Dr. Muhammad Waqas Athar, MD

Dr. Athar practices at Adena Regional Medical Center in Chillicothe, Ohio, part of Adena Health System.

Dr. Athar's NPI, 1255508149, was assigned on May 11, 2008. Dr. Athar holds Ohio license 35.130616.

Dr. Athar's primary practice is Adena Regional Medical Center, at 272 Hospital Road, Chillicothe, OH 45601 in Ross County. The practice phone is (740) 779-7500.

Dr. Athar's primary practice is Adena Regional Medical Center in Chillicothe, Ohio, part of Adena Health System. Dr. Athar is also affiliated with Bethesda North Hospital. The medical group on file is Adena Health System. Dmand AI also links Dr. Athar to 3 more hospitals, 3 medical groups 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. Athar practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Cardiovascular disease is Dr. Athar's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RC0000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Athar's licenses on file in 2 states: Ohio and Maryland.

CMS data shows 1,980 Medicare services from Dr. Athar across 37 procedure codes in 2024, for 1,072 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $112,722 for them.

CMS counts 1,072 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Athar in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 479 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 8% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.52, 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. Athar's median patient age at 73, with 52% women.

In 2024, Dr. Athar wrote 527 Medicare Part D claims for 198 patients. 76% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 423 of them, across 8 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $120,128 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 306 claims across 8 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 93 out of 100 for Dr. Athar for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Athar accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 60 procedures of pacemaker insertion or repair by Dr. Athar, more than 93% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

CMS Open Payments shows 152 general payments to Dr. Athar from 19 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2025. Grants make up the largest share, 63% of the total. Medtronic, Inc. paid the most, $19,623.