Kripa Balaram, MD
Psychiatry Physician · San Francisco, CA
Kripa Balaram, MD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in San Francisco, California, and NPI 1154825131, issued on Mar 22, 2018. Check the license (California A185580, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kripa Balaram
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- A185580 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1825 4TH St FL 4, San Francisco, CA 94143
- Phone
- (415) 885-7671
- Enumerated
- Mar 22, 2018
- Record last updated
- Feb 22, 2024
- Fax
- (415) 353-9522
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20231102003100); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Northeastern Ohio University College Of Medicine, 2018
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Kripa Balaram in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A185580Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
63% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
374 Medicare Part D claims for 53 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Mirtazapine46 claims
- Lorazepam45 claims
- Sertraline Hcl31 claims
- Gabapentin21 claims
- Buspirone Hcl19 claims
- Clonazepam16 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): 74.5 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).
Bills Medicare through 2 group practices
- Ucsf Medical Group Business ServicesSan Francisco, CA
- University OF California San FranciscoSan Francisco, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Kripa Balaram among 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California
Kripa Balaram, MD is one of 8,673 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in California. 67% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2018, is newer than 82% of them.
- NPI issued2018 · 82% of these records are older, 15% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 38% of these records are
- Graduated2018 · median 2005 among the 3,295 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
763 psychiatry physician records list a practice address in San Francisco
They are 763 of the 38,143 NPPES records with a practice address in San Francisco, and 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Kripa Balaram, MD's NPI number?
Kripa Balaram, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1154825131, issued on Mar 22, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kripa Balaram, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1825 4TH St FL 4, San Francisco, CA, 94143. Phone: (415) 885-7671. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kripa Balaram, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A185580, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Kripa Balaram, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kripa Balaram, MD had 374 Medicare Part D claims for 53 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Kripa Balaram, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 74.5 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.