Rakesh C. Arora, MD, PHD
Surgery Physician · Cleveland, OH
Rakesh C. Arora, MD, PHD is a surgery physician with a practice address in Cleveland, Ohio, and NPI 1447972054, issued on Sep 12, 2022. Check the license (Ohio 35.145024, as entered in NPPES) on the State Medical Board of Ohio; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Rakesh C. Arora
- Credential
- MD, PHD
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License numbers
- 35.145024 OH
036177577 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106
- Phone
- (216) 844-7099
- Enumerated
- Sep 12, 2022
- Record last updated
- Nov 24, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20220928003345); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 11100 Euclid Avenue
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Verify Rakesh C. Arora in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersState Medical Board of Ohio
Search for license 35.145024Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 79.5 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.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $3,516.63
33 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Edwards Lifesciences Corporation. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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.
Bills Medicare through 2 group practices
- Northwestern Medical Faculty FoundationChicago, IL
- University Hospitals Medical Group IncCleveland, OH
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Rakesh C. Arora among 1,249 surgery physician records in Ohio
Rakesh C. Arora, MD, PHD is one of 1,249 surgery physician records with a practice address in Ohio. 73% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2022, is newer than 94% of them.
- NPI issued2022 · 94% of these records are older, 4% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 73% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated1996 · median 2006 among the 739 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a Ohio practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in Ohio
There are 1,249 surgery physician records in Ohio.
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The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Eric Marderstein, MDCleveland, OH 441061033239199
- Jeffrey Marks, MDCleveland, OH 441061881614501
- Raymond Onders, MDCleveland, OH 441061033139712
- Clifford Perez, MDCleveland, OH 441061336116466
- Marjie Persons, MDCleveland, OH 441061043236615
- Jeffrey Ponsky, MDCleveland, OH 441061255304614
Common questions
What is Rakesh C. Arora, MD, PHD's NPI number?
Rakesh C. Arora, MD, PHD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1447972054, issued on Sep 12, 2022. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Rakesh C. Arora, MD, PHD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44106. Phone: (216) 844-7099. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Rakesh C. Arora, MD, PHD's license?
NPPES lists Ohio license number 35.145024, as entered by the provider. Search the State Medical Board of Ohio at https://elicense.ohio.gov/oh_verifylicense. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
What is Rakesh C. Arora, MD, PHD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 79.5 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.