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Dr. Ahmad Kassem El-Samad, DPM

Individual provider Podiatrist · NPI 1174559876

Dr. Ahmad Kassem El-Samad, DPM practises Podiatry in Merrillville, Indiana. Graduated from Barry University School of Podiatric Medicine in 2003, 23 years ago. Practices with The Methodist Hospitals Inc, a 131-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Indiana.

Years since qualifying
23
Trained at
Barry University School of Podiatric Medicine
Licensed in
IN
In the registry since
2006
Specialties on file
5
What do these letters mean?
DPM — Doctor of Podiatric Medicine
A foot and ankle physician and surgeon.

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Practice location Address checks out

9239 Broadway
Merrillville, IN 46410-7046
Phone: (219) 736-1010
Fax: (219) 736-1090
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Specialties & licences

Foot & Ankle Surgery Podiatrist (primary) Taxonomy 213ES0103X · Licence 07001024A (IN)
Podiatrist Taxonomy 213E00000X · Licence 07001024A (IN)
Public Medicine Podiatrist Taxonomy 213EP0504X · Licence 07001024A (IN)
Primary Podiatric Medicine Podiatrist Taxonomy 213EP1101X · Licence 07001024A (IN)
Foot Surgery Podiatrist Taxonomy 213ES0131X · Licence 07001024A (IN)

Record details

NPI number1174559876
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials DPM
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJune 24, 2006
Last updated in NPPESNovember 6, 2017

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyPODIATRY
Medical schoolBARRY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PODIATRIC MEDICINE
Graduated 2003 (23 years in practice)
Group practice The Methodist Hospitals Inc — 131 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations2 on file with Medicare

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Removal of tissue 347 times · 95th percentile
Removal or shaving of skin growth 354 times · 94th percentile
Removal of nail tissue 924 times · 91st percentile
Removal of skin lesions 1–10 times

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients564
Services billed 3,779 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age72

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Food and Beverage $173 5 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

Each amount is the sum of what companies reported for that kind of payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

Also affiliated with 1 inpatient rehabilitation facility, which CMS identifies by certification number only.

Colleagues at The Methodist Hospitals Inc

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 131 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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