Ranju Chandrashekariah, M.D.
Pulmonary Disease Physician · Tuscaloosa, AL
Ranju Chandrashekariah, M.D. is a pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and NPI 1851354385, issued on Apr 7, 2006. Check the license (Alabama 33757, as entered in NPPES) on the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ranju Chandrashekariah
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Pulmonary Disease Physician 207RP1001X
- License numbers
- 33757 AL
01066188A IN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 701 University Blvd E, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
- Phone
- (205) 345-2255
- Enumerated
- Apr 7, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jun 25, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (205) 345-0813
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20141211000080); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 701 University Blvd E
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Anna Adamczyk, MSN, FNP-CNurse Practitioner1407438435
- Kenneth Aldridge, MDUrology Physician1295809846
- Jeffrey Anderson, MDInterventional Cardiology Physician1598729105
- Mohammad Azam, MDPulmonary Disease Physician1184688541
- Bradley Bilton, MDSurgery Physician1639179740
- Aletta Brewer, CRNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1063868966
Verify Ranju Chandrashekariah in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersAlabama Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 33757Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average pulmonary disease physician in 2024
4,528 Medicare Part D claims for 634 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,425 among the 11,596 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 55% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Trelegy Ellipta1,164 claims
- Montelukast Sodium996 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa912 claims
- Breztri Aerosphere235 claims
- Breo Ellipta226 claims
- Prednisone178 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: $2,190.39
126 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 8,806 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,159.88 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
- Tuscaloosa Lung And Sleep Consultants, PCTuscaloosa, AL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Pulmonary Disease Physician providers in Alabama
There are 219 pulmonary disease physician records in Alabama.
Other pulmonary disease physician records in Alabama
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- Caesar Agagan, MDMobile, AL1285610576
- Ali Al-Tarbsheh, MDGadsden, AL1659932341
- Ronald Allison, MDMobile, AL1316996861
- Philip Almalouf, M.D.Mobile, AL1407976129
- Tim Anderson, DOHuntsville, AL1598291775
- Veena Antony, MDBirmingham, AL1033150057
- Abraham Arhin, M.D.Athens, AL1699209726
- Puneet AulakhBirmingham, AL1568783793
- Mohammad Azam, MDTuscaloosa, AL1184688541
Common questions
What is Ranju Chandrashekariah, M.D.'s NPI number?
Ranju Chandrashekariah, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1851354385, issued on Apr 7, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ranju Chandrashekariah, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 701 University Blvd E, Tuscaloosa, AL, 35401. Phone: (205) 345-2255. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ranju Chandrashekariah, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Alabama license number 33757, as entered by the provider. Search the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.albme.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Ranju Chandrashekariah, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ranju Chandrashekariah, M.D. had 4,528 Medicare Part D claims for 634 beneficiaries; the average among pulmonary disease physician prescribers was 1,425. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Ranju Chandrashekariah, 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.