Mandakini Pokharna, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Chicago, IL
Mandakini Pokharna, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Chicago, Illinois, and NPI 1588674873, issued on Aug 9, 2006. Check the license (Illinois 036-088763, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Mandakini Pokharna
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 036-088763 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2535 S. Martin Luther King Drive, Chicago, IL 60616
- Phone
- (312) 842-7117
- Enumerated
- Aug 9, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 4, 2022
- Fax
- (312) 326-2102
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100304000515); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Mandakini Pokharna in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
Search for license 036-088763Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
12% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
3,557 Medicare Part D claims for 276 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims. 26 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate356 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium250 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate177 claims
- Furosemide128 claims
- Losartan Potassium115 claims
- Alendronate Sodium108 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Advocate Health And Hospitals CorporationSouth Holland, IL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Mandakini Pokharna among 7,238 internal medicine physician records in Illinois
Mandakini Pokharna, M.D. is one of 7,238 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 73% 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 7% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 7% of these records are older, 61% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 73% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 50% of these records are
- Graduated1985 · median 2003 among the 3,580 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 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 207R00000X and a Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
2,867 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Chicago
They are 2,867 of the 63,379 NPPES records with a practice address in Chicago, and 7,238 internal medicine physician records in Illinois.
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Common questions
What is Mandakini Pokharna, M.D.'s NPI number?
Mandakini Pokharna, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1588674873, issued on Aug 9, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Mandakini Pokharna, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2535 S. Martin Luther King Drive, Chicago, IL, 60616. Phone: (312) 842-7117. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Mandakini Pokharna, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Illinois license number 036-088763, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation at https://idfpr.illinois.gov/checklicense.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Mandakini Pokharna, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Mandakini Pokharna, M.D. had 3,557 Medicare Part D claims for 276 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.