Kochurani Cherian Puthumana, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Colonial Heights, VA
Kochurani Cherian Puthumana, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Colonial Heights, Virginia, and NPI 1184662173, issued on Jun 3, 2006. Check the license (Virginia 0101051536, as entered in NPPES) on the Virginia Department of Health Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kochurani Cherian Puthumana
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 0101051536 VA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 215 Temple Ave, Colonial Heights, VA 23834
- Phone
- (804) 526-8640
- Enumerated
- Jun 3, 2006
- Record last updated
- Sep 5, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (804) 526-4321
- Medicaid ID
- 6034306 VA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20051018001035); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 215 Temple Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Kochurani Cherian Puthumana in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersVirginia Department of Health Professions
Search for license 0101051536Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.0 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
9,523 Medicare Part D claims for 630 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate583 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium579 claims
- Losartan Potassium431 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium388 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium258 claims
- Gabapentin251 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: $21.86
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Dexcom, 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Bon Secours Medical Group Richmond Primary Care LLCTappahannock, VA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Kochurani Cherian Puthumana among 3,599 internal medicine physician records in Virginia
Kochurani Cherian Puthumana, MD is one of 3,599 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Virginia. 77% 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 9% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 9% of these records are older, 55% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated1987 · median 2003 among the 2,234 with a school on file
- Record last updated2012 · 53% 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 Virginia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
11 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Colonial Heights
They are 11 of the 459 NPPES records with a practice address in Colonial Heights, and 3,599 internal medicine physician records in Virginia.
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Common questions
What is Kochurani Cherian Puthumana, MD's NPI number?
Kochurani Cherian Puthumana, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1184662173, issued on Jun 3, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kochurani Cherian Puthumana, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 215 Temple Ave, Colonial Heights, VA, 23834. Phone: (804) 526-8640. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kochurani Cherian Puthumana, MD's license?
NPPES lists Virginia license number 0101051536, as entered by the provider. Search the Virginia Department of Health Professions at https://dhp.virginiainteractive.org/lookup/index. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Kochurani Cherian Puthumana, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kochurani Cherian Puthumana, MD had 9,523 Medicare Part D claims for 630 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.