Babu Makkena, MD
Interventional Cardiology Physician · Denton, TX
Babu Makkena, MD is an interventional cardiology physician with a practice address in Denton, Texas, and NPI 1407042757, issued on Sep 20, 2007. Check the license (Texas M3307, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Babu Makkena
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Interventional Cardiology Physician 207RI0011X
- License number
- M3307 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3537 S I 35 E, Denton, TX 76210
- Phone
- (504) 304-8326
- Enumerated
- Sep 20, 2007
- Record last updated
- Feb 9, 2022
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110616000791); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Texas Medical Branch At Galveston, 2001
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 3537 S I 35 E
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Verify Babu Makkena in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license M3307Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
36% more Medicare Part D claims than the average interventional cardiology physician in 2024
4,328 Medicare Part D claims for 783 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,179 among the 6,605 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Eliquis372 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium300 claims
- Carvedilol281 claims
- Metoprolol Tartrate264 claims
- Clopidogrel236 claims
- Furosemide199 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): 91.9 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: $6,910.83
60 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Scpharmaceuticals Inc. The 6,394 providers of this specialty with any payment received $7,062.29 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
- Cardiology Specialists OF North Texas PLLCGainesville, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Babu Makkena, MD's NPI number?
Babu Makkena, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1407042757, issued on Sep 20, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Babu Makkena, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3537 S I 35 E, Denton, TX, 76210. Phone: (504) 304-8326. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Babu Makkena, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number M3307, 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 Babu Makkena, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Babu Makkena, MD had 4,328 Medicare Part D claims for 783 beneficiaries; the average among interventional cardiology physician prescribers was 3,179. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Babu Makkena, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 91.9 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.