Amsalu Erko, MD
Nephrology Physician · Austin, TX
Amsalu Erko, MD is a nephrology physician with a practice address in Austin, Texas, and NPI 1386703064, issued on Dec 8, 2006. Check the license (Texas M5148, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Amsalu Erko
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Nephrology Physician 207RN0300X
- License number
- M5148 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3000 North IH 35, Austin, TX 78705
- Phone
- (512) 320-1500
- Enumerated
- Dec 8, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 14, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (512) 320-1588
- Medicaid ID
- 207456906 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20090914000807); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 3000 North IH 35
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Amsalu Erko in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license M5148Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
14% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average nephrology physician in 2024
1,257 Medicare Part D claims for 193 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,465 among the 10,986 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 24% of claims. 30 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Farxiga197 claims
- Furosemide60 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate55 claims
- Carvedilol50 claims
- Calcitriol40 claims
- Nifedipine Er39 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $1,866.67
65 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Amgen Inc. The 8,230 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,091.37 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
- Austin Kidney Associates PAAustin, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
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There are 1,159 nephrology physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Amsalu Erko, MD's NPI number?
Amsalu Erko, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1386703064, issued on Dec 8, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Amsalu Erko, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3000 North IH 35, Austin, TX, 78705. Phone: (512) 320-1500. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Amsalu Erko, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number M5148, 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 Amsalu Erko, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Amsalu Erko, MD had 1,257 Medicare Part D claims for 193 beneficiaries; the average among nephrology physician prescribers was 1,465. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Amsalu Erko, MD's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.