Hema Edupuganti, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Gulfport, MS
Hema Edupuganti, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Gulfport, Mississippi, and NPI 1881608115, issued on Jul 29, 2006. Check the license (Mississippi 18308, as entered in NPPES) on the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Hema Edupuganti
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 18308 MS
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4500 13TH St, Gulfport, MS 39501
- Phone
- (228) 867-5201
- Enumerated
- Jul 29, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 12, 2023
- Fax
- (228) 867-3152
- Medicaid ID
- 05480269 MS
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040305000440); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Tulane University School Of Medicine, 1998
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Hema Edupuganti in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMississippi State Board of Medical Licensure
Search for license 18308Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
89% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
364 Medicare Part D claims for 135 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 11 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate21 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium21 claims
- Eliquis18 claims
- Lisinopril16 claims
- Metoprolol Tartrate16 claims
- Furosemide14 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $246.27
12 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 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.
One hospital affiliation
- Memorial Hospital AT GulfportGulfport, MS · Acute Care Hospitals3 of 5 stars
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.
Hema Edupuganti among 972 internal medicine physician records in Mississippi
Hema Edupuganti, M.D. is one of 972 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Mississippi. 82% 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 4% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 4% of these records are older, 63% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated1998 · median 2008 among the 585 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 52% 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 Mississippi practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
38 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Gulfport
They are 38 of the 2,030 NPPES records with a practice address in Gulfport, and 972 internal medicine physician records in Mississippi.
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Common questions
What is Hema Edupuganti, M.D.'s NPI number?
Hema Edupuganti, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1881608115, issued on Jul 29, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Hema Edupuganti, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4500 13TH St, Gulfport, MS, 39501. Phone: (228) 867-5201. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Hema Edupuganti, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Mississippi license number 18308, as entered by the provider. Search the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure at https://www.msbml.ms.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Hema Edupuganti, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Hema Edupuganti, M.D. had 364 Medicare Part D claims for 135 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.