Lalitha Vedantam, M.D
Internal Medicine Physician · Fort Washington, MD
Lalitha Vedantam, M.D is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Fort Washington, Maryland, and NPI 1942618996, issued on Jul 22, 2014. Check the license (Maryland D82595, as entered in NPPES) on the Maryland Board of Physicians; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Lalitha Vedantam
- Credential
- M.D
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- D82595 MD
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 950 E Swan Creek RD, Fort Washington, MD 20744
- Phone
- (301) 292-7270
- Enumerated
- Jul 22, 2014
- Record last updated
- Dec 14, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (301) 203-0740
- Medicaid ID
- 742503100 MD
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20170829000908); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 950 E Swan Creek RD
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Lalitha Vedantam in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMaryland Board of Physicians
Search for license D82595Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.0 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
6,419 Medicare Part D claims for 503 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims. 49 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium555 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate478 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium250 claims
- Losartan Potassium212 claims
- Metformin Hcl173 claims
- Pravastatin Sodium169 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): 77.5 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).
Industry payments in 2024: $263.67
12 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Amgen 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
- Medstar Medical Group - Southern Maryland LLCWaldorf, MD
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Lalitha Vedantam among 3,904 internal medicine physician records in Maryland
Lalitha Vedantam, M.D is one of 3,904 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Maryland. 77% 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 74% of them.
- NPI issued2014 · 74% of these records are older, 23% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2008 · median 2003 among the 2,445 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 59% 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 Maryland practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
7 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Fort Washington
They are 7 of the 367 NPPES records with a practice address in Fort Washington, and 3,904 internal medicine physician records in Maryland.
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Common questions
What is Lalitha Vedantam, M.D's NPI number?
Lalitha Vedantam, M.D's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1942618996, issued on Jul 22, 2014. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Lalitha Vedantam, M.D located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 950 E Swan Creek RD, Fort Washington, MD, 20744. Phone: (301) 292-7270. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Lalitha Vedantam, M.D's license?
NPPES lists Maryland license number D82595, as entered by the provider. Search the Maryland Board of Physicians at https://www.mbp.state.md.us/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Lalitha Vedantam, M.D prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Lalitha Vedantam, M.D had 6,419 Medicare Part D claims for 503 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Lalitha Vedantam, M.D's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 77.5 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.