Lakshmi Prasad M. Vemulapalli, M.D.
Cardiovascular Disease Physician · San Antonio, TX
Lakshmi Prasad M. Vemulapalli, M.D. is a cardiovascular disease physician with a practice address in San Antonio, Texas, and NPI 1861482044, issued on Oct 27, 2005. Check the license (Texas J5506, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Lakshmi Prasad M. Vemulapalli
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Cardiovascular Disease Physician 207RC0000X
- License number
- J5506 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1200 Brooklyn Ave, San Antonio, TX 78212
- Phone
- (210) 225-4566
- Enumerated
- Oct 27, 2005
- Record last updated
- Apr 11, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (210) 225-5727
- Medicaid ID
- 043554701 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110429000011); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Lakshmi Prasad M. Vemulapalli in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license J5506Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
79% more Medicare Part D claims than the average cardiovascular disease physician in 2024
5,518 Medicare Part D claims for 669 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,078 among the 20,728 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Metoprolol Succinate886 claims
- Losartan Potassium396 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate330 claims
- Eliquis299 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium279 claims
- Carvedilol273 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 14.5 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $1,292.51
45 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AngioDynamics, Inc. The 16,686 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,819.56 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
- Cardiovascular Associates OF San Antonio, PASan Antonio, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Lakshmi Prasad M. Vemulapalli among 1,603 cardiovascular disease physician records in Texas
Lakshmi Prasad M. Vemulapalli, M.D. is one of 1,603 cardiovascular disease physician records with a practice address in Texas. 88% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 80% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 88% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 76% of these records are
- Graduated1981 · median 1998 among the 1,219 with a school on file
- Record last updated2011 · 47% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RC0000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers in Texas
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- Thomas Eades, M.D.San Antonio, TX 782121558344432
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Common questions
What is Lakshmi Prasad M. Vemulapalli, M.D.'s NPI number?
Lakshmi Prasad M. Vemulapalli, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1861482044, issued on Oct 27, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Lakshmi Prasad M. Vemulapalli, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1200 Brooklyn Ave, San Antonio, TX, 78212. Phone: (210) 225-4566. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Lakshmi Prasad M. Vemulapalli, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number J5506, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Lakshmi Prasad M. Vemulapalli, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Lakshmi Prasad M. Vemulapalli, M.D. had 5,518 Medicare Part D claims for 669 beneficiaries; the average among cardiovascular disease physician prescribers was 3,078. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Lakshmi Prasad M. Vemulapalli, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 14.5 of 100. 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.