NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Ritu Kaur Talwar, MD

Psychiatry Physician · North Chicago, IL

Ritu Kaur Talwar, MD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in North Chicago, Illinois, and NPI 1518124932, issued on May 22, 2008. Check the license (Illinois 125050316, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1518124932
Name
Ritu Kaur Talwar
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
License number
125050316 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
3333 Green Bay Road, North Chicago, IL 60064
Phone
(847) 578-8719
Enumerated
May 22, 2008
Record last updated
Dec 22, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20100317000805); accepts Medicare assignment
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 3333 Green Bay Road

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Azka Ali, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1073241584
  2. Raghu Halappa Nagaraj, M.D.Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1851145007
  3. Christopher Iruolagbe, M.D.Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1417632407
  4. Muhammad Saad Jafri, MBBS, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1952190662
  5. Anjum Khatoon, D.O.Psychiatry Physician1174784961
  6. Talia Malik, M.D.Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1780250969

Verify Ritu Kaur Talwar in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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3.6 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average psychiatry physician in 2024

3,631 Medicare Part D claims for 251 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 4% of claims.

  1. Ritu Talwar3,631
  2. Specialty average1,000

Most prescribed

  1. Trazodone Hcl225 claims
  2. Escitalopram Oxalate223 claims
  3. Clonazepam193 claims
  4. Alprazolam169 claims
  5. Quetiapine Fumarate163 claims
  6. Duloxetine Hcl160 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.

Industry payments in 2024: $752.89

29 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Ritu Talwar$752.89
  2. Specialty average$4,954.93

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

  1. Horizons Behavioral Health LLCCrystal Lake, IL

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Ritu Kaur Talwar among 2,147 psychiatry physician records in Illinois

Ritu Kaur Talwar, MD is one of 2,147 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 69% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2008, is newer than 50% of them.

  • NPI issued2008 · 50% of these records are older, 44% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 69% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 41% of these records are
  • Graduated2002 · median 2004 among the 877 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2021 · 53% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

59 psychiatry physician records list a practice address in North Chicago

They are 59 of the 1,069 NPPES records with a practice address in North Chicago, and 2,147 psychiatry physician records in Illinois.

The 8 psychiatry physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Dinuk Abeysekera, M.D.North Chicago, IL 600641366616534
  2. Nutan Atre-Vaidya, M.D.North Chicago, IL 600641326092842
  3. Corinne Belsky, MDNorth Chicago, IL 600641902824113
  4. Jenifer Gunther, MDNorth Chicago, IL 600641598738445
  5. Tariq Hassan, M.DNorth Chicago, IL 600641871504696
  6. Anjum Khatoon, D.O.North Chicago, IL 600641174784961
  7. Jadwiga Kuszynska, M.D.North Chicago, IL 600641619085297
  8. Lynn MalanfantNorth Chicago, IL 600641053334425

Common questions

What is Ritu Kaur Talwar, MD's NPI number?

Ritu Kaur Talwar, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1518124932, issued on May 22, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Ritu Kaur Talwar, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3333 Green Bay Road, North Chicago, IL, 60064. Phone: (847) 578-8719. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Ritu Kaur Talwar, MD's license?

NPPES lists Illinois license number 125050316, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation at https://idfpr.illinois.gov/checklicense.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Ritu Kaur Talwar, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Ritu Kaur Talwar, MD had 3,631 Medicare Part D claims for 251 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

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.