2026 NPPES data Critical Care Medicine Registered Nurse NPI 1912495391
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NIKHIL VIJ

Critical Care Medicine Registered Nurse in ROMEOVILLE, Illinois. CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System profile including specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare prescribing data when reported.

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Prescribing volume
2K
Medicare Part D claims · 310 beneficiaries · Critical Care Medicine Registered Nurse avg: 752
MIPS score
43.1682/100
▼ 40 pts below national avg 83.1 · [object Object]
Industry payments
$65.19
2 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)

What the federal data shows

NIKHIL VIJ reported a CMS MIPS final score of 43.1682/100 — below the 83.1 national average — and filed 1,821 Medicare Part D claims in 2023.

43.1682/100
MIPS score · -40 vs avg
2K
Part D claims, 2023
$65.19
industry payments (Sunshine Act)

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.

NIKHIL VIJ's MIPS score vs every scored U.S. clinician

CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) final score, 2023 — the federal quality measure

43 4th percentile higher than 4% of 477,587 scored providers

0–10: 8,684 scored providers (2%). Below this entry. 10–20: 3,008 scored providers (1%). Below this entry. 20–30: 3,069 scored providers (1%). Below this entry. 30–40: 2,746 scored providers (1%). Below this entry. 40–50: 2,928 scored providers (1%). This entry sits in this band. 50–60: 5,882 scored providers (1%). Above this entry. 60–70: 13,906 scored providers (3%). Above this entry. 70–80: 118,074 scored providers (25%). Above this entry. 80–90: 129,887 scored providers (27%). Above this entry. 90–100: 189,403 scored providers (40%). Above this entry. This provider 0 100 every MIPS-scored clinician, bucketed by value

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Source CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) · 2023

What does the federal data show about NIKHIL VIJ?

Below national average

NPI registry status

Active

Issued 05/01/2018

NPI 1912495391

Primary specialty

Critical Care Medicine Registered Nurse

Mid-sized

6,529 US NPIs in this specialty

Medicare Part D claims

1,821 142% vs specialty avg

2023 prescription claims

Specialty avg: 752

MIPS final score

43.1682/100 39.931799999999996% pts

Below average band

vs 83.1 national avg

Specialty distribution in Illinois

How Critical Care Medicine Registered Nurse compares to other specialties among Illinois providers

Illinois providers

Critical Care Medicine Registered Nurse share within Illinois

1. Critical Care Medicine Registered Nurse42%2. Internal medicine21%3. Family medicine17%4. Surgical12%5. Pediatric8%
Critical Care Medicine Registered Nurse share within Illinois

Medicare quality performance — MIPS

NIKHIL VIJ's 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Critical Care Medicine Registered Nurse national average

Below national average
MIPS Final Score
43.1682/100
vs 83.1 national avg · 2023 performance year

MIPS final score (Critical Care Medicine Registered Nurse) — 43.1682/100 vs national avg 83.1

0%100%National avg83%43.2%
MIPS final score (Critical Care Medicine Registered Nurse) — 43.1682/100 vs national avg 83.1

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).

NIKHIL VIJ appears in the CMS NPPES registry as a Critical Care Medicine Registered Nurse provider at 500 S WEBER RD, ROMEOVILLE, IL, 60446, with a listed phone of (708) 476-0936. NPI 1912495391 was issued on 05/01/2018. Because NPPES data is self-reported by the provider and refreshed monthly, the address, phone, and specialty reflect what VIJ most recently submitted to CMS rather than a vetted directory listing, which is why patients should always confirm the practice is still at this location before scheduling.

Medicare Part D records for calendar year 2023 show 1,821 prescription claims written by this provider, covering 310 Medicare beneficiaries and totaling roughly $69K in drug spend, with an opioid prescribing rate of 27.9%. These figures capture only Medicare Part D — commercial insurance, Medicaid, and cash-pay prescriptions are not included, and any drug-beneficiary cell under 11 is suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. On the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, this provider earned a Final Score of 43.1682/100 for the 2023 performance year (Quality 30, Cost 70.5605), compared with the national average of 83.1.

Critical Care Medicine Registered Nurse is a mid-sized specialty nationwide, with 6,529 enrolled providers across 53 states and an average of 752 Part D claims per prescriber, so the context for interpreting these metrics differs meaningfully from a primary-care baseline. Important: PlainDoctor is a directory of publicly available government data, not medical advice, a malpractice database, or a quality rating. Inclusion here does not imply a recommendation, and absence of complaints or sanctions on this page does not mean none exist — always verify credentials through the NPPES NPI Registry, your state medical board, and the ABMS or AOA before making healthcare decisions.

