Deviprasad Venugopal, MD
Cardiovascular Disease Physician · Hickory, NC
Deviprasad Venugopal, MD is a cardiovascular disease physician with a practice address in Hickory, North Carolina, and NPI 1770767527, issued on Dec 28, 2007. Check the license (North Carolina 2026-00164, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Deviprasad Venugopal
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Cardiovascular Disease Physician 207RC0000X
- License number
- 2026-00164 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2660 Tate Blvd SE, Hickory, NC 28602
- Phone
- (828) 261-0009
- Enumerated
- Dec 28, 2007
- Record last updated
- May 6, 2026
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20240424002145); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 2660 Tate Blvd SE
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Ghassan Alkoutami, MDCardiovascular Disease Physician1508867516
- Seth Call, PA-CPhysician Assistant1033183660
- Alicia Carroll, M.D.Specialist1457373763
- Ateet Kosaraju, M.D.Interventional Cardiology Physician1225482581
- Tina Lum, NPNurse Practitioner1588180806
- Kevin McMahon, PA-CMedical Physician Assistant1205809118
Verify Deviprasad Venugopal in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2026-00164Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
85% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average cardiovascular disease physician in 2024
477 Medicare Part D claims for 146 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,078 among the 20,728 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Dofetilide174 claims
- Metoprolol Tartrate58 claims
- Eliquis48 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate35 claims
- Sotalol29 claims
- Flecainide Acetate23 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: $249.17
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. The 16,686 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,819.56 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.
2 hospitals and group practices
- Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, TN · Acute Care Hospitals5 of 5 stars
- Dlp Frye Medical Group LLCRutherford College, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through); hospitals matched to CMS Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.
Deviprasad Venugopal among 841 cardiovascular disease physician records in North Carolina
Deviprasad Venugopal, MD is one of 841 cardiovascular disease physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 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 2007, is newer than 58% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 58% of these records are older, 31% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 72% of these records are
- Graduated1997 · median 1999 among the 606 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RC0000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers in North Carolina
There are 841 cardiovascular disease physician records in North Carolina.
All 841 in North Carolina → Every provider in Hickory → Cardiovascular Disease Physician nationwide →
The 8 cardiovascular disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Ghassan Alkoutami, MDHickory, NC 286021508867516
- Brian Hearon, M.D.Hickory, NC 286021437112836
- Ralph Mc Donald, M.D.Hickory, NC 286021609839901
- Philip Paspa, MDHickory, NC 286021184625188
- Sanjay Patel, M.D.Hickory, NC 286021326001603
- Vincent Pompili, MDHickory, NC 286021720008360
- Pairoj Rerkpattanapipat, MDHickory, NC 286021306857883
- James Ritter, M.D.Hickory, NC 286011285601492
Common questions
What is Deviprasad Venugopal, MD's NPI number?
Deviprasad Venugopal, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1770767527, issued on Dec 28, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Deviprasad Venugopal, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2660 Tate Blvd SE, Hickory, NC, 28602. Phone: (828) 261-0009. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Deviprasad Venugopal, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2026-00164, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Deviprasad Venugopal, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Deviprasad Venugopal, MD had 477 Medicare Part D claims for 146 beneficiaries; the average among cardiovascular disease physician prescribers was 3,078. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Deviprasad Venugopal, 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.