Maharshi Bhakta, MD
Hospitalist Physician · Kansas City, KS
Maharshi Bhakta, MD is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Kansas City, Kansas, and NPI 1669734489, issued on Jun 8, 2012. Check the license (Kansas 04-37957, as entered in NPPES) on the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Maharshi Bhakta
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License number
- 04-37957 KS
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Kumc Internal Medicine, Kansas City, KS 66160
- Phone
- (913) 588-6005
- Enumerated
- Jun 8, 2012
- Record last updated
- Jun 30, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (913) 588-3877
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20150706000667); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Maharshi Bhakta in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersKansas State Board of Healing Arts
Search for license 04-37957Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
59% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
213 Medicare Part D claims for 105 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 18 claims were for opioids.
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): 91.9 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).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Kansas University Physicians IncKansas City, KS
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Maharshi Bhakta among 182 hospitalist physician records in Kansas
Maharshi Bhakta, MD is one of 182 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in Kansas. 91% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2012, is newer than 37% of them.
- NPI issued2012 · 37% of these records are older, 58% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 91% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 73% of these records are
- Graduated2011 · median 2012 among the 132 with a school on file
- Record last updated2015 · 32% 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 Kansas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
59 hospitalist physician records list a practice address in Kansas City
They are 59 of the 4,522 NPPES records with a practice address in Kansas City, and 182 hospitalist physician records in Kansas.
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Common questions
What is Maharshi Bhakta, MD's NPI number?
Maharshi Bhakta, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1669734489, issued on Jun 8, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Maharshi Bhakta, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Kumc Internal Medicine, Kansas City, KS, 66160. Phone: (913) 588-6005. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Maharshi Bhakta, MD's license?
NPPES lists Kansas license number 04-37957, as entered by the provider. Search the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts at https://www.ksbha.ks.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Maharshi Bhakta, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Maharshi Bhakta, MD had 213 Medicare Part D claims for 105 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Maharshi Bhakta, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 91.9 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.