Periyanan Vaduganathan, M.D.
Cardiovascular Disease Physician · Houston, TX
Periyanan Vaduganathan, M.D. is a cardiovascular disease physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1518962588, issued on Jun 16, 2005. Check the license (Texas J7240, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Periyanan Vaduganathan
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Cardiovascular Disease Physician 207RC0000X
- License number
- J7240 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 11914 Astoria Blvd, Houston, TX 77089
- Phone
- (281) 481-5444
- Enumerated
- Jun 16, 2005
- Record last updated
- Apr 20, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (281) 481-5460
- Medicaid ID
- 148398401 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110502000744); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Periyanan Vaduganathan in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license J7240Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
99% more Medicare Part D claims than the average cardiovascular disease physician in 2024
6,136 Medicare Part D claims for 565 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,078 among the 20,728 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 26 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Metoprolol Succinate503 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium499 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate402 claims
- Eliquis351 claims
- Losartan Potassium296 claims
- Clopidogrel249 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $774.16
36 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 16,686 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,819.56 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.
Periyanan Vaduganathan among 1,603 cardiovascular disease physician records in Texas
Periyanan Vaduganathan, M.D. is one of 1,603 cardiovascular disease physician records with a practice address in Texas. 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 80% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 88% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 76% of these records are
- Graduated1982 · median 1998 among the 1,219 with a school on file
- Record last updated2011 · 47% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RC0000X 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 Periyanan Vaduganathan, M.D.'s NPI number?
Periyanan Vaduganathan, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1518962588, issued on Jun 16, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Periyanan Vaduganathan, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 11914 Astoria Blvd, Houston, TX, 77089. Phone: (281) 481-5444. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Periyanan Vaduganathan, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number J7240, 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 Periyanan Vaduganathan, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Periyanan Vaduganathan, M.D. had 6,136 Medicare Part D claims for 565 beneficiaries; the average among cardiovascular disease physician prescribers was 3,078. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Periyanan Vaduganathan, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.