NPI registry status
Active
2026 NPPES data Vascular Neurology Physician NPI 1265694525 D.O.
Verify on CMS → Malathi Rao, D.O.
Vascular Neurology Physician in Chicago, Illinois.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 603 in Vascular Neurology Physician, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.
Federal data, no proprietary rating.
We show these CMS records as-is - no composite score, no star rating, no editorial opinion layered on top.
Prescribing volume
610
Medicare Part D claims · 130 beneficiaries · Vascular Neurology Physician avg: 389
Generic prescribing
73%
generic claims · 27% brand-name · higher generic rates reduce patient out-of-pocket costs
Industry payments
$135.36
1 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File, 2024
What the federal data shows
Malathi Rao, D.O. filed 610 Medicare Part D claims in 2024 as a Vascular Neurology Physician in Chicago, Illinois, prescribing 73% generic.
- 610
- Part D claims, 2024
- 73%
- generic prescribing
- Likely
- board-certified (heuristic)
- ≥68th
- pct by Part D claim volume (lower-bound band)
Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.
Federal trust snapshot
What official records show about Malathi Rao, D.O.
Federal records show an active NPI with Medicare Part D prescribing activity — verifiable registry data, not a proprietary rating.
- Verified
NPI registry status
Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1265694525), first enumerated 06/27/2008.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 610 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.
Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF
- Reported
Board certification signal
Heuristic suggests board-certified status based on ABMS-eligible specialty taxonomy plus active CMS participation signals — not a direct ABMS verification.
- Reported
Hospital affiliations
3 CMS Care Compare hospital affiliations on record — practice footprint from the Doctors and Clinicians file.
Source: CMS Care Compare
- Reported
Industry payment transparency
$135.36 in reported industry payments (1 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.
Source: CMS Open Payments
- State context
State board disciplinary context
Illinois statewide board action statistics are published annually — these figures describe aggregate state activity, not Malathi Rao, D.O.'s individual license status. Verify directly with the state medical board.
Source: IDFPR annual report 2023
- Not in federal data
Individual sanction lookup
PlainDoctor does not publish per-provider disciplinary determinations. Confirm current license and any individual actions through the state medical board or FSMB verification service.
Source: State medical board / FSMB
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CMS NPPES provider registry desk
NPI 1265694525 · Vascular Neurology Physician
NPI-10 · ENUM-MID · TAX-NARROW · RX-LIGHT · BOOK-THIN · PHOTO-ENUM
- NPI-10 1265694525
- ENUM-MID 2008
- TAX-NARROW 603
- RX-LIGHT 610
- BOOK-THIN 26 in Illinois
- PHOTO-ENUM Shazia Alam · 2008
Malathi Rao, D.O.'s Medicare Part D volume vs every U.S. prescriber
Total Medicare Part D claims, 2024, across all CMS prescribers nationally
610 ≥ 68th percentile 68% of 1,416,883 prescribers are in lower value bands
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more prescribers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
The percentile is a conservative 100-claim band: it counts only prescribers in lower claim-volume bands. Medicare Part D claim volume is activity context, not a quality measure or recommendation. See methodology § corpus placement.
Source CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File · 2024
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Board certification likely (heuristic, not verified)
Malathi Rao, D.O. practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + 3 hospital affiliations - signals consistent with board-certified status. For verified board certification, see CertificationMatters.org (the official ABMS public lookup).
What does the federal data show about Malathi Rao, D.O.?
Quality data not reportedPrimary specialty
Vascular Neurology Physician
Medicare Part D claims
610 57% vs specialty avg
Specialty distribution in Illinois
How Vascular Neurology Physician compares to other specialties among Illinois providers
Board certification
Not published by CMS
CMS does not publish a per-provider board-certification field in NPPES. PlainDoctor does not have a reliable per-specialty certification rate to show for Vascular Neurology Physician. Verify directly:
How MIPS and board certification work
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.
Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).
Practice Address
Provider Details
| NPI | 1265694525 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Vascular Neurology Physician |
| Credentials | D.O. |
| Gender | Female |
| NPI Issued | 06/27/2008 |
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where Malathi Rao, D.O. bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" - a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.
According to CMS billing records, Malathi Rao, D.O. is affiliated with 3 Medicare-billing facilities, 1 of which carry a CMS Hospital overall star rating.
The University OF Chicago Medical Center
★★★★☆ 4/5
Chicago, IL
Acute Care Hospitals
CMS CCN: 140088
Rush University Medical Group
Chicago, IL
University OF Chicago
Chicago, IL
Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).
Industry payments received (2024) - CMS Open Payments transparency data
The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for Malathi Rao, D.O.. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$135
Largest payer
PFIZER INC.
Most common payment type
Food and Beverage
Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias, they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.
License & disciplinary context - Illinois IDFPR 2023 annual report
Aggregate state board data only, NOT a determination of any individual provider's status. The figures below describe statewide disciplinary activity across all ~42K Illinois medical licensees in 2023 - they are NOT specific to Malathi Rao, D.O.. To verify Malathi Rao, D.O.'s current license status, search the IDFPR public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.
