Dr. Waqas Ahmad, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 1,571
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 468
- Part D claims, 2024
- 15,682
- Hospital affiliations
- 4
- Industry payments
- $1,573
- Practice address
- 2400 North Rockton Avenue, Rockford, IL 61103
- Practice phone
- Call (815) 968-6861
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
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Dr. Waqas Ahmad is an internist in Rockford, Illinois
Dr. Ahmad practices at Javon Bea Hospital-Riverside in Rockford, Illinois, part of Mercyhealth.
Dr. Ahmad's NPI, 1316300247, was assigned on March 29, 2016. Dr. Ahmad holds Illinois license 036152963.
- NPI
- 1316300247NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 8426341322
- NPI enumeration date
- March 29, 2016
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (815) 968-6861
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 37
- Medical school graduation
- 2015
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Waqas Ahmad practices at Javon Bea Hospital-Riverside in Rockford, Illinois
Dr. Ahmad's primary practice is Javon Bea Hospital-Riverside, at 2400 North Rockton Avenue, Rockford, IL 61103 in Winnebago County. The practice phone is (815) 968-6861.
- Javon Bea Hospital-Riverside2400 North Rockton Avenue, Rockford, IL 61103 · Winnebago CountyPhone(815) 968-6861
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Waqas Ahmad is affiliated with 15 sites of care and 10 medical groups
Dr. Ahmad's primary practice is Javon Bea Hospital-Riverside in Rockford, Illinois, part of Mercyhealth. Dr. Ahmad is also affiliated with UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital. The medical group on file is Mercyhealth Physicians. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ahmad to 2 more hospitals, 9 medical groups, 6 group practices and clinics, 3 home health agencies, 1 hospice and 1 skilled nursing facility, each named with a free account.
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Waqas Ahmad's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Ahmad practices, 15 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Javon Bea Hospital-Riverside | Available with a free account |
| +14 more sites and 9 medical groups | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Waqas Ahmad is one of 5,652 internists in Illinois
Internal medicine is Dr. Ahmad's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dr. Ahmad is licensed in Illinois.
Specialties and state licenses
- Internal medicine, IllinoisPrimary
Internists near Dr. Ahmad
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Waqas Ahmad billed Medicare for 1,571 services in 2024
CMS data shows 1,571 Medicare services from Dr. Ahmad across 11 procedure codes in 2024, for 468 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $115,761 for them. Every service was in an office.
Dr. Ahmad's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 7712024: 97326%
- Other services
- 2023: 2992024: 53178%
- Surgery
- 2023: 02024: 67
Dr. Ahmad compared with the Illinois median for internists, 2024
- Dr. Ahmad
- Illinois median
- Medicare services
- 1,571vs 5662.8 times
- Medicare patients
- 468vs 2082.3 times
- Part D claims
- 14,753vs 28451.9 times
Medians across 5,192 internists in Illinois with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Ahmad'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. Waqas Ahmad treated 468 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75
CMS counts 468 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ahmad in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 184 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 13% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.35, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Ahmad's median patient age at 74, with 53% women.
Dr. Ahmad's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Ahmad's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women23751%
- Men23149%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Ahmad's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Arthritis44%
- Diabetes39%
- Chronic kidney disease29%
- Anxiety27%
- Ischemic heart disease25%
- Mood disorders24%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Ahmad's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 74
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women53%
- Men46%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Waqas Ahmad wrote 15,682 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Ahmad wrote 15,682 Medicare Part D claims for 940 patients. 84% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 14,753 of them, across 182 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,605,003 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 14,545 claims across 186 drugs.
Dr. Ahmad's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic13,157 claims84%
- Brand-name2,305 claims15%
- Other220 claims1%
Dr. Ahmad'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. Ahmad's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids2%309 of 15,682 claims
- Antibiotics2%290 of 15,682 claims
- Antipsychotics, patients 65 and over0%28 of 15,682 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: 14,5452024: 14,7531%
Drugs named by CMS: 182 in 2024, 186 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
Dr. Waqas Ahmad ranks in the 98th percentile for removal of tissue in Medicare
Dr. Ahmad accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Ahmad as offering telehealth. CMS counts 781 procedures of removal of tissue by Dr. Ahmad, more than 98% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
Where Dr. Ahmad ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Removal of tissue
- 98th percentile781 procedures
- Removal of skin lesions
- 69th percentile35 procedures
CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.
Removal or shaving of skin growth: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)
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Dr. Waqas Ahmad received $1,573 in industry payments from 2018 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 20 general payments to Dr. Ahmad from 11 drug and device companies from 2018 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Eli Lilly and Company paid the most, $386.
General payments to Dr. Ahmad by program year, 2018 to 2025
Companies that paid Dr. Ahmad the most, 2018 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Sources for Dr. Waqas Ahmad'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 DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy 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)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Waqas Ahmad's NPI number?
Dr. Waqas Ahmad's NPI number is 1316300247. It was assigned on March 29, 2016, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Waqas Ahmad?
Dr. Waqas Ahmad is an internist in Rockford, Illinois. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Internal Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207R00000X).
Where does Dr. Waqas Ahmad practice?
Dr. Ahmad practices at 2400 North Rockton Avenue, Rockford, IL 61103. Dr. Ahmad's primary practice is Javon Bea Hospital-Riverside in Rockford, Illinois, part of Mercyhealth. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ahmad to 2 hospitals, 9 medical groups, 6 group practices and clinics, 3 home health agencies, 1 hospice and 1 skilled nursing facility.
What is Dr. Waqas Ahmad's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Ahmad is (815) 968-6861.
What is Dr. Waqas Ahmad's medical license number?
Dr. Ahmad holds Illinois license 036152963.
Which hospitals is Dr. Waqas Ahmad affiliated with?
Dr. Ahmad practices at Javon Bea Hospital-Riverside in Rockford, Illinois. Dr. Ahmad is also affiliated with UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Ahmad to 2 more hospitals.
What medical group is Dr. Waqas Ahmad part of?
Dr. Ahmad is linked to Mercyhealth Physicians. Dmand AI links Dr. Ahmad to 9 more medical groups.
Does Dr. Waqas Ahmad accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Ahmad billed Medicare for 1,571 services in 2024, and Dr. Ahmad accepts Medicare assignment.
Does Dr. Waqas Ahmad offer telehealth?
Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Ahmad as offering telehealth services.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Waqas Ahmad see?
CMS counts 468 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ahmad in 2024, with an average age of 75.
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What services does Dr. Waqas Ahmad bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Ahmad's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), medicare service (G2211) and medicare service (G0439).
What drugs does Dr. Waqas Ahmad prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Ahmad's most prescribed drugs by claims were Atorvastatin Calcium, Rosuvastatin Calcium and Amlodipine Besylate.
Has Dr. Waqas Ahmad received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $1,573 in general payments to Dr. Ahmad from 11 companies from 2018 to 2025. The largest total came from Eli Lilly and Company.
How long has Dr. Waqas Ahmad been practicing?
Dr. Ahmad graduated from medical school in 2015, 11 years ago.
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