NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Saritha G. Pothuluri, MD

Internal Medicine Physician · Lubbock, TX

Saritha G. Pothuluri, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Lubbock, Texas, and NPI 1457387995, issued on Jun 25, 2006. Check the license (Texas L3436, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; 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
1457387995
Name
Saritha G. Pothuluri
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License numbers
L3436 TX
36164241 IL
C1982 KY
EMC0003885 MI
2023050318 MO
and 5 more
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
7008 Salem Ave # 117, Lubbock, TX 79424
Phone
(800) 924-7811
Enumerated
Jun 25, 2006
Record last updated
Oct 23, 2025
Fax
(877) 349-1868
Medicaid IDs
Q087135 TN
0051834 OH
1457387995 MI
165018604 TX
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20240311002020); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of Missouri, Kansas City, School Of Medicine, 1994
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 7008 Salem Ave # 117

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

  1. Omotayo Allen, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1578237996
  2. Julia Hargesheimer, NPAdult Health Nurse Practitioner1427298801
  3. Neena Kurien, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1780141259
  4. Dianne Shumay, PHDHealth Service Psychologist1801936885
  5. Jennifer Zuccarelli, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1760736904

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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
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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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79% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024

680 Medicare Part D claims for 112 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims.

  1. Saritha Pothuluri680
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Pregabalin86 claims
  2. Tizanidine Hcl75 claims
  3. Gabapentin69 claims
  4. Savella66 claims
  5. Duloxetine Hcl45 claims
  6. Cyclobenzaprine Hcl43 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: $69.25

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Amgen Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Saritha Pothuluri$69.25
  2. Specialty average$1,303.06

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. Swing Care Provider Group, PCEast Lansing, MI

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

116 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Lubbock

They are 116 of the 5,735 NPPES records with a practice address in Lubbock, and 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas.

Other internal medicine physician records in Texas

  1. Muhammad A. Sattar, MDDallas, TX1760465553
  2. Gayatri Aaluri, MDGalveston, TX1821928508
  3. Anunaya AashishDenton, TX1134246374
  4. Queenie Ann Abad, M.D.San Antonio, TX1174979785
  5. Fuad Abaleka, M.DLubbock, TX1861925596
  6. Carol Abalihi, M.D.El Paso, TX1326136243
  7. Oliverio Abarca Guzman, MDHarlingen, TX1346972940
  8. Obinna Abaribe, M.DMansfield, TX1457704355
  9. Enyinnaya Abarikwu, MDTyler, TX1174788178
  10. Sulaiman Abawi, D.O.Frisco, TX1780845255

Common questions

What is Saritha G. Pothuluri, MD's NPI number?

Saritha G. Pothuluri, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1457387995, issued on Jun 25, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Saritha G. Pothuluri, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7008 Salem Ave # 117, Lubbock, TX, 79424. Phone: (800) 924-7811. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Saritha G. Pothuluri, MD's license?

NPPES lists Texas license number L3436, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Saritha G. Pothuluri, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Saritha G. Pothuluri, MD had 680 Medicare Part D claims for 112 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.