Ashima Thakur Bakhru, MD.
Internal Medicine Physician · New York, NY
Ashima Thakur Bakhru, MD. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in New York, New York, and NPI 1649454927, issued on Dec 22, 2007. Check the license (New York 249855, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ashima Thakur Bakhru
- Credential
- MD.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 249855 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 145 East 32ND St Suite 303, New York, NY 10016
- Phone
- (212) 725-5300
- Enumerated
- Dec 22, 2007
- Record last updated
- May 27, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (212) 725-5590
- Medicaid ID
- 03035632 NY
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080827000582); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Ashima Thakur Bakhru in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
Search for license 249855Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
39% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
1,936 Medicare Part D claims for 261 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate203 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium143 claims
- Losartan Potassium103 claims
- Hydrochlorothiazide97 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium78 claims
- Metformin Hcl73 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $1,485.46
59 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
- Manhattan Internal Medicine Associates PCNew York, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ashima Thakur Bakhru among 12,067 internal medicine physician records in New York
Ashima Thakur Bakhru, MD. is one of 12,067 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in New York. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 47% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 47% of these records are older, 44% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated2005 · median 2002 among the 7,221 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
2,434 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in New York
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Common questions
What is Ashima Thakur Bakhru, MD.'s NPI number?
Ashima Thakur Bakhru, MD.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1649454927, issued on Dec 22, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ashima Thakur Bakhru, MD. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 145 East 32ND St Suite 303, New York, NY, 10016. Phone: (212) 725-5300. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ashima Thakur Bakhru, MD.'s license?
NPPES lists New York license number 249855, as entered by the provider. Search the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions at https://www.op.nysed.gov/services/verifications/online-verification-searches. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Ashima Thakur Bakhru, MD. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ashima Thakur Bakhru, MD. had 1,936 Medicare Part D claims for 261 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
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.