Lakshmi Krishnamurthi, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Memphis, TN
Lakshmi Krishnamurthi, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Memphis, Tennessee, and NPI 1679500623, issued on Jun 26, 2006. Check the license (Tennessee 34456, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Lakshmi Krishnamurthi
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 34456 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3960 New Covington Pike, Memphis, TN 38128
- Phone
- (901) 516-5741
- Enumerated
- Jun 26, 2006
- Record last updated
- May 3, 2024
- Fax
- (901) 516-5986
- Medicaid IDs
- 3854935 TN
3854932 TN - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20071121000379); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Lakshmi Krishnamurthi in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 34456Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
67% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
1,041 Medicare Part D claims for 204 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 22% of claims. 24 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa69 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium69 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium55 claims
- Furosemide53 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate43 claims
- Breo Ellipta42 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): 73.3 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: $126.28
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk 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
- Methodist Inpatient Physicians LLCMemphis, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Lakshmi Krishnamurthi among 2,596 internal medicine physician records in Tennessee
Lakshmi Krishnamurthi, MD is one of 2,596 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Tennessee. 80% 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 15% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 15% of these records are older, 46% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated1989 · median 2003 among the 1,705 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 56% 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 Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
325 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Memphis
They are 325 of the 12,794 NPPES records with a practice address in Memphis, and 2,596 internal medicine physician records in Tennessee.
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Common questions
What is Lakshmi Krishnamurthi, MD's NPI number?
Lakshmi Krishnamurthi, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1679500623, issued on Jun 26, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Lakshmi Krishnamurthi, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3960 New Covington Pike, Memphis, TN, 38128. Phone: (901) 516-5741. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Lakshmi Krishnamurthi, MD's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 34456, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.tn.gov/health/licensure/me.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Lakshmi Krishnamurthi, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Lakshmi Krishnamurthi, MD had 1,041 Medicare Part D claims for 204 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Lakshmi Krishnamurthi, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 73.3 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.