Bhushan Kukkalli, M.D.
Emergency Medicine Physician · Houston, TX
Bhushan Kukkalli, M.D. is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1871579276, issued on Dec 16, 2005. Check the license (Texas L2391, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Bhushan Kukkalli
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- L2391 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 6565 Fannin St., Houston, TX 77030
- Phone
- (972) 393-1140
- Enumerated
- Dec 16, 2005
- Record last updated
- Mar 9, 2010 (not updated in 16 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (972) 393-7933
- Medicaid IDs
- 148071705 TX
148071703 TX - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20090925000474); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 6565 Fannin St.
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Ramita Suwal Dangol, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1922405596
Verify Bhushan Kukkalli in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license L2391Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
5.0 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
1,131 Medicare Part D claims for 552 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Famotidine166 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa112 claims
- Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro107 claims
- Azithromycin71 claims
- Prednisone67 claims
- Naproxen64 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Travis County Emergency Physicians PACypress, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Bhushan Kukkalli among 4,885 emergency medicine physician records in Texas
Bhushan Kukkalli, M.D. is one of 4,885 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 83% 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, 94% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 57% of these records are
- Graduated1992 · median 2013 among the 2,779 with a school on file
- Record last updated2010 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
818 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Houston
They are 818 of the 61,221 NPPES records with a practice address in Houston, and 4,885 emergency medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Bhushan Kukkalli, M.D.'s NPI number?
Bhushan Kukkalli, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1871579276, issued on Dec 16, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Bhushan Kukkalli, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6565 Fannin St., Houston, TX, 77030. Phone: (972) 393-1140. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Bhushan Kukkalli, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number L2391, 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 Bhushan Kukkalli, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Bhushan Kukkalli, M.D. had 1,131 Medicare Part D claims for 552 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.