NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Ajay Kumar, MD

Hospitalist Physician · Charleston, WV

Ajay Kumar, MD is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Charleston, West Virginia, and NPI 1740868918, issued on Mar 30, 2021. Check the license (West Virginia 33813, as entered in NPPES) on the West Virginia Board of Medicine; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1740868918
Name
Ajay Kumar
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
License number
33813 WV
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
3100 Maccorkle Ave SE Ste B16, Charleston, WV 25304
Phone
(304) 388-5848
Enumerated
Mar 30, 2021
Record last updated
Jun 28, 2024
Fax
(304) 388-9654
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20241015001144); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of Wisconsin School Of Medicine, 2016
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 3100 Maccorkle Ave SE Ste B16

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Ahmed Elkheshen, MDHospitalist Physician1760066146
  2. Ilham Kashgarian, MDInternal Medicine Physician1609444371
  3. Elizabeth Lane, DOHospitalist Physician1790164184
  4. Syed Mehdi, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1730595471
  5. Salman Shaukat, M.DHospitalist Physician1114123403
  6. Chad WilliamsInternal Medicine Physician1790170835

Verify Ajay Kumar in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWest Virginia Board of Medicine
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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45% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024

285 Medicare Part D claims for 98 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Ajay Kumar285
  2. Specialty average521

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium17 claims
  2. Nifedipine Er16 claims
  3. Furosemide14 claims
  4. Pantoprazole Sodium11 claims

Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Charleston Area Medical Center IncCharleston, WV

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Hospitalist Physician providers in West Virginia

There are 118 hospitalist physician records in West Virginia.

Other hospitalist physician records in West Virginia

  1. Anas Abdel-Qader, M.D.Bridgeport, WV1205403433
  2. Muhammad Afzal, MDCharleston, WV1477808426
  3. Thahira Ahamed, MDMartinsburg, WV1184806234
  4. Muhammad Akbar, M.DCharleston, WV1306193263
  5. Talal Al Khawlani, MBBSCharleston, WV1598290579
  6. Ali Al-Ameri, M.D.Charleston, WV1649711946
  7. Kamel Alachraf, MDMorgantown, WV1306605845
  8. Sanniya AnaumMorgantown, WV1619626553
  9. Zarpash Babar, MDCharleston, WV1174711782
  10. Sarika Bagree, MDMartinsburg, WV1629490750

Common questions

What is Ajay Kumar, MD's NPI number?

Ajay Kumar, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1740868918, issued on Mar 30, 2021. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Ajay Kumar, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3100 Maccorkle Ave SE Ste B16, Charleston, WV, 25304. Phone: (304) 388-5848. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Ajay Kumar, MD's license?

NPPES lists West Virginia license number 33813, as entered by the provider. Search the West Virginia Board of Medicine at https://wvbom.wv.gov/public/search/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Ajay Kumar, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Ajay Kumar, MD had 285 Medicare Part D claims for 98 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.

Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.