Kantha Kumar, D.O
Hospitalist Physician · Poughkeepsie, NY
Kantha Kumar, D.O is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Poughkeepsie, New York, and NPI 1043643620, issued on Aug 18, 2013. Check the license (New York 279622, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kantha Kumar
- Credential
- D.O
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License number
- 279622 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 45 Reade PL, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
- Phone
- (845) 454-8500
- Enumerated
- Aug 18, 2013
- Record last updated
- Jan 6, 2017 (not updated in 9 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 04238299 NY
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20150914001345); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- New York College Of Osteo Medicine Of New York Institute Of Technology, 2012
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Kantha Kumar in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
Search for license 279622Check 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 hospitalist physician in 2024
80 Medicare Part D claims for 57 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Prednisone19 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 94.2 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $33.32
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Csl Behring. The 7,324 providers of this specialty with any payment received $494.84 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.
Bills Medicare through 2 group practices
- North Shore Lij Urgent Care PCWappingers Falls, NY
- Nuvance Health Medical Practice PCPoughkeepsie, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Kantha Kumar among 2,067 hospitalist physician records in New York
Kantha Kumar, D.O is one of 2,067 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in New York. 93% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2013, is newer than 40% of them.
- NPI issued2013 · 40% of these records are older, 56% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 93% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 83% of these records are
- Graduated2012 · median 2013 among the 1,716 with a school on file
- Record last updated2017 · 37% 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 New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
32 hospitalist physician records list a practice address in Poughkeepsie
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Common questions
What is Kantha Kumar, D.O's NPI number?
Kantha Kumar, D.O's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1043643620, issued on Aug 18, 2013. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kantha Kumar, D.O located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 45 Reade PL, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12601. Phone: (845) 454-8500. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kantha Kumar, D.O's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 279622, as entered by the provider. Search the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions at https://www.op.nysed.gov/services/verifications/online-verification-searches. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Kantha Kumar, D.O prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kantha Kumar, D.O had 80 Medicare Part D claims for 57 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Kantha Kumar, D.O's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 94.2 of 100. 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.