NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Ashwin Kelkar

Hospitalist Physician · Chicago, IL

Ashwin Kelkar is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Chicago, Illinois, and NPI 1396364410, issued on Apr 9, 2020. Check the license 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 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1396364410
Name
Ashwin Kelkar
Primary taxonomy
Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
License number
324624 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
5841 S Maryland Ave Ste MC6080, Chicago, IL 60637
Phone
(773) 702-5211
Enumerated
Apr 9, 2020
Record last updated
May 2, 2024
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 5841 S Maryland Ave Ste MC6080

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Verify Ashwin Kelkar in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional RegulationCheck the board
  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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96% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024

20 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Ashwin Kelkar20
  2. Specialty average521

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: $71.30

2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Zoll Services LLC (a/k/a Zoll LifeCor Corp). The 7,324 providers of this specialty with any payment received $494.84 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Ashwin Kelkar$71.30
  2. Specialty average$494.84

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Ashwin Kelkar among 1,535 hospitalist physician records in Illinois

Ashwin Kelkar 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 fileNo · 87% of these records are
  • Record last updated2024 · 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. Rubeena Anjum, MDChicago, IL 606371114187531
  2. Jong-Wook Ban, M.D.Chicago, IL 606371265467930
  3. Kimberly Brown, M.D.Chicago, IL 606371093928285
  4. Brian Callender, M.D.Chicago, IL 606371447472782
  5. Tracy Cardin, N.P.Chicago, IL 606371386838779
  6. Anton ChivuChicago, IL 606371487831186
  7. Jeanne FarnanChicago, IL 606371356462691
  8. Jason Kane, MDChicago, IL 606371215959515

Common questions

What is Ashwin Kelkar's NPI number?

Ashwin Kelkar's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1396364410, issued on Apr 9, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Ashwin Kelkar located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5841 S Maryland Ave Ste MC6080, Chicago, IL, 60637. Phone: (773) 702-5211. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Ashwin Kelkar's license?

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 Ashwin Kelkar prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Ashwin Kelkar had 20 Medicare Part D claims; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. 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.