Dr. Shaukat Ali, MD

Dr. Ali practices at Kidney Specialists of Paducah in Paducah, Kentucky.

Dr. Ali's NPI, 1700956844, was assigned on November 8, 2006. Dr. Ali graduated from Quaid-e-Azam Medical College in 1985. Dr. Ali holds Kentucky license 35371.

Dr. Ali's primary practice is Kidney Specialists of Paducah, at 1532 Lone Oak Rd, Paducah, KY 42003 in Mccracken County. The practice phone is (270) 538-5880.

Dr. Ali's primary practice is Kidney Specialists of Paducah in Paducah, Kentucky. Dr. Ali is also affiliated with Baptist Health Paducah. The medical group on file is Western Kentucky Kidney Specialists. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ali to 4 more hospitals, 5 dialysis centers 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. Ali practices, 11 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Nephrology is Dr. Ali's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RN0300X. Dr. Ali is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Ali's licenses on file in 3 states: Kentucky, Illinois and Tennessee.

Dmand AI lists acute kidney failure, aneurysm, chronic diabetes, chronic hypertension, chronic kidney disease, fluid and electrolyte imbalances, low blood pressure and tobacco use among the conditions Dr. Ali treats.

CMS data shows 5,025 Medicare services from Dr. Ali across 14 procedure codes in 2024, for 817 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $268,957 for them.

CMS counts 817 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ali in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 342 patients. 75% of them have chronic kidney disease, and 75% have high blood pressure. 19% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 3.43, 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. Ali's median patient age at 73, with 49% women.

In 2024, Dr. Ali wrote 3,619 Medicare Part D claims for 502 patients. 68% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 3,350 of them, across 48 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,054,036 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 2,706 claims across 46 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 95 out of 100 for Dr. Ali for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Ali accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Ali, published from 2007 to 2016. Dr. Ali's most frequent co-authors are Paul Wesley Crawford, MD, Rana A. Javed, MD and Mutahir Ubaid Khan, MD.

Dmand AI links Dr. Ali to 1 clinical trial. Conditions studied include COVID-19 and Pneumonia, Viral.

CMS Open Payments shows 695 general payments to Dr. Ali from 48 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 90% of the total. Relypsa, Inc. paid the most, $1,680. It also lists 3 research payments totaling $3,681 in 2016.

Dmand AI lists 3 awards for Dr. Ali, most recently ACP Fellow in 2013.

Dr. Ali graduated from Quaid-e-Azam Medical College in 1985. Dr. Ali is a member of ACP and ASN.

Dr. Ali is in network with 21 carriers, including Elevance, Aetna and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 14. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.