Practice Address

500 S WEBER RD
ROMEOVILLE, IL 60446

Provider Details

NPI 1912495391
Specialty Critical Care Medicine Registered Nurse
Gender Male
NPI Issued 05/01/2018

CMS Quality Score (MIPS)

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.

43.1682
Final Score
Avg: 83.1
30
Quality
70.5605
Cost

Reporting: Individual

Hospital and facility affiliations

Facilities where NIKHIL VIJ 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.

GANDHI MEDICAL CONSULTANTS S C
JOLIET, IL
KANTAR MEDICAL CONSULTANTS SC
JOLIET, 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 NIKHIL VIJ. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.

Total received

$65

Largest payer

Boston Scientific Corporation

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 NIKHIL VIJ. To verify NIKHIL VIJ'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.

Medicare Part D Prescribing Data

CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2023.

1,821
Total Claims
$69K
Total Drug Cost
310
Medicare Beneficiaries

Prescribing Breakdown

30-Day Fills
2,181
Total Day Supply
47,120
Generic Drug Cost
$32K
Opioid Claims
508 (27.9% rate)
Antibiotic Claims
59

Patient Demographics

Average Patient Age
76.0 years
Avg HCC Risk Score
2.70
Gender Split
60% female / 40% male
Age Distribution
<65: 32, 65-74: 99, 75-84: 109, 85+: 70

Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)

Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2023. Based on Medicare Part D data only.

What NIKHIL VIJ prescribes most

Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2023

claims
Source CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File As of 2023
Drug Claims
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen
333
Tramadol Hcl
116
Alprazolam
92
Warfarin Sodium
80
Furosemide
69
Lorazepam
49
Amlodipine Besylate
41
Clonazepam
39
Losartan Potassium
37
Oxycodone-Acetaminophen
Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen
37

* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.

Critical Care Medicine Registered Nurse Overview

How NIKHIL VIJ fits within the Critical Care Medicine Registered Nurse landscape nationally.

6,529
Critical Care Medicine Registered Nurse Providers in US
53
States with Critical Care Medicine Registered Nurse
752
Avg Claims per Provider

NIKHIL VIJ's 1,821 claims are above the specialty average of 752.

Nearby Critical Care Medicine Registered Nurse Providers in Illinois

Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Illinois, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as VIJ.

Compare Critical Care Medicine Registered Nurse nationally: see state-by-state distribution →

Frequently Asked Questions

What is NIKHIL VIJ's specialty?
NIKHIL VIJ specializes in Critical Care Medicine Registered Nurse and practices in ROMEOVILLE, Illinois.
How much does NIKHIL VIJ prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2023, NIKHIL VIJ wrote 1,821 Medicare Part D claims totaling $69K in drug costs for 310 beneficiaries.
What is NIKHIL VIJ's Medicare quality score?
NIKHIL VIJ has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 43.1682/100 (Quality: 30, Cost: 70.5605). The national average MIPS Final Score is 83.1. Source: CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 2023.
Where is NIKHIL VIJ located?
NIKHIL VIJ is located at 500 S WEBER RD, ROMEOVILLE, IL, 60446. Phone: (708) 476-0936.
What is NIKHIL VIJ's NPI number?
NIKHIL VIJ's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1912495391, issued on 05/01/2018.
Does NIKHIL VIJ prescribe opioids?
Yes, NIKHIL VIJ had 508 opioid claims in 2023 with an opioid prescribing rate of 27.9%.
How many Critical Care Medicine Registered Nurse providers are there in the US?
There are 6,529 Critical Care Medicine Registered Nurse providers across 53 states in the US. The average Critical Care Medicine Registered Nurse provider writes 752 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does NIKHIL VIJ prescribe most often?
Based on 2023 Medicare Part D data, NIKHIL VIJ's most frequently prescribed drugs include Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen, Tramadol Hcl, Alprazolam. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does NIKHIL VIJ accept Medicare?
NIKHIL VIJ appears in CMS Medicare data with 1,821 Part D claims and 310 Medicare beneficiaries in 2023. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify NIKHIL VIJ's credentials?
NIKHIL VIJ's NPI is 1912495391. 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

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 (2023). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
Quality Performance
CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) — 2023 performance year.
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 April 2026 (NPPES) / 2023 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

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