Gautam Jha, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Salem, IL
Gautam Jha, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Salem, Illinois, and NPI 1447314737, issued on Dec 20, 2006. Check the license (Illinois 036096423, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Gautam Jha
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 036096423 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1325 W. Whittaker, Salem, IL 62881
- Phone
- (618) 740-0300
- Enumerated
- Dec 20, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 11, 2024
- Fax
- (618) 740-0301
- Medicaid ID
- 036096423 IL
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20101230000850); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Gautam Jha in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
Search for license 036096423Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.8 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
15,221 Medicare Part D claims for 520 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims. 712 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium578 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium568 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium543 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate432 claims
- Furosemide378 claims
- Tramadol Hcl367 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): 97 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).
Industry payments in 2024: $903.13
52 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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.
3 hospitals and group practices
- Salem Township HospitalSalem, IL · Critical Access Hospitals4 of 5 stars
- Amky Mso-1 PLLCSalem, IL
- St Marys Hospital Centralia IllinoisCentralia, IL
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.
Gautam Jha among 7,238 internal medicine physician records in Illinois
Gautam Jha, MD is one of 7,238 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 73% 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 7% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 7% of these records are older, 61% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 73% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 50% of these records are
- Graduated1992 · median 2003 among the 3,580 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 47% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
3 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Salem
They are 3 of the 137 NPPES records with a practice address in Salem, and 7,238 internal medicine physician records in Illinois.
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Common questions
What is Gautam Jha, MD's NPI number?
Gautam Jha, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1447314737, issued on Dec 20, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Gautam Jha, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1325 W. Whittaker, Salem, IL, 62881. Phone: (618) 740-0300. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Gautam Jha, MD's license?
NPPES lists Illinois license number 036096423, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation at https://idfpr.illinois.gov/checklicense.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Gautam Jha, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Gautam Jha, MD had 15,221 Medicare Part D claims for 520 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Gautam Jha, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 97 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.