Nita Kulkarni, MD
Hospitalist Physician · Chicago, IL
Nita Kulkarni, MD is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Chicago, Illinois, and NPI 1790717460, issued on Jul 6, 2006. Check the license (Illinois 336070340, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Nita Kulkarni
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License number
- 336070340 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 680 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60611
- Phone
- (312) 695-9797
- Enumerated
- Jul 6, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 21, 2022
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040511001141); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Washington University School Of Medicine, 2000
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Nita Kulkarni in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
Search for license 336070340Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
94% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
29 Medicare Part D claims for 15 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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): 94.1 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).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Northwestern Medical Faculty FoundationChicago, IL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Nita Kulkarni among 1,535 hospitalist physician records in Illinois
Nita Kulkarni, MD is one of 1,535 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 92% 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 1% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 1% of these records are older, 88% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 92% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 87% of these records are
- Graduated2000 · median 2013 among the 1,339 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 32% 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 Illinois 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 Nita Kulkarni, MD's NPI number?
Nita Kulkarni, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1790717460, issued on Jul 6, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Nita Kulkarni, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 680 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL, 60611. Phone: (312) 695-9797. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Nita Kulkarni, MD's license?
NPPES lists Illinois license number 336070340, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation at https://idfpr.illinois.gov/checklicense.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Nita Kulkarni, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Nita Kulkarni, MD had 29 Medicare Part D claims for 15 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Nita Kulkarni, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 94.1 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.