Dr. Muhammad Akbar, MD

Dr. Akbar practices at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas, part of Parkland Health.

Dr. Akbar's NPI, 1164485439, was assigned on April 8, 2006. Dr. Akbar graduated from King Edward Medical University in 1987. Dr. Akbar holds Texas license M2242.

Dr. Akbar's primary practice is Parkland Memorial Hospital, at 5200 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75235 in Dallas County. The practice phone is (214) 590-8000.

Dr. Akbar's primary practice is Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas, part of Parkland Health. The medical group on file is Sound Physicians. Dmand AI also links Dr. Akbar to 3 more medical groups, 2 group practices and clinics, 1 clinical lab and 1 hospital outpatient department, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Akbar practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Internal medicine is Dr. Akbar's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dr. Akbar is board certified in infectious disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Akbar's licenses on file in 2 states: Texas and New Mexico.

Dmand AI lists chest wall injury, high cholesterol, hiv/aids, insomnia, joint pain, kidney stone disease, lower back pain and tobacco use among the conditions Dr. Akbar treats.

CMS data shows 113 Medicare services from Dr. Akbar across 3 procedure codes in 2024, for 46 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $5,114 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 46 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Akbar in 2024. The largest group is under 65, with 27 patients. 67% of them have high blood pressure, and 30% have high cholesterol. 54% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.99, 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. Akbar's median patient age at 57, with 35% women.

In 2024, Dr. Akbar wrote 3,259 Medicare Part D claims for 143 patients. 59% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,904 of them, across 71 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $2,936,032 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 3,519 claims across 82 drugs.

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

CMS Open Payments shows 12 general payments to Dr. Akbar from 3 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2019. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 57% of the total. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc paid the most, $736.

Dr. Akbar graduated from King Edward Medical University in 1987.

Dr. Akbar is in network with 19 carriers, including Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, United Healthcare and Cigna. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.