302 claims76%
- Brand-name94 claims24%
Waqas Azhar'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 Waqas Azhar's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids11%42 of 396 claims
- Antibiotics5%21 of 396 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: 422024: 171307%
Drugs named by CMS: 10 in 2024, 3 in 2023.
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
Waqas Azhar scored 100 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 100 out of 100 for Waqas Azhar for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Waqas Azhar accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Waqas Azhar as offering telehealth.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
Waqas Azhar's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 100of 100Final score
- 96.6of 100Quality
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
- 82of 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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Waqas Azhar has 10 publications on record
Dmand AI links 10 papers to Waqas Azhar, published from 2020 to 2025. 2024 was the busiest year, with 6. Waqas Azhar has published most often in Cureus. Waqas Azhar's most frequent co-authors are Fawwad I. Zaidi, MD, Abdul Hannan, MD and Krishna A. Rao, MD.
Papers10
Years published2020 to 2025
Waqas Azhar's papers by year, 2020 to 2025
Waqas Azhar's most frequent co-authors
Recent publications by Waqas Azhar
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Waqas Azhar received $1,250 in industry payments from 2023 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 34 general payments to Waqas Azhar from 15 drug and device companies from 2023 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 72% of the total. Astellas Pharma US Inc paid the most, $256.
General payments to Waqas Azhar by program year, 2023 to 2025
General payments to Waqas Azhar by kind, 2023 to 2025
$1.3Kin total
- Food and beverage$90172%
- Education$34928%
Companies that paid Waqas Azhar the most, 2023 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Waqas Azhar graduated from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Waqas Azhar graduated from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in 2017.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Waqas Azhar's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare 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 percentiles | Doctors 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-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Waqas Azhar's NPI number?
Waqas Azhar's NPI number is 1598172140. It was assigned on July 15, 2014, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What does Waqas Azhar specialize in?
Waqas Azhar is a hematologist and oncologist in Springfield, Illinois. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Hematology & Oncology Physician (taxonomy code 207RH0003X).
Where does Waqas Azhar practice?
Waqas Azhar practices at 315 W Carpenter St Fl 1 Fl 1, Springfield, IL 62702. Waqas Azhar's primary practice is Siu Healthcare in Springfield, Illinois. Dmand AI also links Waqas Azhar to 4 hospitals, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group.
What is Waqas Azhar's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Waqas Azhar is (217) 545-8000.
What is Waqas Azhar's medical license number?
Waqas Azhar holds Illinois license 036143116.
Which hospitals is Waqas Azhar affiliated with?
Waqas Azhar is affiliated with Springfield Memorial Hospital. Dmand AI links Waqas Azhar to 4 more hospitals.
What medical group is Waqas Azhar part of?
Waqas Azhar is linked to SIU Medicine. Dmand AI links Waqas Azhar to 1 more medical group.
Does Waqas Azhar accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Waqas Azhar billed Medicare for 8,773 services in 2024, and Waqas Azhar accepts Medicare assignment.
Does Waqas Azhar offer telehealth?
Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Waqas Azhar as offering telehealth services.
What is Waqas Azhar's MIPS score?
Waqas Azhar's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 100 out of 100, reported as part of a group.
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How many Medicare patients does Waqas Azhar see?
CMS counts 252 Medicare patients who saw Waqas Azhar in 2024, with an average age of 72.
What services does Waqas Azhar bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Waqas Azhar's most billed Medicare services were medicare temporary code (Q0138), injected or infused drug (J2405) and injected or infused drug (J1100).
Where did Waqas Azhar go to medical school?
Waqas Azhar graduated from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in 2017.
What drugs does Waqas Azhar prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Waqas Azhar's most prescribed drugs by claims were Dexamethasone, Xtandi and Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen.
Has Waqas Azhar received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $1,250 in general payments to Waqas Azhar from 15 companies from 2023 to 2025. The largest total came from Astellas Pharma US Inc.
How long has Waqas Azhar been practicing?
Waqas Azhar graduated from medical school in 2017, 9 years ago.
Does Waqas Azhar do research?
Dmand AI links 10 publications to Waqas Azhar, published from 2020 to 2025.
Who does Waqas Azhar publish with?
Waqas Azhar's most frequent co-authors are Fawwad I. Zaidi, MD (3 shared papers), Abdul Hannan, MD (2 shared papers) and Krishna A. Rao, MD (1 shared paper).
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