Amith Skandhan, MD FHM
Hospitalist Physician · San Antonio, TX
Amith Skandhan, MD FHM is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in San Antonio, Texas, and NPI 1245417237, issued on Jan 22, 2008. Check the license (Texas U6812, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Amith Skandhan
- Credential
- MD FHM
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License number
- U6812 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4502 Medical Dr, San Antonio, TX 78229
- Phone
- (210) 358-4000
- Enumerated
- Jan 22, 2008
- Record last updated
- Nov 14, 2023
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20231019003438); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Amith Skandhan in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license U6812Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
69% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
161 Medicare Part D claims for 36 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 8% of claims. 12 claims were for opioids.
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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 97.6 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $425.08
12 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 7,324 providers of this specialty with any payment received $494.84 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
- University OF Texas Health Science Center AT San AntonioSan Antonio, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Amith Skandhan among 1,587 hospitalist physician records in Texas
Amith Skandhan, MD FHM is one of 1,587 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in Texas. 90% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2008, is newer than 19% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 19% of these records are older, 76% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 82% of these records are
- Graduated2004 · median 2013 among the 1,298 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 25% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Amith Skandhan, MD FHM's NPI number?
Amith Skandhan, MD FHM's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1245417237, issued on Jan 22, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Amith Skandhan, MD FHM located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4502 Medical Dr, San Antonio, TX, 78229. Phone: (210) 358-4000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Amith Skandhan, MD FHM's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number U6812, 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 Amith Skandhan, MD FHM prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Amith Skandhan, MD FHM had 161 Medicare Part D claims for 36 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Amith Skandhan, MD FHM's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 97.6 of 100. 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.