Dr. Alireza Nami, MD

  • Charlotte, NC
  • Rheumatologist
NPI1851312755PAC ID0941263115
Medicare services, 2024
5,475
Medicare patients, 2024
191
Part D claims, 2024
4,995
Clinical trials
3
MIPS score, 2024
86
Practice address
332 Lillington Ave, Charlotte, NC 28204
Practice phone
Call (704) 377-1216
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Primary practice

Joint and Muscle Medical Care

Charlotte, North Carolina

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Dr. Alireza Nami is a rheumatologist in Charlotte, North Carolina

Dr. Nami practices at Joint and Muscle Medical Care in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Dr. Nami's NPI, 1851312755, was assigned on July 23, 2006. Dr. Nami holds North Carolina license 200400560.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
0941263115
NPI enumeration date
July 23, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(704) 377-1216
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
58
Medical school graduation
1994

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Alireza Nami practices at Joint and Muscle Medical Care in Charlotte, North Carolina

Dr. Nami's primary practice is Joint and Muscle Medical Care, at 332 Lillington Ave, Charlotte, NC 28204 in Mecklenburg County. The practice phone is (704) 377-1216.

  • Joint and Muscle Medical Care
    332 Lillington Ave, Charlotte, NC 28204 · Mecklenburg CountyPhone(704) 377-1216

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. Alireza Nami is affiliated with 4 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Nami's primary practice is Joint and Muscle Medical Care in Charlotte, North Carolina. Dr. Nami is also affiliated with Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center. The medical group on file is Joint and Muscle Medical Care and Research Institute. Dmand AI also links Dr. Nami to 1 more hospital and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Alireza Nami's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Nami practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Joint and Muscle Medical CareAvailable with a free account
+3 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Alireza Nami is one of 204 rheumatologists in North Carolina

Rheumatology is Dr. Nami's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RR0500X. Dr. Nami is licensed in North Carolina.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Rheumatology, North CarolinaPrimaryLicense 200400560 · taxonomy 207RR0500X

Rheumatologists near Dr. Nami

Counts of rheumatologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Alireza Nami billed Medicare for 5,475 services in 2024

CMS data shows 5,475 Medicare services from Dr. Nami across 22 procedure codes in 2024, for 191 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $152,989 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 20245,475
Medicare patients191
Paid by Medicare$152,989
Procedure codes22

Dr. Nami's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Drugs given in the office
2023: 3,4922024: 3,88511%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 7382024: 66210%
Tests and treatments
2023: 6622024: 59111%
Imaging
2023: 1972024: 21710%
Surgery
2023: 2342024: 7767%
Lab and pathology
2023: 02024: 43

Dr. Nami compared with the North Carolina median for rheumatologists, 2024

  • Dr. Nami
  • North Carolina median
Medicare services
5,475vs 4,50322% above
Medicare patients
191vs 25224% below
Part D claims
4,685vs 1,4003.3 times

Medians across 211 rheumatologists in North Carolina with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Nami's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Alireza Nami treated 191 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 71

CMS counts 191 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Nami in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 87 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 71% have high cholesterol. 13% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.39, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Nami's median patient age at 64, with 79% women.

Medicare patients, 2024191
Average age71
Average risk score1.39
Also on Medicaid13%

Dr. Nami's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Nami's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women14576%
  • Men4624%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Nami's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. Arthritis75%
  2. High cholesterol71%
  3. High blood pressure69%
  4. Osteoporosis45%
  5. Anxiety34%
  6. Mood disorders33%
  7. Depression30%
  8. Diabetes26%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Nami's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 64

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women79%
  • Men20%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Alireza Nami wrote 4,995 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Nami wrote 4,995 Medicare Part D claims for 480 patients. 90% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 4,685 of them, across 54 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,767,883 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 4,459 claims across 60 drugs.

Part D claims, 20244,995
Drugs named by CMS54
Total drug cost$1.8M
Part D patients480

Dr. Nami's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic4,500 claims90%
  • Brand-name and other495 claims10%

Dr. Nami'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. Nami's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids6%282 of 4,995 claims
  • Antibiotics0%12 of 4,995 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: 4,4592024: 4,6855%

Drugs named by CMS: 54 in 2024, 60 in 2023.

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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. Alireza Nami scored 86 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 86 out of 100 for Dr. Nami for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Nami accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Nami's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 86of 100Final score
  • 82.8of 100Quality
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 76of 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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Dr. Alireza Nami has worked on 3 clinical trials

Dmand AI links Dr. Nami to 3 clinical trials. Conditions studied include Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic and Connective Tissue Diseases. Eli Lilly and Company sponsors the most, 2. Open Payments lists research payments to Dr. Nami that name 3 trials.

Conditions in Dr. Nami's trials

  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic
  • Connective Tissue Diseases

Investigators on the most trials with Dr. Nami

Recent clinical trials with Dr. Nami

Sources: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026; ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. Alireza Nami received $61,230 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 1,248 general payments to Dr. Nami from 51 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 45% of the total. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. paid the most, $13,070. It also lists 5 research payments totaling $2,138 from 2016 to 2021, naming 3 clinical trials.

General payments to Dr. Nami by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Nami by kind, 2016 to 2025

$61.2Kin total
  • Consulting fees$27,50545%
  • Food and beverage$23,09638%
  • Honoraria$5,94010%
  • Travel and lodging$4,5137%
  • Education$1760%

Companies that paid Dr. Nami the most, 2016 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Sources for Dr. Alireza Nami's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare 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 percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Clinical trials and co-investigatorsClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Alireza Nami's NPI number?

Dr. Alireza Nami's NPI number is 1851312755. It was assigned on July 23, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Alireza Nami?

Dr. Alireza Nami is a rheumatologist in Charlotte, North Carolina. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Rheumatology Physician (taxonomy code 207RR0500X).

Where does Dr. Alireza Nami practice?

Dr. Nami practices at 332 Lillington Ave, Charlotte, NC 28204. Dr. Nami's primary practice is Joint and Muscle Medical Care in Charlotte, North Carolina. Dmand AI also links Dr. Nami to 1 hospital and 1 group practice or clinic.

What is Dr. Alireza Nami's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Nami is (704) 377-1216.

What is Dr. Alireza Nami's medical license number?

Dr. Nami holds North Carolina license 200400560.

Which hospitals is Dr. Alireza Nami affiliated with?

Dr. Nami is affiliated with Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Nami to 1 more hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Alireza Nami part of?

Dr. Nami is linked to Joint and Muscle Medical Care and Research Institute.

Does Dr. Alireza Nami accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Nami billed Medicare for 5,475 services in 2024, and Dr. Nami accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Alireza Nami's MIPS score?

Dr. Nami's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 86 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Alireza Nami see?

CMS counts 191 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Nami in 2024, with an average age of 71.

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What services does Dr. Alireza Nami bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Nami's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J0897), injected or infused drug (J1010) and office visit, established patient (99214).

What drugs does Dr. Alireza Nami prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Nami's most prescribed drugs by claims were Duloxetine HCl, Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate and Tizanidine HCl.

Has Dr. Alireza Nami received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $61,230 in general payments to Dr. Nami from 51 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

How long has Dr. Alireza Nami been practicing?

Dr. Nami graduated from medical school in 1994, 32 years ago.

Does Dr. Alireza Nami do research?

Dr. Nami has worked on 3 clinical trials.

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