Darshak K. Karia, MD
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Physician · Augusta, GA
Darshak K. Karia, MD is an advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology physician with a practice address in Augusta, Georgia, and NPI 1033170097, issued on Mar 30, 2006. Check the license (Georgia 075510, as entered in NPPES) on the Georgia Composite Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Darshak K. Karia
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Physician 207RA0001X
- License number
- 075510 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1348 Walton Way Ste 6700, Augusta, GA 30901
- Phone
- (706) 774-7855
- Enumerated
- Mar 30, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 21, 2022
- Fax
- (706) 774-8620
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20170301001555); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
8 nearest advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology physician records → All 44 in Georgia → Look up another NPI →
Also registered at 1348 Walton Way Ste 6700
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Semhar AbrahaNurse Practitioner1871156414
- Cassandra Brown, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1487214151
- Vaishali Doshi, MDHematology & Oncology Physician1922198407
- Rachel Gooding, PA-CPhysician Assistant1619425303
- Raisa Morgan, APRN, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1841941465
- Amira Nageeb, MSN, RN, ACNPC, CCRNNurse Practitioner1912782293
Verify Darshak K. Karia in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersGeorgia Composite Medical Board
Search for license 075510Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.8 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology physician in 2024
5,533 Medicare Part D claims for 429 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,965 among the 1,124 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 30% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Metoprolol Succinate492 claims
- Entresto465 claims
- Jardiance336 claims
- Hydralazine Hcl295 claims
- Spironolactone290 claims
- Farxiga235 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: $11,723.28
43 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC. The 1,027 providers of this specialty with any payment received $10,265.85 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
- Piedmont Cardiology OF Atlanta, LLCAtlanta, GA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Darshak K. Karia among 44 advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology physician records in Georgia
Darshak K. Karia, MD is one of 44 advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology physician records with a practice address in Georgia. 98% 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 2% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 2% of these records are older, 73% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 98% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 93% of these records are
- Graduated1996 · median 2007 among the 41 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 32% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RA0001X and a Georgia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Physician providers in Georgia
There are 44 advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology physician records in Georgia.
All 44 in Georgia → Every provider in Augusta → Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Physician nationwide →
The 8 advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Arthur Chandler, M.D.Augusta, GA 309011871517649
- Shuchita Gupta, MDAugusta, GA 309011679773642
- Catherine Marti, MDAthens, GA 306061124203989
- Charles Campbell, M.D.Blairsville, GA 305121205921574
- Giancarlo Acosta, M.D.Gainesville, GA 305011609155969
- Alison Bailey, MDGainesville, GA 305011992715502
- Nitya Chandra, MDGainesville, GA 305011013197995
- Lawrence Charles, M.D.Gainesville, GA 305011801327267
Common questions
What is Darshak K. Karia, MD's NPI number?
Darshak K. Karia, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1033170097, issued on Mar 30, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Darshak K. Karia, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1348 Walton Way Ste 6700, Augusta, GA, 30901. Phone: (706) 774-7855. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Darshak K. Karia, MD's license?
NPPES lists Georgia license number 075510, as entered by the provider. Search the Georgia Composite Medical Board at https://medicalboard.georgia.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Darshak K. Karia, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Darshak K. Karia, MD had 5,533 Medicare Part D claims for 429 beneficiaries; the average among advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology physician prescribers was 1,965. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Darshak K. Karia, 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.