Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.
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Athar Altaf, MD

Individual provider Internal Medicine Physician · NPI 1447201454

Athar Altaf, MD practises Gastroenterology in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. Qualified in 1986, 40 years ago. Practices with Geisinger Clinic, a 3,413-clinician group, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in Kentucky and Pennsylvania.

Years since qualifying
40
Licensed in
KY, PA
In the registry since
2006
Specialties on file
2
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

675 Baltimore Dr
Wilkes Barre, PA 18702-7900
Phone: (570) 808-5780
Fax: (570) 808-5753
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Specialties & licences

Gastroenterology Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207RG0100X · Licence MD437577 (PA)
Internal Medicine Physician Taxonomy 207R00000X · Licence 39759 (KY)

Record details

NPI number1447201454
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedMay 15, 2006
Last updated in NPPESAugust 5, 2020
Certification dateAugust 5, 2020

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyGASTROENTEROLOGY
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 1986 (40 years in practice)
Group practice Geisinger Clinic — 3413 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services

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.

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux 95 times · 76th percentile
Colonoscopy 80 times · 74th percentile

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 patients302
Services billed 450 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.

Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

Colleagues at Geisinger Clinic

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 3413 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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