Malavika Vinta, M.D.
Nephrology Physician · Austin, TX
Malavika Vinta, M.D. is a nephrology physician with a practice address in Austin, Texas, and NPI 1518903525, issued on Jun 20, 2006. Check the license (Texas L9536, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Malavika Vinta
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Nephrology Physician 207RN0300X
- License number
- L9536 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 408 W 45TH St, Austin, TX 78751
- Phone
- (512) 451-5800
- Enumerated
- Jun 20, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 15, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (512) 459-1399
- Medicaid ID
- 166322104 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040812001514); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Albany Medical College Of Union University, 2001
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 408 W 45TH St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Yazmine Araya, APRN, AGACNP-BCNurse Practitioner1417804972
- Laura Ashley, LICENSED DIETITIANRegistered Dietitian1144481037
- Judith Betts, MDNephrology Physician1992735120
- Celestina Binner, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1497208151
- Heidi Booth, CNSAdult Health Clinical Nurse Specialist1144512070
- Julie BoswellRegistered Dietitian1568496032
Verify Malavika Vinta in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license L9536Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
43% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average nephrology physician in 2024
835 Medicare Part D claims for 132 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,465 among the 10,986 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 9% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Hydralazine Hcl82 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate80 claims
- Lisinopril57 claims
- Sevelamer Carbonate49 claims
- Furosemide48 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate46 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $24.61
1 payment: education; the largest payer was Akebia Therapeutics Inc. The 8,230 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,091.37 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
- Austin Kidney Associates PAAustin, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Malavika Vinta among 1,159 nephrology physician records in Texas
Malavika Vinta, M.D. is one of 1,159 nephrology physician records with a practice address in Texas. 89% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 15% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 15% of these records are older, 53% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 89% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 82% of these records are
- Graduated2001 · median 2001 among the 954 with a school on file
- Record last updated2015 · 47% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RN0300X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Nephrology Physician providers in Texas
There are 1,159 nephrology physician records in Texas.
All 1,159 in Texas → Every provider in Austin → Nephrology Physician nationwide →
The 8 nephrology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Judith Betts, MDAustin, TX 787511992735120
- Raeeda Gheewala, MDAustin, TX 787511851507115
- Shahzad Hashim, MDAustin, TX 787511205053147
- Timothy Hines, MDAustin, TX 787511063446359
- Youness Hussein, MDAustin, TX 787511588004121
- Yasser Nasser, M.D.Austin, TX 787511760413629
- Andrew Pelphrey, M.D.Austin, TX 787511457301764
- William Rodriguez, MDAustin, TX 787511821028093
Common questions
What is Malavika Vinta, M.D.'s NPI number?
Malavika Vinta, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1518903525, issued on Jun 20, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Malavika Vinta, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 408 W 45TH St, Austin, TX, 78751. Phone: (512) 451-5800. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Malavika Vinta, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number L9536, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Malavika Vinta, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Malavika Vinta, M.D. had 835 Medicare Part D claims for 132 beneficiaries; the average among nephrology physician prescribers was 1,465. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Malavika Vinta, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.