Asokumar Buvanendran
Interventional Pain Medicine Physician · Chicago, IL
Asokumar Buvanendran is an interventional pain medicine physician with a practice address in Chicago, Illinois, and NPI 1598781676, issued on Jul 14, 2006. Check the license (Illinois 036097070, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Asokumar Buvanendran
- Primary taxonomy
- Interventional Pain Medicine Physician 208VP0014X
- License number
- 036097070 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1653 W Congress Pkwy, Chicago, IL 60612
- Phone
- (312) 942-6504
- Enumerated
- Jul 14, 2006
- Record last updated
- Aug 11, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (312) 942-5773
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100921000721); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 1653 W Congress Pkwy
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Asokumar Buvanendran in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
Search for license 036097070Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS, AOA, NCCPA, AANPNot checked
76% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average interventional pain medicine physician in 2024
552 Medicare Part D claims for 149 beneficiaries, against an average of 2,306 among the 2,100 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 170 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Gabapentin81 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen71 claims
- Tramadol Hcl68 claims
- Baclofen58 claims
- Celecoxib50 claims
- Duloxetine Hcl30 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: $11,399.80
25 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated. 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 2 group practices
- University Anesthesiologists SCChicago, IL
- University Pain Physicians LLCChicago, IL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Interventional Pain Medicine Physician providers in Illinois
There are 121 interventional pain medicine physician records in Illinois.
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- Ramesh Bathina, MDAurora, IL1417060146
- Ramsin Benyamin, MD, DABPM, FIPPBloomington, IL1215924410
- Gary Biermann, M.D.Chicago, IL1144242496
- Norma Cadayona, M.D.Evergreen Park, IL1265477327
- Kenneth Candido, MDChicago, IL1518937937
- Shivani Chadha, M.D.Willowbrook, IL1376710210
Common questions
What is Asokumar Buvanendran's NPI number?
Asokumar Buvanendran's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1598781676, issued on Jul 14, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Asokumar Buvanendran located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1653 W Congress Pkwy, Chicago, IL, 60612. Phone: (312) 942-6504. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Asokumar Buvanendran's license?
NPPES lists Illinois license number 036097070, 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 Asokumar Buvanendran prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Asokumar Buvanendran had 552 Medicare Part D claims for 149 beneficiaries; the average among interventional pain medicine physician prescribers was 2,306. 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.