Kush Bhorania, M.D.
Hospitalist Physician · Winston Salem, NC
Kush Bhorania, M.D. is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Winston Salem, North Carolina, and NPI 1982023180, issued on Apr 15, 2014. Check the license (North Carolina 2024-00345, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kush Bhorania
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License numbers
- 2024-00345 NC
281193 MA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Medical Center Blvd, Winston Salem, NC 27157
- Phone
- (336) 716-9252
- Enumerated
- Apr 15, 2014
- Record last updated
- Dec 24, 2025
- Fax
- (336) 716-0030
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20190925000339); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Florida State University College Of Medicine, 2014
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Kush Bhorania in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2024-00345Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
37% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
326 Medicare Part D claims for 141 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 27 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Prednisone26 claims
- Eliquis22 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass20 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium17 claims
- Furosemide16 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl15 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: $137.45
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Pfizer Inc. 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 4 group practices
- Community Medical Associates, Inc.Methuen, MA
- Lawrence General HospitalLawrence, MA
- Mass General Brigham Medical Group Northern Massachusetts IncSalem, MA
- Wake Forest University Health SciencesWinston Salem, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Kush Bhorania among 989 hospitalist physician records in North Carolina
Kush Bhorania, M.D. is one of 989 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 90% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2014, is newer than 62% of them.
- NPI issued2014 · 62% of these records are older, 34% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 85% of these records are
- Graduated2014 · median 2010 among the 836 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 31% 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 North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
183 hospitalist physician records list a practice address in Winston Salem
They are 183 of the 10,040 NPPES records with a practice address in Winston Salem, and 989 hospitalist physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Kush Bhorania, M.D.'s NPI number?
Kush Bhorania, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1982023180, issued on Apr 15, 2014. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kush Bhorania, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Medical Center Blvd, Winston Salem, NC, 27157. Phone: (336) 716-9252. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kush Bhorania, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2024-00345, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Kush Bhorania, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kush Bhorania, M.D. had 326 Medicare Part D claims for 141 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. 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.