Kalpana N. Shankar, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Boston, MA
Kalpana N. Shankar, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Boston, Massachusetts, and NPI 1831225267, issued on Feb 27, 2007. Check the license (Massachusetts 252103, as entered in NPPES) on the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kalpana N. Shankar
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- 252103 MA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- One Boston Medical Center Place, Boston, MA 02118
- Phone
- (617) 414-5481
- Enumerated
- Feb 27, 2007
- Record last updated
- Feb 2, 2022
- Fax
- (617) 414-7759
- Medicaid ID
- 110093314A MA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20121018000793); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Rutgers School Of Dental Medicine, 2006
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Kalpana N. Shankar in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMassachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine
Search for license 252103Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
15% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
193 Medicare Part D claims for 141 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass24 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa19 claims
- Azithromycin19 claims
- Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro14 claims
- Prednisone13 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Brigham And Womens Physicians Organization IncBoston, MA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Kalpana N. Shankar among 1,829 emergency medicine physician records in Massachusetts
Kalpana N. Shankar, MD is one of 1,829 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Massachusetts. 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 2007, is newer than 41% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 41% of these records are older, 51% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated2006 · median 2011 among the 1,200 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 57% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Massachusetts practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
543 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Boston
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Common questions
What is Kalpana N. Shankar, MD's NPI number?
Kalpana N. Shankar, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1831225267, issued on Feb 27, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kalpana N. Shankar, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at One Boston Medical Center Place, Boston, MA, 02118. Phone: (617) 414-5481. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kalpana N. Shankar, MD's license?
NPPES lists Massachusetts license number 252103, as entered by the provider. Search the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine at https://findmydoctor.mass.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Kalpana N. Shankar, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kalpana N. Shankar, MD had 193 Medicare Part D claims for 141 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.