Dhruba Prasad Kandel, MD
Hospitalist Physician · Winston Salem, NC
Dhruba Prasad Kandel, MD is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Winston Salem, North Carolina, and NPI 1932620069, issued on Jun 28, 2017. Check the license (North Carolina 2022-01257, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Dhruba Prasad Kandel
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License numbers
- 2022-01257 NC
MD-47368 IA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Medical Center Blvd, Winston Salem, NC 27157
- Phone
- (336) 716-9252
- Enumerated
- Jun 28, 2017
- Record last updated
- Aug 3, 2022
- Fax
- (336) 716-0030
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20220817001831); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Dhruba Prasad Kandel in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2022-01257Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
45% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
289 Medicare Part D claims for 111 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium15 claims
- Ciprofloxacin Hcl12 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 98.3 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Wake Forest University Health SciencesWinston Salem, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Dhruba Prasad Kandel among 989 hospitalist physician records in North Carolina
Dhruba Prasad Kandel, MD is one of 989 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 90% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2017, is newer than 73% of them.
- NPI issued2017 · 73% of these records are older, 21% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 85% of these records are
- Graduated2010 · median 2010 among the 836 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 31% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
183 hospitalist physician records list a practice address in Winston Salem
They are 183 of the 10,040 NPPES records with a practice address in Winston Salem, and 989 hospitalist physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Dhruba Prasad Kandel, MD's NPI number?
Dhruba Prasad Kandel, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1932620069, issued on Jun 28, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Dhruba Prasad Kandel, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Medical Center Blvd, Winston Salem, NC, 27157. Phone: (336) 716-9252. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Dhruba Prasad Kandel, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2022-01257, 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 Dhruba Prasad Kandel, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Dhruba Prasad Kandel, MD had 289 Medicare Part D claims for 111 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Dhruba Prasad Kandel, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 98.3 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.