Madhu Babu Paladugu, MD
Hospitalist Physician · Smithfield, NC
Madhu Babu Paladugu, MD is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Smithfield, North Carolina, and NPI 1659532596, issued on Jun 23, 2008. Check the license (North Carolina 2013-02291, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Madhu Babu Paladugu
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License numbers
- 2013-02291 NC
25MA08960100 NJ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 509 N Brightleaf Blvd, Smithfield, NC 27577
- Phone
- (919) 938-7189
- Enumerated
- Jun 23, 2008
- Record last updated
- Jul 14, 2022
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20140131000532); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 509 N Brightleaf Blvd
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Madhu Babu Paladugu in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2013-02291Check 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% more Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
533 Medicare Part D claims for 182 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 20 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Cefdinir40 claims
- Prednisone37 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate33 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium25 claims
- Famotidine19 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass18 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: $27.47
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Zoll Services LLC (a/k/a Zoll LifeCor Corp). 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.
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
- North Carolina MG LLCSmithfield, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Madhu Babu Paladugu among 989 hospitalist physician records in North Carolina
Madhu Babu Paladugu, MD is one of 989 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 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 2008, is newer than 33% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 33% of these records are older, 60% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 85% of these records are
- Graduated1999 · median 2010 among the 836 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 31% 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 North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
14 hospitalist physician records list a practice address in Smithfield
They are 14 of the 727 NPPES records with a practice address in Smithfield, and 989 hospitalist physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Madhu Babu Paladugu, MD's NPI number?
Madhu Babu Paladugu, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1659532596, issued on Jun 23, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Madhu Babu Paladugu, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 509 N Brightleaf Blvd, Smithfield, NC, 27577. Phone: (919) 938-7189. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Madhu Babu Paladugu, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2013-02291, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Madhu Babu Paladugu, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Madhu Babu Paladugu, MD had 533 Medicare Part D claims for 182 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.