Akshar Chauhan, MD
Pulmonary Disease Physician · San Antonio, TX
Akshar Chauhan, MD is a pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in San Antonio, Texas, and NPI 1184078412, issued on Apr 23, 2016. Check the license (Texas U5653, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Akshar Chauhan
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Pulmonary Disease Physician 207RP1001X
- License number
- U5653 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4458 Medical Dr Ste 505, San Antonio, TX 78229
- Phone
- (210) 690-7400
- Enumerated
- Apr 23, 2016
- Record last updated
- Nov 3, 2023
- Fax
- (210) 690-7405
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20231030003194); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Texas Southwestern Medical School At Dallas, 2016
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 4458 Medical Dr Ste 505
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Aristides Armas Villalba, MDPulmonary Disease Physician1225559081
- Praveen Belur, M.D.Pulmonary Disease Physician1083091771
- Kimberly Booth, NPAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1063954964
Verify Akshar Chauhan in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license U5653Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
86% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average pulmonary disease physician in 2024
206 Medicare Part D claims for 59 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,425 among the 11,596 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 47% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Trelegy Ellipta35 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa26 claims
- Azelastine Hcl24 claims
- Budesonide-Formoterol Fumarate11 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 51.9 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $502.44
24 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 8,806 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,159.88 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Texas Ips LLCSan Antonio, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Akshar Chauhan among 967 pulmonary disease physician records in Texas
Akshar Chauhan, MD is one of 967 pulmonary disease physician records with a practice address in Texas. 88% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2016, is newer than 87% of them.
- NPI issued2016 · 87% of these records are older, 11% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 88% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 80% of these records are
- Graduated2016 · median 2001 among the 773 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 48% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RP1001X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Pulmonary Disease Physician providers in Texas
There are 967 pulmonary disease physician records in Texas.
All 967 in Texas → Every provider in San Antonio → Pulmonary Disease Physician nationwide →
The 8 pulmonary disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Charles Andrews, M.D.San Antonio, TX 782291467459578
- Antonio Anzueto, MDSan Antonio, TX 782291053428128
- Alfredo Conde, M.D.San Antonio, TX 782291194803585
- Stephen Derdak, D.O.San Antonio, TX 782291659471027
- John Holcomb, M.D.San Antonio, TX 782291811994916
- Maria Angela Hospenthal, MDSan Antonio, TX 782291750498812
- Soma Jyothula, MDSan Antonio, TX 782291770669624
- Arturo Lopez, MDSan Antonio, TX 782291932137882
Common questions
What is Akshar Chauhan, MD's NPI number?
Akshar Chauhan, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1184078412, issued on Apr 23, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Akshar Chauhan, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4458 Medical Dr Ste 505, San Antonio, TX, 78229. Phone: (210) 690-7400. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Akshar Chauhan, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number U5653, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Akshar Chauhan, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Akshar Chauhan, MD had 206 Medicare Part D claims for 59 beneficiaries; the average among pulmonary disease physician prescribers was 1,425. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Akshar Chauhan, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 51.9 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.