Dr. Saif K. Altaie, MD

Dr. Altaie practices at Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital in Sugarland, Texas, part of Houston Methodist.

Dr. Altaie's NPI, 1003205683, was assigned on January 20, 2015. Dr. Altaie graduated from University of Mosul College of Medicine in 2004. Dr. Altaie holds Texas license Q4013.

Dr. Altaie's primary practice is Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital, at 16655 Southwest Freeway, Sugarland, TX 77479 in Fort Bend County. The practice phone is (281) 274-8000.

Dr. Altaie's primary practice is Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital in Sugarland, Texas, part of Houston Methodist. The medical group on file is Houston Methodist. Dmand AI also links Dr. Altaie to 3 more medical groups and 1 urgent care center, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Altaie practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Internal medicine is Dr. Altaie's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dr. Altaie is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Altaie's licenses on file in 11 states: Texas, Arizona, Colorado, New Hampshire, Tennessee, Washington, Idaho, Oklahoma, Kansas, Wisconsin and Alabama.

Dmand AI lists arthritis, bile duct problems, chronic hypertension, chronic kidney disease, electrolyte disorders, gastrointestinal inflammation, high cholesterol and kidney failure among the conditions Dr. Altaie treats.

CMS data shows 1,088 Medicare services from Dr. Altaie across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 379 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $96,257 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 379 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Altaie in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 146 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 21% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 3.00, 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. Altaie's median patient age at 75, with 51% women.

In 2024, Dr. Altaie wrote 896 Medicare Part D claims for 338 patients. 90% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 577 of them, across 22 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $20,034 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 61 claims across 4 drugs.

Dr. Altaie accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Altaie, published from 2017 to 2018. Dr. Altaie's most frequent co-author is Wissam Ibrahim Khalife, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 5 general payments to Dr. Altaie from 3 drug and device companies from 2020 to 2022. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc paid the most, $141.

Dr. Altaie graduated from University of Mosul College of Medicine in 2004.

Dr. Altaie is in network with 17 carriers, including Elevance, United Healthcare and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.