Muralikrishna K. Bhat, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Tucson, AZ
Muralikrishna K. Bhat, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Tucson, Arizona, and NPI 1114914637, issued on Sep 29, 2005. Check the license (Arizona 31112, as entered in NPPES) on the Arizona Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Muralikrishna K. Bhat
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 31112 AZ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1619 N Swan RD, Tucson, AZ 85712
- Phone
- (520) 290-9151
- Enumerated
- Sep 29, 2005
- Record last updated
- Jun 23, 2026
- Fax
- (520) 290-9152
- Medicaid ID
- 757461 AZ
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060505000688); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1619 N Swan RD
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Sheela Bhat, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1598752008
- Ellen Pearson, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1922863653
Verify Muralikrishna K. Bhat in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersArizona Medical Board
Search for license 31112Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
64% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
5,211 Medicare Part D claims for 540 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. 22 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium301 claims
- Losartan Potassium259 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium254 claims
- Lisinopril211 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate207 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium152 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: $1,083.53
40 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- Arizona Community Physicians PCTucson, AZ
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Muralikrishna K. Bhat among 2,853 internal medicine physician records in Arizona
Muralikrishna K. Bhat, M.D. is one of 2,853 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Arizona. 75% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 87% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
- Graduated1993 · median 2003 among the 1,643 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 51% 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 Arizona practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
651 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Tucson
They are 651 of the 18,788 NPPES records with a practice address in Tucson, and 2,853 internal medicine physician records in Arizona.
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The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- William Abraham, MDTucson, AZ 857121669468195
- Sheela Bhat, M.D.Tucson, AZ 857121598752008
- Douglas Bischoff, M.D.Tucson, AZ 857121821085333
- George Haloftis, D.O.Tucson, AZ 857121740277268
- Thomas Headlee, M.D.Tucson, AZ 857121194711630
- Kathleen Iveson, M.D.Tucson, AZ 857121720074263
- Gerome Kantor, MDTucson, AZ 857121407850290
- Douglas Kirkpatrick, D.O.Tucson, AZ 857121851388433
Common questions
What is Muralikrishna K. Bhat, M.D.'s NPI number?
Muralikrishna K. Bhat, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1114914637, issued on Sep 29, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Muralikrishna K. Bhat, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1619 N Swan RD, Tucson, AZ, 85712. Phone: (520) 290-9151. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Muralikrishna K. Bhat, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Arizona license number 31112, as entered by the provider. Search the Arizona Medical Board at https://www.azmd.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Muralikrishna K. Bhat, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Muralikrishna K. Bhat, M.D. had 5,211 Medicare Part D claims for 540 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.