Bhagwan Bhimani, MD
Nephrology Physician · Louisville, KY
Bhagwan Bhimani, MD is a nephrology physician with a practice address in Louisville, Kentucky, and NPI 1699754655, issued on Jan 10, 2006. Check the license (Kentucky 37878, as entered in NPPES) on the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Bhagwan Bhimani
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Nephrology Physician 207RN0300X
- License number
- 37878 KY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 234 East Gray Street, Louisville, KY 40202
- Phone
- (502) 583-1799
- Enumerated
- Jan 10, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 13, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (502) 583-1792
- Medicaid ID
- 64107816 KY
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100521000489); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 234 East Gray Street
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Jai Bhimani, MDNephrology Physician1851326128
Verify Bhagwan Bhimani in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersKentucky Board of Medical Licensure
Search for license 37878Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
29% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average nephrology physician in 2024
1,035 Medicare Part D claims for 247 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,465 among the 10,986 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 7% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Losartan Potassium126 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate100 claims
- Lisinopril90 claims
- Furosemide69 claims
- Hydralazine Hcl53 claims
- Spironolactone51 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $869.38
37 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 8,230 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,091.37 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
- Bluegrass Kidney Consultants PscNew Albany, IN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Bhagwan Bhimani among 174 nephrology physician records in Kentucky
Bhagwan Bhimani, MD is one of 174 nephrology physician records with a practice address in Kentucky. 89% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 19% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 19% of these records are older, 53% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 89% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 84% of these records are
- Graduated1990 · median 2003 among the 146 with a school on file
- Record last updated2011 · 64% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RN0300X and a Kentucky practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Nephrology Physician providers in Kentucky
There are 174 nephrology physician records in Kentucky.
All 174 in Kentucky → Every provider in Louisville → Nephrology Physician nationwide →
The 8 nephrology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Raza Ali, MDLouisville, KY 402021619933074
- George Aronoff, MDLouisville, KY 402021861470528
- Abdul Buridi, MDLouisville, KY 402021376504985
- Adrian Cosmin, MDLouisville, KY 402021770543217
- Ashwin Dixit, M.D.Louisville, KY 402021699736215
- Amy Dwyer, MDLouisville, KY 402021184614430
- Alfred Jacobs, Jr, MDLouisville, KY 402021598746117
- Jon Klein, MDLouisville, KY 402021508847542
Common questions
What is Bhagwan Bhimani, MD's NPI number?
Bhagwan Bhimani, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1699754655, issued on Jan 10, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Bhagwan Bhimani, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 234 East Gray Street, Louisville, KY, 40202. Phone: (502) 583-1799. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Bhagwan Bhimani, MD's license?
NPPES lists Kentucky license number 37878, as entered by the provider. Search the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure at https://web1.ky.gov/GenSearch/LicenseSearch.aspx?AGY=5. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Bhagwan Bhimani, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Bhagwan Bhimani, MD had 1,035 Medicare Part D claims for 247 beneficiaries; the average among nephrology physician prescribers was 1,465. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Bhagwan Bhimani, MD's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.