Anu Prasad Vellanki, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Gramercy, LA
Anu Prasad Vellanki, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Gramercy, Louisiana, and NPI 1497746499, issued on Oct 31, 2005. Check the license (Louisiana 12855R, as entered in NPPES) on the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Anu Prasad Vellanki
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 12855R LA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 827 N Pine St, Gramercy, LA 70052
- Phone
- (225) 869-9200
- Enumerated
- Oct 31, 2005
- Record last updated
- Sep 21, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (225) 869-9241
- Medicaid ID
- 1559571 LA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040728000403); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 827 N Pine St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Brittany Abadie, NPFamily Medicine Physician1437077054
- Shanedolyn Grover, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1568900868
- Chad Madere, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1124466958
- Holly Millet, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1124658745
- Brandi Payne, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1336573492
- Daniel Seward, NPGerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist1326464017
Verify Anu Prasad Vellanki in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersLouisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 12855RCheck the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
8.5 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
27,073 Medicare Part D claims for 1,095 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims. 2,525 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium1,179 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen1,152 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen1,063 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate1,003 claims
- Gabapentin855 claims
- Losartan Potassium647 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): 59.4 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: $643.44
36 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- St James Primary Care (apmc)Gramercy, LA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
1 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Gramercy
They are 1 of the 38 NPPES records with a practice address in Gramercy, and 1,749 internal medicine physician records in Louisiana.
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Common questions
What is Anu Prasad Vellanki, MD's NPI number?
Anu Prasad Vellanki, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1497746499, issued on Oct 31, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Anu Prasad Vellanki, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 827 N Pine St, Gramercy, LA, 70052. Phone: (225) 869-9200. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Anu Prasad Vellanki, MD's license?
NPPES lists Louisiana license number 12855R, as entered by the provider. Search the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.lsbme.la.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Anu Prasad Vellanki, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Anu Prasad Vellanki, MD had 27,073 Medicare Part D claims for 1,095 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Anu Prasad Vellanki, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 59.4 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.