Ashvin Baru, M.D.
Nephrology Physician · Austin, TX
Ashvin Baru, M.D. is a nephrology physician with a practice address in Austin, Texas, and NPI 1114216009, issued on Mar 31, 2011. Check the license (Texas Q7838, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ashvin Baru
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Nephrology Physician 207RN0300X
- License number
- Q7838 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 321 W Ben White Blvd Ste 205, Austin, TX 78704
- Phone
- (123) 201-5005
- Enumerated
- Mar 31, 2011
- Record last updated
- Jul 21, 2023
- Fax
- (512) 459-1399
- Medicaid ID
- 359611601 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20160629002327); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Ashvin Baru in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license Q7838Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
31% more Medicare Part D claims than the average nephrology physician in 2024
1,914 Medicare Part D claims for 260 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,465 among the 10,986 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Farxiga131 claims
- Losartan Potassium111 claims
- Nifedipine Er90 claims
- Furosemide89 claims
- Sevelamer Carbonate77 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate76 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: $303.57
12 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. 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).
Ashvin Baru among 1,159 nephrology physician records in Texas
Ashvin Baru, M.D. is one of 1,159 nephrology physician records with a practice address in Texas. 89% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2011, is newer than 77% of them.
- NPI issued2011 · 77% of these records are older, 20% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 89% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 82% of these records are
- Graduated2011 · median 2001 among the 954 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 47% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RN0300X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Nephrology Physician providers in Texas
There are 1,159 nephrology physician records in Texas.
All 1,159 in Texas → Every provider in Austin → Nephrology Physician nationwide →
The 8 nephrology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Ting-Chi Lu, MDAustin, TX 787041649378787
- Peter Miller, MDAustin, TX 787041619911880
- Tessa Novick, M.D., M.S.WAustin, TX 787041881039568
- Nicholas Rowder, MDAustin, TX 787041942230164
- Edith Simmons, MDAustin, TX 787041639112683
- Vincent Tjia, MDAustin, TX 787041306803937
- Sujatha Venkatesh, MDAustin, TX 787041821028077
- Cristian Cipleu, MDAustin, TX 787051689617383
Common questions
What is Ashvin Baru, M.D.'s NPI number?
Ashvin Baru, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1114216009, issued on Mar 31, 2011. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ashvin Baru, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 321 W Ben White Blvd Ste 205, Austin, TX, 78704. Phone: (123) 201-5005. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ashvin Baru, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number Q7838, 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 Ashvin Baru, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ashvin Baru, M.D. had 1,914 Medicare Part D claims for 260 beneficiaries; the average among nephrology physician prescribers was 1,465. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Ashvin Baru, 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.