Nikhil Palekar, M.D.
Psychiatry Physician · Brooklyn, NY
Nikhil Palekar, M.D. is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Brooklyn, New York, and NPI 1487805503, issued on Oct 7, 2008. Check the license (New York 003261, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Nikhil Palekar
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- 003261 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 450 Clarkson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11203
- Phone
- (718) 270-4483
- Enumerated
- Oct 7, 2008
- Record last updated
- Oct 26, 2009 (not updated in 17 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20091105000417); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 450 Clarkson Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Nikhil Palekar in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
Search for license 003261Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
About as many Medicare Part D claims as the average psychiatry physician in 2024
1,002 Medicare Part D claims for 119 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 3% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Memantine Hcl Er155 claims
- Quetiapine Fumarate90 claims
- Escitalopram Oxalate84 claims
- Donepezil Hcl80 claims
- Clonazepam67 claims
- Memantine Hcl56 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 98.5 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).
Industry payments in 2024: $23,798.33
26 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Lilly USA, LLC. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 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
- Stony Brook Psychiatric Associates University Faculty Practice CorporStony Brook, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Nikhil Palekar among 6,589 psychiatry physician records in New York
Nikhil Palekar, M.D. is one of 6,589 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in New York. 72% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2008, is newer than 56% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 56% of these records are older, 38% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 39% of these records are
- Graduated2003 · median 2002 among the 2,559 with a school on file
- Record last updated2009 · 65% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
559 psychiatry physician records list a practice address in Brooklyn
They are 559 of the 64,057 NPPES records with a practice address in Brooklyn, and 6,589 psychiatry physician records in New York.
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Common questions
What is Nikhil Palekar, M.D.'s NPI number?
Nikhil Palekar, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1487805503, issued on Oct 7, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Nikhil Palekar, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 450 Clarkson Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11203. Phone: (718) 270-4483. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Nikhil Palekar, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists New York license number 003261, as entered by the provider. Search the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions at https://www.op.nysed.gov/services/verifications/online-verification-searches. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Nikhil Palekar, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Nikhil Palekar, M.D. had 1,002 Medicare Part D claims for 119 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Nikhil Palekar, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 98.5 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.