NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Nitin Budhwar, MD

Family Medicine Physician · Dallas, TX

Nitin Budhwar, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Dallas, Texas, and NPI 1144243890, issued on Jul 25, 2006. Check the license (Texas M6548, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1144243890
Name
Nitin Budhwar
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
License numbers
M6548 TX
MD2020-0302 NM
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
5920 Forest Park RD Ste 601, Dallas, TX 75235
Phone
(214) 266-0312
Enumerated
Jul 25, 2006
Record last updated
Jan 22, 2025
Fax
(214) 266-0330
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20200826000230); accepts Medicare assignment
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
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  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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68% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024

1,143 Medicare Part D claims for 161 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims. 73 claims were for opioids.

  1. Nitin Budhwar1,143
  2. Specialty average3,544

Most prescribed

  1. Levothyroxine Sodium68 claims
  2. Gabapentin63 claims
  3. Lisinopril44 claims
  4. Tramadol Hcl42 claims
  5. Atorvastatin Calcium40 claims
  6. Eliquis31 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): 85.2 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.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score81.0
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%57.1
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%100.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $20.45

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Edwards Lifesciences Corporation. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Nitin Budhwar$20.45
  2. Specialty average$902.55

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

  1. Unm Medical Group IncAlbuquerque, NM

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Nitin Budhwar among 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas

Nitin Budhwar, MD is one of 11,119 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 82% 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 12% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 54% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
  • Graduated1997 · median 2004 among the 7,095 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2025 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

509 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Dallas

They are 509 of the 36,304 NPPES records with a practice address in Dallas, and 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas.

The 8 family medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Manju Agrawal, MDDallas, TX 752351063497139
  2. Amina Allaudin, M.D.Dallas, TX 752351134343007
  3. Chrisette Dharmagunaratne, M.D.Dallas, TX 752351790763654
  4. Esther Ho, MDDallas, TX 752351831279991
  5. Sapna Jaiswal, M.D.Dallas, TX 752351881672749
  6. Zaiba Jetpuri, DODallas, TX 752351780909739
  7. Lara Johnson, MDDallas, TX 752351679583355
  8. Minhaj Khan, MDDallas, TX 752351639379571

Common questions

What is Nitin Budhwar, MD's NPI number?

Nitin Budhwar, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1144243890, issued on Jul 25, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Nitin Budhwar, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5920 Forest Park RD Ste 601, Dallas, TX, 75235. Phone: (214) 266-0312. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Nitin Budhwar, MD's license?

NPPES lists Texas license number M6548, 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 Nitin Budhwar, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Nitin Budhwar, MD had 1,143 Medicare Part D claims for 161 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Nitin Budhwar, MD's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 85.2 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.