Kushal Karnik, M.D.
Hospitalist Physician · Chula Vista, CA
Kushal Karnik, M.D. is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Chula Vista, California, and NPI 1609194125, issued on May 7, 2010. Check the license (California A143229, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kushal Karnik
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License number
- A143229 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 751 Medical Center CT, Chula Vista, CA 91911
- Phone
- (619) 502-5800
- Enumerated
- May 7, 2010
- Record last updated
- Jan 3, 2017 (not updated in 9 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20170124000770); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Virginia Commonwealth University, School Of Medicine, 2010
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Kushal Karnik in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A143229Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
49% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
266 Medicare Part D claims for 125 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 19 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Cefuroxime20 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass15 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate13 claims
- Prednisone13 claims
- Clopidogrel12 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): 73.6 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).
Industry payments in 2024: $314.61
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. 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 one group practice
- Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group IncChula Vista, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Kushal Karnik among 3,099 hospitalist physician records in California
Kushal Karnik, M.D. is one of 3,099 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in California. 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 2010, is newer than 44% of them.
- NPI issued2010 · 44% of these records are older, 53% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 81% of these records are
- Graduated2010 · median 2010 among the 2,505 with a school on file
- Record last updated2017 · 49% 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 California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Hospitalist Physician providers in California
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Common questions
What is Kushal Karnik, M.D.'s NPI number?
Kushal Karnik, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1609194125, issued on May 7, 2010. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kushal Karnik, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 751 Medical Center CT, Chula Vista, CA, 91911. Phone: (619) 502-5800. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kushal Karnik, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A143229, 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 Kushal Karnik, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kushal Karnik, M.D. had 266 Medicare Part D claims for 125 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Kushal Karnik, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 73.6 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.