Nina Bhupathiraju, MD
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician · Escondido, CA
Nina Bhupathiraju, MD is a physical medicine & rehabilitation physician with a practice address in Escondido, California, and NPI 1427498914, issued on Jun 27, 2013. Check the license (California 183918, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Nina Bhupathiraju
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician 208100000X
- License number
- 183918 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2181 Citracado Pkwy, Escondido, CA 92029
- Phone
- (442) 277-6100
- Enumerated
- Jun 27, 2013
- Record last updated
- Mar 26, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230329000707); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 2181 Citracado Pkwy
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Megan Kelley, PT, DPTPhysical Therapist1295510626
- Myraflor LavaGeneral Practice Registered Nurse1740038629
Verify Nina Bhupathiraju in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license 183918Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
40% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physical medicine & rehabilitation physician in 2024
436 Medicare Part D claims for 126 beneficiaries, against an average of 727 among the 7,448 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 43 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium21 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl20 claims
- Eliquis19 claims
- Trazodone Hcl16 claims
- Gabapentin15 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate13 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $400.50
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC. The 3,895 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,237.86 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
- Pacific Coast RehabilitationEscondido, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Nina Bhupathiraju among 1,549 physical medicine & rehabilitation physician records in California
Nina Bhupathiraju, MD is one of 1,549 physical medicine & rehabilitation physician records with a practice address in California. 59% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2013, is newer than 56% of them.
- NPI issued2013 · 56% of these records are older, 42% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 59% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 51% of these records are
- Graduated2013 · median 2008 among the 786 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 59% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208100000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician providers in California
There are 1,549 physical medicine & rehabilitation physician records in California.
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The 8 physical medicine & rehabilitation physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Bradley Chesler, M.D.Escondido, CA 920291629071469
- Kimberly Davis, M.D.Escondido, CA 920291265799878
- Rishi Shah, MDEscondido, CA 920291407268725
- Angel Chang, M.D.Escondido, CA 920251780942771
- Emma JonesEscondido, CA 920251093690679
- Andysheh Kamgar-ParsiEscondido, CA 920251548767726
- Craig SilverbergEscondido, CA 920251144859851
- Maxwell Smith, DPTEscondido, CA 920251760316988
Common questions
What is Nina Bhupathiraju, MD's NPI number?
Nina Bhupathiraju, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1427498914, issued on Jun 27, 2013. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Nina Bhupathiraju, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2181 Citracado Pkwy, Escondido, CA, 92029. Phone: (442) 277-6100. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Nina Bhupathiraju, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number 183918, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Nina Bhupathiraju, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Nina Bhupathiraju, MD had 436 Medicare Part D claims for 126 beneficiaries; the average among physical medicine & rehabilitation physician prescribers was 727. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Nina Bhupathiraju, MD'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.