Laxman Bhandari
Family Medicine Physician · Las Cruces, NM
Laxman Bhandari is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and NPI 1982347969, issued on Apr 18, 2022. Check the license (New Mexico RS2022-0864, as entered in NPPES) on the New Mexico Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Laxman Bhandari
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- RS2022-0864 NM
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2450 S Telshor Blvd, Las Cruces, NM 88011
- Phone
- (575) 521-5639
- Enumerated
- Apr 18, 2022
- Record last updated
- Aug 21, 2025
- Fax
- (575) 521-5545
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20250207002956); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Laxman Bhandari in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNew Mexico Medical Board
Search for license RS2022-0864Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
90% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
347 Medicare Part D claims for 66 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Jardiance20 claims
- Omeprazole18 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium17 claims
- Trazodone Hcl17 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate16 claims
- Lisinopril13 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: $16.32
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Astellas Pharma US Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- Apogee Medical Group Virginia PCMartinsville, VA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Laxman Bhandari among 1,287 family medicine physician records in New Mexico
Laxman Bhandari is one of 1,287 family medicine physician records with a practice address in New Mexico. 72% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2022, is newer than 93% of them.
- NPI issued2022 · 93% of these records are older, 4% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 56% of these records are
- Graduated2025 · median 2008 among the 727 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 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 207Q00000X and a New Mexico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
103 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Las Cruces
They are 103 of the 5,468 NPPES records with a practice address in Las Cruces, and 1,287 family medicine physician records in New Mexico.
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Common questions
What is Laxman Bhandari's NPI number?
Laxman Bhandari's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1982347969, issued on Apr 18, 2022. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Laxman Bhandari located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2450 S Telshor Blvd, Las Cruces, NM, 88011. Phone: (575) 521-5639. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Laxman Bhandari's license?
NPPES lists New Mexico license number RS2022-0864, as entered by the provider. Search the New Mexico Medical Board at https://www.nmmb.state.nm.us/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Laxman Bhandari prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Laxman Bhandari had 347 Medicare Part D claims for 66 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.