Akshay Chaku, MD
Anesthesiology Physician · Houston, TX
Akshay Chaku, MD is an anesthesiology physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1841652138, issued on Mar 24, 2016. Check the license (Texas T1033, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Akshay Chaku
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Anesthesiology Physician 207L00000X
- License number
- T1033 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 6411 Fannin St, Houston, TX 77030
- Phone
- (713) 704-4000
- Enumerated
- Mar 24, 2016
- Record last updated
- Jul 9, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20210727000069); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Virginia School Of Medicine, 2016
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Akshay Chaku in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license T1033Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 82.4 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: $33.34
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 17,774 providers of this specialty with any payment received $669.59 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
- UT PhysiciansHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Akshay Chaku among 4,635 anesthesiology physician records in Texas
Akshay Chaku, MD is one of 4,635 anesthesiology physician records with a practice address in Texas. 79% 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 83% of them.
- NPI issued2016 · 83% of these records are older, 14% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 71% of these records are
- Graduated2016 · median 2005 among the 3,293 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 59% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207L00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
1,130 anesthesiology physician records list a practice address in Houston
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Common questions
What is Akshay Chaku, MD's NPI number?
Akshay Chaku, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1841652138, issued on Mar 24, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Akshay Chaku, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6411 Fannin St, Houston, TX, 77030. Phone: (713) 704-4000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Akshay Chaku, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number T1033, 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.
What is Akshay Chaku, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 82.4 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.