Ravi Shankar, M.D.
Pulmonary Disease Physician · Lancaster, CA
Ravi Shankar, M.D. is a pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in Lancaster, California, and NPI 1093806754, issued on Sep 27, 2006. Check the license (California A64181, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ravi Shankar
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Pulmonary Disease Physician 207RP1001X
- License number
- A64181 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 44215 15TH St W Ste 105, Lancaster, CA 93534
- Phone
- (661) 948-8000
- Enumerated
- Sep 27, 2006
- Record last updated
- May 20, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (661) 948-8029
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20180510001325); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Ravi Shankar in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A64181Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.9 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average pulmonary disease physician in 2024
4,090 Medicare Part D claims for 277 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,425 among the 11,596 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 24% of claims. 11 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium242 claims
- Trelegy Ellipta201 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium177 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate137 claims
- Montelukast Sodium133 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa131 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: $224.95
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. 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
- AV Critical Care IncLancaster, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ravi Shankar among 1,443 pulmonary disease physician records in California
Ravi Shankar, M.D. is one of 1,443 pulmonary disease physician records with a practice address in California. 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 7% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 7% of these records are older, 51% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 74% of these records are
- Graduated1980 · median 2002 among the 1,061 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RP1001X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Pulmonary Disease Physician providers in California
There are 1,443 pulmonary disease physician records in California.
All 1,443 in California → Every provider in Lancaster → Pulmonary Disease Physician nationwide →
The 8 pulmonary disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Doddanna Krishna, M DLancaster, CA 935341285725945
- Yaoli Yang, M.D.Palmdale, CA 935511982090122
- Pravachan Hegde, MDClovis, CA 936111801050331
- Emmily Poole, M.D.Clovis, CA 936111518320456
- Mudit Dabral, MDSanta Maria, CA 934541477623585
- Allison Ramsey, M.D.Santa Maria, CA 934541841633591
- Irwin Shelub, M.D.Creston, CA 934321104855246
- Laura Lubarsky, M.DSan Luis Obispo, CA 934011639155468
Common questions
What is Ravi Shankar, M.D.'s NPI number?
Ravi Shankar, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1093806754, issued on Sep 27, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ravi Shankar, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 44215 15TH St W Ste 105, Lancaster, CA, 93534. Phone: (661) 948-8000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ravi Shankar, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A64181, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Ravi Shankar, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ravi Shankar, M.D. had 4,090 Medicare Part D claims for 277 beneficiaries; the average among pulmonary disease physician prescribers was 1,425. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Ravi Shankar, 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.