Anand Shanker Balachandran, MD
Cardiovascular Disease Physician · Huntsville, AL
Anand Shanker Balachandran, MD is a cardiovascular disease physician with a practice address in Huntsville, Alabama, and NPI 1003187642, issued on Jan 12, 2012. Check the license (Alabama 34978, as entered in NPPES) on the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Anand Shanker Balachandran
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Cardiovascular Disease Physician 207RC0000X
- License number
- 34978 AL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 400 Whitesport Dr SW Ste 103, Huntsville, AL 35801
- Phone
- (256) 799-2509
- Enumerated
- Jan 12, 2012
- Record last updated
- Oct 7, 2022
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20160805001323); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 400 Whitesport Dr SW Ste 103
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Stevonica Logan, CRNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1043917016
- Tiamarie Stevenson, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1811693435
Verify Anand Shanker Balachandran in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersAlabama Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 34978Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
17% more Medicare Part D claims than the average cardiovascular disease physician in 2024
3,614 Medicare Part D claims for 674 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,078 among the 20,728 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 20% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Metoprolol Succinate569 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate349 claims
- Eliquis282 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium234 claims
- Losartan Potassium163 claims
- Xarelto124 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 16.1 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: $898.91
46 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Zoll Services LLC (a/k/a Zoll LifeCor Corp). The 16,686 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,819.56 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 2 group practices
- Premier Medical Clinic LLCScottsboro, AL
- Wellness Office PCHuntsville, AL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Anand Shanker Balachandran among 311 cardiovascular disease physician records in Alabama
Anand Shanker Balachandran, MD is one of 311 cardiovascular disease physician records with a practice address in Alabama. 86% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2012, is newer than 81% of them.
- NPI issued2012 · 81% of these records are older, 17% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 86% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 71% of these records are
- Graduated2005 · median 1995 among the 221 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 57% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RC0000X and a Alabama practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers in Alabama
There are 311 cardiovascular disease physician records in Alabama.
All 311 in Alabama → Every provider in Huntsville → Cardiovascular Disease Physician nationwide →
The 8 cardiovascular disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Charles Burns, M.D.Huntsville, AL 358011700856531
- Pascal Caruso, M.D.Huntsville, AL 358011316917156
- Gordon Cash, M.D.Huntsville, AL 358011306816145
- Shi-Chi Cheng, M.D.Huntsville, AL 358011164492427
- Carl Gessler, M.D.Huntsville, AL 358011780654418
- Sean Groark, M.D.Huntsville, AL 358011235109737
- Walter Haught, M.D.Huntsville, AL 358011700856200
- Vernon Hunter, M.D.Huntsville, AL 358011740251966
Common questions
What is Anand Shanker Balachandran, MD's NPI number?
Anand Shanker Balachandran, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1003187642, issued on Jan 12, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Anand Shanker Balachandran, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 400 Whitesport Dr SW Ste 103, Huntsville, AL, 35801. Phone: (256) 799-2509. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Anand Shanker Balachandran, MD's license?
NPPES lists Alabama license number 34978, as entered by the provider. Search the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.albme.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Anand Shanker Balachandran, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Anand Shanker Balachandran, MD had 3,614 Medicare Part D claims for 674 beneficiaries; the average among cardiovascular disease physician prescribers was 3,078. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Anand Shanker Balachandran, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 16.1 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.