106
Total board actions, Illinois 2023
Across 103 cases
2.52
Actions per 1,000 licensees
Illinois statewide rate
probation
Most common action type
38 cases
IDFPR publishes annual disciplinary statistics as part of public-record reporting under each state's Administrative Procedure Act. See the full breakdown by action type and year on the Illinois disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.
Brand vs generic prescribing mix · Above average
Malathi Rao, D.O. - brand share 27.0%
Vascular Neurology Physician average
27% brand-name claims vs 73% generic, on 610 2024 Medicare Part D claims.
The federal Medicare Part D Generic Dispensing Rate national benchmark sits near 90% generic / 10% brand for primary-care prescribers, per CMS Office of the Actuary 2024 estimates. Higher brand share is common in specialty prescribing where generic equivalents are not available.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.
610
Total Claims
$160K
Total Drug Cost
130
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 1,079.4
- Total Day Supply
- 30,883
- Brand vs Generic
- 27% brand / 73% generic
- Brand Drug Cost
- $149K
- Generic Drug Cost
- $12K
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 68.6 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 1.35
- Gender Split
- 70% female / 30% male
- Age Distribution
- <65: 32, 65-74: 53, 75-84: 34, 85+: 11
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What Malathi Rao, D.O. prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024
- Emgality Pen
Emgality Pen
73 claims
- Gabapentin
Gabapentin
68 claims
- Memantine Hcl
Memantine Hcl
49 claims
- Nurtec Odt
Nurtec Odt
42 claims
- Donepezil Hcl
Donepezil Hcl
41 claims
- Levetiracetam 28
Levetiracetam
28 claims
- Duloxetine Hcl 23
Duloxetine Hcl
23 claims
- Lamotrigine 22
Lamotrigine
22 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Emgality Pen Galcanezumab-Gnlm | 73 |
| Gabapentin | 68 |
| Memantine Hcl | 49 |
| Nurtec Odt Rimegepant Sulfate | 42 |
| Donepezil Hcl | 41 |
| Levetiracetam | 28 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 23 |
| Lamotrigine | 22 |
| Pregabalin | 18 |
| Topiramate | 17 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
Vascular Neurology Physician Overview
How Malathi Rao, D.O. fits within the Vascular Neurology Physician landscape nationally.
603
Vascular Neurology Physician Providers in US
47
States with Vascular Neurology Physician
389
Avg Claims per Provider
Malathi Rao, D.O.'s 610 claims are above the specialty average of 389.
Nationwide Vascular Neurology Physician peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Rao, both outside Illinois so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Same NPPES enumeration year (2008)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Vascular Neurology Physician Providers in Illinois
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Illinois, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Rao.
One of 26 Vascular Neurology Physician providers enrolled in Illinois, 5 are shown here.
Dr. Aisha Ali
MD
Chicago, IL
Dr. Anit Behera
MD, PHD
Park Ridge, IL
Dr. Richard Bernstein
MD
Chicago, IL
Dr. Deepa Bhupali
M.D.
Oak Lawn, IL
Dr. Yvonne Curran
MD
Chicago, IL
Compare Vascular Neurology Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Malathi Rao, D.O.'s specialty? ▼
Malathi Rao, D.O. specializes in Vascular Neurology Physician and practices in Chicago, Illinois. Credentials: D.O..
How much does Malathi Rao, D.O. prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Malathi Rao, D.O. wrote 610 Medicare Part D claims totaling $160K in drug costs for 130 beneficiaries.
Where is Malathi Rao, D.O. located? ▼
Malathi Rao, D.O. is located at 5841 S MARYLAND AVE, Chicago, IL, 60637. Phone: (888) 824-0200.
What is Malathi Rao, D.O.'s NPI number? ▼
Malathi Rao, D.O.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1265694525, issued on 06/27/2008.
Does Malathi Rao, D.O. prescribe more brand-name or generic drugs? ▼
Malathi Rao, D.O.'s prescribing is 27% brand-name and 73% generic drugs by claim count, with $149K in brand drug costs.
How many Vascular Neurology Physician providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 603 Vascular Neurology Physician providers across 47 states in the US. The average Vascular Neurology Physician provider writes 389 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Malathi Rao, D.O. prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, Malathi Rao, D.O.'s most frequently prescribed drugs include Emgality Pen, Gabapentin, Memantine Hcl. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Malathi Rao, D.O. accept Medicare? ▼
Malathi Rao, D.O. appears in CMS Medicare data with 610 Part D claims and 130 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Malathi Rao, D.O.'s credentials? ▼
Malathi Rao, D.O.'s NPI is 1265694525 with credentials D.O.. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.
Data Sources
View source datasets and methodology notes
- Provider Directory
- CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
- Specialty Classification
- NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
- Prescribing Data
- CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2024). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
- Limitations
- Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.
See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.
Data as of August 2026 (NPPES) / 2024 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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