Rakesh Ponnapureddy
Cardiovascular Disease Physician · Iowa City, IA
Rakesh Ponnapureddy is a cardiovascular disease physician with a practice address in Iowa City, Iowa, and NPI 1528485414, issued on Mar 28, 2014. Check the license (Iowa R-11074, as entered in NPPES) on the Iowa Board of Medicine; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Rakesh Ponnapureddy
- Primary taxonomy
- Cardiovascular Disease Physician 207RC0000X
- License number
- R-11074 IA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 200 Hawkins Dr, Iowa City, IA 52242
- Phone
- (319) 384-8001
- Enumerated
- Mar 28, 2014
- Record last updated
- Apr 25, 2022
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20240627003820); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 200 Hawkins Dr
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Mary Jo Abbott, RPHPharmacist1841325875
- Francois Abboud, MDCardiovascular Disease Physician1598753113
- Abdalla Abdalla, MBBCHAnatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician1518859826
- Sameh AbdallaAnatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician1437902160
Verify Rakesh Ponnapureddy in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIowa Board of Medicine
Search for license R-11074Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
13% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average cardiovascular disease physician in 2024
2,678 Medicare Part D claims for 507 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,078 among the 20,728 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 21% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Metoprolol Succinate319 claims
- Eliquis271 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium270 claims
- Furosemide196 claims
- Entresto129 claims
- Potassium Chloride128 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 87.9 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $294.58
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, 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.
Bills Medicare through 2 group practices
- Monument Health Network IncSpearfish, SD
- Monument Health Rapid City Hospital IncRapid City, SD
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Rakesh Ponnapureddy among 169 cardiovascular disease physician records in Iowa
Rakesh Ponnapureddy is one of 169 cardiovascular disease physician records with a practice address in Iowa. 83% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2014, is newer than 75% of them.
- NPI issued2014 · 75% of these records are older, 22% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 70% of these records are
- Graduated2010 · median 2000 among the 119 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 63% 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 Iowa practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers in Iowa
There are 169 cardiovascular disease physician records in Iowa.
All 169 in Iowa → Every provider in Iowa City → Cardiovascular Disease Physician nationwide →
The 8 cardiovascular disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Francois Abboud, MDIowa City, IA 522421598753113
- Christopher Benson, MD FACPIowa City, IA 522421225026859
- Catherine Bird, DOIowa City, IA 522421194713750
- Theresa Brennan, MDIowa City, IA 522421063400620
- Donald Brown, MDIowa City, IA 522421093702953
- John Chase, MDIowa City, IA 522421487642013
- Robert Felder, MDIowa City, IA 522421760470397
- Ellen Gordon, MDIowa City, IA 522421407844343
Common questions
What is Rakesh Ponnapureddy's NPI number?
Rakesh Ponnapureddy's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1528485414, issued on Mar 28, 2014. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Rakesh Ponnapureddy located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 200 Hawkins Dr, Iowa City, IA, 52242. Phone: (319) 384-8001. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Rakesh Ponnapureddy's license?
NPPES lists Iowa license number R-11074, as entered by the provider. Search the Iowa Board of Medicine at https://dial.iowa.gov/about-dial/boards-and-commissions/medicine. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Rakesh Ponnapureddy prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Rakesh Ponnapureddy had 2,678 Medicare Part D claims for 507 beneficiaries; the average among cardiovascular disease physician prescribers was 3,078. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Rakesh Ponnapureddy's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 87.9 of 100. 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.