Arjun Krishna Ramesh, M.D.
Interventional Pain Medicine Physician · Dubuque, IA
Arjun Krishna Ramesh, M.D. is an interventional pain medicine physician with a practice address in Dubuque, Iowa, and NPI 1487034419, issued on Jun 4, 2015. Check the license (Iowa MD-53539, as entered in NPPES) on the Iowa Board of Medicine; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Arjun Krishna Ramesh
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Interventional Pain Medicine Physician 208VP0014X
- License numbers
- MD-53539 IA
35.136334 OH
0101270293 VA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1515 Delhi St Ste 500, Dubuque, IA 52001
- Phone
- (563) 231-2220
- Enumerated
- Jun 4, 2015
- Record last updated
- Apr 3, 2025
- Fax
- (866) 531-8573
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20241206000749); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Virginia School Of Medicine, 2015
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
8 nearest interventional pain medicine physician records → All 12 in Iowa → Look up another NPI →
Verify Arjun Krishna Ramesh in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIowa Board of Medicine
Search for license MD-53539Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
92% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average interventional pain medicine physician in 2024
175 Medicare Part D claims for 76 beneficiaries, against an average of 2,306 among the 2,100 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 37 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Gabapentin23 claims
- Methylprednisolone20 claims
- Tizanidine Hcl18 claims
- Diclofenac Sodium11 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $7,794.33
79 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. The 1,966 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,889.53 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
- Unified Therapy Services, IncDubuque, IA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Arjun Krishna Ramesh among 12 interventional pain medicine physician records in Iowa
Arjun Krishna Ramesh, M.D. is one of 12 interventional pain medicine physician records with a practice address in Iowa. 83% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2015, is newer than 92% of them.
- NPI issued2015 · 92% of these records are older, 0% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Record last updated2025 · 50% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208VP0014X and a Iowa practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Interventional Pain Medicine Physician providers in Iowa
There are 12 interventional pain medicine physician records in Iowa.
All 12 in Iowa → Every provider in Dubuque → Interventional Pain Medicine Physician nationwide →
The 8 interventional pain medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Fred Dery, MDNorth Liberty, IA 523171457569188
- Nathan Meloy, D.O.Bettendorf, IA 527221598762841
- Ashar Afzal, MDWaterloo, IA 507021689628117
- Frank Hawkins, MDWaterloo, IA 507021003860636
- Ronald Kloc, D.O.Mason City, IA 504011952308256
- Mohammad Iqbal, MDDes Moines, IA 503141235137340
- Thomas Klein, D.O.Des Moines, IA 503141912070764
- Tsung Hsu, M.D.West Des Moines, IA 502661619001997
Common questions
What is Arjun Krishna Ramesh, M.D.'s NPI number?
Arjun Krishna Ramesh, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1487034419, issued on Jun 4, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Arjun Krishna Ramesh, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1515 Delhi St Ste 500, Dubuque, IA, 52001. Phone: (563) 231-2220. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Arjun Krishna Ramesh, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Iowa license number MD-53539, as entered by the provider. Search the Iowa Board of Medicine at https://dial.iowa.gov/about-dial/boards-and-commissions/medicine. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Arjun Krishna Ramesh, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Arjun Krishna Ramesh, M.D. had 175 Medicare Part D claims for 76 beneficiaries; the average among interventional pain medicine physician prescribers was 2,306. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Arjun Krishna Ramesh, M.D.'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.