Nishan Dharshana Adihetty, MD
Psychiatry Physician · Houston, TX
Nishan Dharshana Adihetty, MD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1316130065, issued on Aug 24, 2007. Check the license (Texas N5521, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Nishan Dharshana Adihetty
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- N5521 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 7200 North Loop E, Houston, TX 77028
- Phone
- (713) 970-7000
- Enumerated
- Aug 24, 2007
- Record last updated
- Jul 30, 2026
- Medicaid ID
- 080462703 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20101018000499); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Nishan Dharshana Adihetty in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license N5521Check 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% more Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
1,303 Medicare Part D claims for 118 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 7% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Hydroxyzine Hcl108 claims
- Trazodone Hcl106 claims
- Mirtazapine76 claims
- Fluoxetine Hcl65 claims
- Aripiprazole64 claims
- Benztropine Mesylate63 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 85.7 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $178.70
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Scientific Affairs, 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 2 group practices
- Specialty Clinic Medical Group PLLCAustin, TX
- The Harris Center For Mental Health And IddHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Nishan Dharshana Adihetty among 3,318 psychiatry physician records in Texas
Nishan Dharshana Adihetty, MD is one of 3,318 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in Texas. 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 2007, is newer than 35% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 35% of these records are older, 51% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 45% of these records are
- Graduated2008 · median 2006 among the 1,481 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 49% 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 Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Nishan Dharshana Adihetty, MD's NPI number?
Nishan Dharshana Adihetty, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1316130065, issued on Aug 24, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Nishan Dharshana Adihetty, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7200 North Loop E, Houston, TX, 77028. Phone: (713) 970-7000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Nishan Dharshana Adihetty, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number N5521, 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 Nishan Dharshana Adihetty, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Nishan Dharshana Adihetty, MD had 1,303 Medicare Part D claims for 118 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Nishan Dharshana Adihetty, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 85.7 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.