Ramkrishna Kothur, M.D.
Gastroenterology Physician · Sun City, AZ
Ramkrishna Kothur, M.D. is a gastroenterology physician with a practice address in Sun City, Arizona, and NPI 1922113075, issued on Aug 20, 2006. Check the license (Arizona 30654, as entered in NPPES) on the Arizona Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ramkrishna Kothur
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Gastroenterology Physician 207RG0100X
- License number
- 30654 AZ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 13640 N 99TH Ave Ste 600, Sun City, AZ 85351
- Phone
- (623) 972-2116
- Enumerated
- Aug 20, 2006
- Record last updated
- Feb 16, 2017 (not updated in 9 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (623) 972-0521
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20101022001339); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 13640 N 99TH Ave Ste 600
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Shraddha Batra, PA-CPhysician Assistant1982251773
- Lawrence Bettinger, MDSpecialist1578587390
- Teresa Burns, NPNurse Practitioner1326569724
- Parag Chokshi, MDGastroenterology Physician1144243510
- Jessica Denise, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1508691338
- Krista Gomez, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1841749132
Verify Ramkrishna Kothur in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersArizona Medical Board
Search for license 30654Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
84% more Medicare Part D claims than the average gastroenterology physician in 2024
1,494 Medicare Part D claims for 443 beneficiaries, against an average of 811 among the 16,445 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Pantoprazole Sodium378 claims
- Famotidine241 claims
- Omeprazole166 claims
- Dicyclomine Hcl92 claims
- Creon62 claims
- Budesonide Dr44 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $1,419.82
60 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. The 13,350 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,015.95 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 one group practice
- Arizona Digestive Health PCSun City, AZ
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ramkrishna Kothur among 403 gastroenterology physician records in Arizona
Ramkrishna Kothur, M.D. is one of 403 gastroenterology physician records with a practice address in Arizona. 84% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 17% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 17% of these records are older, 41% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 73% of these records are
- Graduated1981 · median 2001 among the 295 with a school on file
- Record last updated2017 · 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 207RG0100X and a Arizona practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Gastroenterology Physician providers in Arizona
There are 403 gastroenterology physician records in Arizona.
All 403 in Arizona → Every provider in Sun City → Gastroenterology Physician nationwide →
The 8 gastroenterology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Parag Chokshi, MDSun City, AZ 853511144243510
- Keng-Yu Chuang, M.D.Sun City, AZ 853511730380676
- Daryl Hutchinson, M.D.Sun City, AZ 853511881689792
- Yvette Lam-Tsai, M.D.Sun City, AZ 853511518147701
- David Winston, M.D.Sun City, AZ 853511982674644
- Divesh Anireddy, MDYuma, AZ 853641427094770
- Kenneth Diamond, MDYuma, AZ 853641164465688
- Harsh DuphareYuma, AZ 853641598775611
Common questions
What is Ramkrishna Kothur, M.D.'s NPI number?
Ramkrishna Kothur, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1922113075, issued on Aug 20, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ramkrishna Kothur, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 13640 N 99TH Ave Ste 600, Sun City, AZ, 85351. Phone: (623) 972-2116. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ramkrishna Kothur, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Arizona license number 30654, as entered by the provider. Search the Arizona Medical Board at https://www.azmd.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Ramkrishna Kothur, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ramkrishna Kothur, M.D. had 1,494 Medicare Part D claims for 443 beneficiaries; the average among gastroenterology physician prescribers was 811. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Ramkrishna Kothur, 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.