Punam S. Bhandari, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Knoxville, TN
Punam S. Bhandari, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Knoxville, Tennessee, and NPI 1992747661, issued on Jun 10, 2006. Check the license (Tennessee 29585, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Punam S. Bhandari
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 29585 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 200 Fort Sanders West Blvd, Knoxville, TN 37922
- Phone
- (865) 212-2285
- Enumerated
- Jun 10, 2006
- Record last updated
- Aug 18, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 3829970 TN
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 200 Fort Sanders West Blvd
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Punam S. Bhandari in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 29585Check 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% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
37 Medicare Part D claims for 33 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $33.39
2 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.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
237 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Knoxville
They are 237 of the 14,339 NPPES records with a practice address in Knoxville, and 2,596 internal medicine physician records in Tennessee.
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Common questions
What is Punam S. Bhandari, MD's NPI number?
Punam S. Bhandari, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1992747661, issued on Jun 10, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Punam S. Bhandari, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 200 Fort Sanders West Blvd, Knoxville, TN, 37922. Phone: (865) 212-2285. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Punam S. Bhandari, MD's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 29585, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.tn.gov/health/licensure/me.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Punam S. Bhandari, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Punam S. Bhandari, MD had 37 Medicare Part D claims for 33 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.