NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Ashwath Senthil Kumar, MD

Hospitalist Physician · Mount Vernon, IL

Ashwath Senthil Kumar, MD is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Mount Vernon, Illinois, and NPI 1881213437, issued on Apr 14, 2020. Check the license (Illinois 036162316, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1881213437
Name
Ashwath Senthil Kumar
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
License number
036162316 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1 Good Samaritan Way, Mount Vernon, IL 62864
Phone
(573) 239-2318
Enumerated
Apr 14, 2020
Record last updated
Aug 18, 2023
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20240319001992); accepts Medicare assignment
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 1 Good Samaritan Way

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Keri Ashmore, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1891593315
  2. Allison BaldwinStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1285425405
  3. Nicole Boyd, FNP-BCFamily Nurse Practitioner1710439112
  4. Nicholas BurkeEmergency Medicine Physician1174144364
  5. Derek Burns, PHARMDPharmacist1154797298
  6. Hitanshu Chawla, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1942645692

Verify Ashwath Senthil Kumar in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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7% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024

486 Medicare Part D claims for 129 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 28 claims were for opioids.

  1. Ashwath Kumar486
  2. Specialty average521

Most prescribed

  1. Pantoprazole Sodium31 claims
  2. Furosemide24 claims
  3. Atorvastatin Calcium21 claims
  4. Carvedilol18 claims
  5. Oxycodone Hcl18 claims
  6. Eliquis15 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): 92.6 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.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score73.9
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%69.7
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%100.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Ssm Health Care GroupSaint Louis, MO

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Ashwath Senthil Kumar among 1,535 hospitalist physician records in Illinois

Ashwath Senthil Kumar, MD is one of 1,535 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 92% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2020, is newer than 79% of them.

  • NPI issued2020 · 79% of these records are older, 14% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 92% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 87% of these records are
  • Graduated2020 · median 2013 among the 1,339 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2023 · 32% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Hospitalist Physician providers in Illinois

There are 1,535 hospitalist physician records in Illinois.

The 8 hospitalist physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Sajana MaharjanMount Vernon, IL 628641790273977
  2. Osman Qaiyum, M.D.Mount Vernon, IL 628641851774327
  3. Saad AlviCarbondale, IL 629011194983981
  4. Shrutee Baniya, MDCarbondale, IL 629011699088203
  5. Craig Davis, MDCarbondale, IL 629011134201213
  6. Othniel Doolittle, M.D.Carbondale, IL 629011386965499
  7. Labib Elkahwaji, MDCarbondale, IL 629011114172186
  8. Syed Yamin Hashimi, M.D.Carbondale, IL 629011689094948

Common questions

What is Ashwath Senthil Kumar, MD's NPI number?

Ashwath Senthil Kumar, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1881213437, issued on Apr 14, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Ashwath Senthil Kumar, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1 Good Samaritan Way, Mount Vernon, IL, 62864. Phone: (573) 239-2318. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Ashwath Senthil Kumar, MD's license?

NPPES lists Illinois license number 036162316, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation at https://idfpr.illinois.gov/checklicense.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Ashwath Senthil Kumar, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Ashwath Senthil Kumar, MD had 486 Medicare Part D claims for 129 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Ashwath Senthil Kumar, MD's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 92.6 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.