Nireshkumari Vivekananthan, MD
Hospitalist Physician · Houston, TX
Nireshkumari Vivekananthan, MD is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1164699518, issued on May 14, 2008. Check the license (Texas M8404, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Nireshkumari Vivekananthan
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License number
- M8404 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 11455 Fallbrook Drive, Houston, TX 77065
- Phone
- (832) 604-7044
- Enumerated
- May 14, 2008
- Record last updated
- Sep 25, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080612000504); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Nireshkumari Vivekananthan in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license M8404Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
30% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
367 Medicare Part D claims for 161 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Furosemide28 claims
- Cefdinir25 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium24 claims
- Amiodarone Hcl19 claims
- Eliquis16 claims
- Clopidogrel12 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: $23.93
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Medtronic, Inc. The 7,324 providers of this specialty with any payment received $494.84 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
- Memorial Hermann Medical GroupHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Nireshkumari Vivekananthan among 1,587 hospitalist physician records in Texas
Nireshkumari Vivekananthan, MD is one of 1,587 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in Texas. 90% 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 19% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 19% of these records are older, 76% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 82% of these records are
- Graduated1990 · median 2013 among the 1,298 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 25% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Hospitalist Physician providers in Texas
There are 1,587 hospitalist physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Nireshkumari Vivekananthan, MD's NPI number?
Nireshkumari Vivekananthan, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1164699518, issued on May 14, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Nireshkumari Vivekananthan, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 11455 Fallbrook Drive, Houston, TX, 77065. Phone: (832) 604-7044. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Nireshkumari Vivekananthan, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number M8404, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Nireshkumari Vivekananthan, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Nireshkumari Vivekananthan, MD had 367 Medicare Part D claims for 161 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. 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.