Nirupama Vemuri, MD
Nephrology Physician · Porterville, CA
Nirupama Vemuri, MD is a nephrology physician with a practice address in Porterville, California, and NPI 1659303980, issued on Jul 7, 2006. Check the license (California C52775, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Nirupama Vemuri
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Nephrology Physician 207RN0300X
- License number
- C52775 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 557 W Morton Ave, Porterville, CA 93257
- Phone
- (559) 784-4925
- Enumerated
- Jul 7, 2006
- Record last updated
- Nov 17, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (559) 784-4966
- Medicaid ID
- 00C527750 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070904000370); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 557 W Morton Ave
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Verify Nirupama Vemuri in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license C52775Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
18.5 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average nephrology physician in 2024
27,132 Medicare Part D claims for 1,212 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,465 among the 10,986 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims. 212 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium1,709 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium1,223 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate674 claims
- Furosemide630 claims
- Gabapentin606 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium567 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): 38 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: $774.17
29 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 8,230 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,091.37 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
- 24 ON Physicians OF California PCPorterville, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Nirupama Vemuri among 1,468 nephrology physician records in California
Nirupama Vemuri, MD is one of 1,468 nephrology physician records with a practice address in California. 88% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 10% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 10% of these records are older, 48% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 88% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 77% of these records are
- Graduated1993 · median 2001 among the 1,128 with a school on file
- Record last updated2011 · 62% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RN0300X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Nephrology Physician providers in California
There are 1,468 nephrology physician records in California.
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The 8 nephrology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Melody Dumlao, M.DPorterville, CA 932571316938178
- Sreedhar Adapa, M.D.Visalia, CA 932771881997872
- Siddhartha Agrawal, M.D.Visalia, CA 932771477761963
- Yasser Barsoum, MDVisalia, CA 932771467618363
- Tariq Javed, MDVisalia, CA 932771891973806
- Tom Yang, M.D.Visalia, CA 932771548346695
- Thong Do, M.D.Hanford, CA 932301437369303
- David Heaney, M.D.Visalia, CA 932911013902733
Common questions
What is Nirupama Vemuri, MD's NPI number?
Nirupama Vemuri, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1659303980, issued on Jul 7, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Nirupama Vemuri, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 557 W Morton Ave, Porterville, CA, 93257. Phone: (559) 784-4925. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Nirupama Vemuri, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number C52775, 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 Nirupama Vemuri, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Nirupama Vemuri, MD had 27,132 Medicare Part D claims for 1,212 beneficiaries; the average among nephrology physician prescribers was 1,465. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Nirupama Vemuri, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 38 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.