NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Paul Alukal

Internal Medicine Physician · Irving, TX

Paul Alukal is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Irving, Texas, and NPI 1396191409, issued on May 6, 2016. Check the license (Texas R8145, 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 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1396191409
Name
Paul Alukal
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License number
R8145 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
400 W Lyndon B Johnson Fwy Ste 200, Irving, TX 75063
Phone
(972) 406-1199
Enumerated
May 6, 2016
Record last updated
Apr 6, 2023
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20191007003345); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of Texas Medical School At Houston, 2016
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
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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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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76% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024

5,589 Medicare Part D claims for 426 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 35 claims were for opioids.

  1. Paul Alukal5,589
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium463 claims
  2. Levothyroxine Sodium270 claims
  3. Amlodipine Besylate204 claims
  4. Metformin Hcl199 claims
  5. Losartan Potassium185 claims
  6. Rosuvastatin Calcium153 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: $2,071.42

113 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Paul Alukal$2,071.42
  2. Specialty average$1,303.06

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. Healthtexas Provider NetworkIrving, TX

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

Paul Alukal among 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas

Paul Alukal is one of 9,175 internal 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 2016, is newer than 74% of them.

  • NPI issued2016 · 74% of these records are older, 23% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
  • Graduated2016 · median 2004 among the 6,088 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2023 · 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 207R00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

98 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Irving

They are 98 of the 3,532 NPPES records with a practice address in Irving, and 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Niranjan Banda, M.D.Irving, TX 750631659608255
  2. Jennifer Bashour, M.D.Irving, TX 750631922032911
  3. Shailendra Chavda, M.DIrving, TX 750631922132562
  4. Vijaya Shree Chintala, MDIrving, TX 750631548339526
  5. Anil Desai, MDIrving, TX 750631508809757
  6. Sivavasavi Dinakaran, M.DIrving, TX 750631487781282
  7. Tiffany Harvey, M.D.Irving, TX 750631346405636
  8. Bradley Jones, M.D.Irving, TX 750631902824147

Common questions

What is Paul Alukal's NPI number?

Paul Alukal's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1396191409, issued on May 6, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Paul Alukal located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 400 W Lyndon B Johnson Fwy Ste 200, Irving, TX, 75063. Phone: (972) 406-1199. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Paul Alukal's license?

NPPES lists Texas license number R8145, 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 Paul Alukal prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Paul Alukal had 5,589 Medicare Part D claims for 426 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.