Babu Shiva Kumar, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Hamden, CT
Babu Shiva Kumar, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Hamden, Connecticut, and NPI 1295721942, issued on Sep 27, 2005. Check the license (Connecticut 032892, as entered in NPPES) on the Connecticut Medical Examining Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Babu Shiva Kumar
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 032892 CT
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2543 Dixwell Ave, Hamden, CT 06514
- Phone
- (203) 230-4160
- Enumerated
- Sep 27, 2005
- Record last updated
- Jul 5, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (203) 848-2484
- Medicaid ID
- 001328922 CT
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080103000546); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 2543 Dixwell Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Suni Jacob, APRNNurse Practitioner1194709402
- Prathibha Kumar, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1043268691
- Kevin Leonard-Pasley, PAMedical Physician Assistant1790898401
- Dhimitri StojkoPhysical Therapist1518881473
- Kara Strippoli, PAMedical Physician Assistant1417984576
Verify Babu Shiva Kumar in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersConnecticut Medical Examining Board
Search for license 032892Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
5.3 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
16,856 Medicare Part D claims for 1,406 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims. 94 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Rosuvastatin Calcium1,011 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate953 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium902 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium746 claims
- Metformin Hcl583 claims
- Losartan Potassium488 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 94.2 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $2,458.49
116 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. 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
- Family And Internal Medicine OF Dixwell AvenueHamden, CT
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Babu Shiva Kumar among 2,623 internal medicine physician records in Connecticut
Babu Shiva Kumar, MD is one of 2,623 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Connecticut. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 89% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1982 · median 2004 among the 1,646 with a school on file
- Record last updated2013 · 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 Connecticut practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
35 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Hamden
They are 35 of the 1,410 NPPES records with a practice address in Hamden, and 2,623 internal medicine physician records in Connecticut.
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Common questions
What is Babu Shiva Kumar, MD's NPI number?
Babu Shiva Kumar, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1295721942, issued on Sep 27, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Babu Shiva Kumar, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2543 Dixwell Ave, Hamden, CT, 06514. Phone: (203) 230-4160. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Babu Shiva Kumar, MD's license?
NPPES lists Connecticut license number 032892, as entered by the provider. Search the Connecticut Medical Examining Board at https://www.elicense.ct.gov/Lookup/LicenseLookup.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Babu Shiva Kumar, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Babu Shiva Kumar, MD had 16,856 Medicare Part D claims for 1,406 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Babu Shiva Kumar, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 94.2 of 100. 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.