NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Lloyd Devassy Panjikaran, MD

Hospitalist Physician · Merced, CA

Lloyd Devassy Panjikaran, MD is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Merced, California, and NPI 1609372341, issued on Apr 2, 2018. Check the license (California A185908, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1609372341
Name
Lloyd Devassy Panjikaran
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
License numbers
A185908 CA
036.155194 IL
036155194 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
333 Mercy Ave, Merced, CA 95340
Phone
(209) 564-5000
Enumerated
Apr 2, 2018
Record last updated
Jun 9, 2023
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20231018002201); accepts Medicare assignment
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 333 Mercy Ave

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Calbeth Alaribe, PA-CMedical Physician Assistant1891377081
  2. Itzel Angulo, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1538962147
  3. Jason Antunez, M.D.Emergency Medicine Physician1578852877
  4. Jaswinder Barn, DNP/FNP/PMHNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1306331699
  5. Ma Lovely Batasin, DOEmergency Medicine Physician1023579000
  6. Ashley Brauchler, PA-CPhysician Assistant1578301396

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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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54% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024

239 Medicare Part D claims for 98 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Lloyd Panjikaran239
  2. Specialty average521

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium19 claims
  2. Lisinopril16 claims
  3. Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass14 claims
  4. Carvedilol12 claims
  5. Furosemide11 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: $67.88

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. 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.

  1. Lloyd Panjikaran$67.88
  2. Specialty average$494.84

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Bills Medicare through 3 group practices

  1. American Specialty Physicians Group IncColusa, CA
  2. Merced Hospitalist Medical Group IncMerced, CA
  3. Vituity Hospitalists PCRedwood City, CA

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Lloyd Devassy Panjikaran among 3,099 hospitalist physician records in California

Lloyd Devassy Panjikaran, MD 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 2018, is newer than 77% of them.

  • NPI issued2018 · 77% of these records are older, 19% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • Graduated2013 · median 2010 among the 2,505 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2023 · 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

There are 3,099 hospitalist physician records in California.

The 8 hospitalist physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Zohra Salehi, M.D.Merced, CA 953401477993582
  2. Thomas Chang, MDManteca, CA 953371205908035
  3. Thailai Huynh, MDManteca, CA 953371508918574
  4. Tint Lwin, MDManteca, CA 953371497833990
  5. Brijinder Oberai, MDManteca, CA 953371063590966
  6. David Quach, MDManteca, CA 953371851479331
  7. Gerald Santos, MDManteca, CA 953371336213651
  8. Rohit Arora, DOLivingston, CA 953341154717213

Common questions

What is Lloyd Devassy Panjikaran, MD's NPI number?

Lloyd Devassy Panjikaran, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1609372341, issued on Apr 2, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Lloyd Devassy Panjikaran, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 333 Mercy Ave, Merced, CA, 95340. Phone: (209) 564-5000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Lloyd Devassy Panjikaran, MD's license?

NPPES lists California license number A185908, 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 Lloyd Devassy Panjikaran, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Lloyd Devassy Panjikaran, MD had 239 Medicare Part D claims for 98 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. 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.