Sivalingam Kanagasegar, MD
Rheumatology Physician · Crossville, TN
Sivalingam Kanagasegar, MD is a rheumatology physician with a practice address in Crossville, Tennessee, and NPI 1982666012, issued on Apr 4, 2006. Check the license (Tennessee 34807, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Sivalingam Kanagasegar
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Rheumatology Physician 207RR0500X
- License number
- 34807 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 49 Cleveland St, Crossville, TN 38555
- Phone
- (931) 456-5515
- Enumerated
- Apr 4, 2006
- Record last updated
- May 30, 2023
- Fax
- (931) 456-5226
- Medicaid ID
- Q010000 TN
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070315000481); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Sivalingam Kanagasegar in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 34807Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
5.3 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average rheumatology physician in 2024
10,480 Medicare Part D claims for 1,119 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,978 among the 6,301 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims. 908 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Prednisone854 claims
- Methotrexate798 claims
- Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate705 claims
- Gabapentin704 claims
- Duloxetine Hcl638 claims
- Celecoxib584 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: $2,816.42
165 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 4,486 providers of this specialty with any payment received $8,538.33 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
- American Arthritis And Rheumatology Associates TN, PLLCCrossville, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Sivalingam Kanagasegar among 139 rheumatology physician records in Tennessee
Sivalingam Kanagasegar, MD is one of 139 rheumatology physician records with a practice address in Tennessee. 82% 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 12% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 49% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 69% of these records are
- Graduated1985 · median 2003 among the 96 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 45% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RR0500X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Rheumatology Physician providers in Tennessee
There are 139 rheumatology physician records in Tennessee.
All 139 in Tennessee → Every provider in Crossville → Rheumatology Physician nationwide →
The 8 rheumatology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Bradley Postlethwaite, M.D.Germantown, TN 381381851663462
- Andrew Kang, MDMemphis, TN 381321477510824
- Alisha Gupta, M.D.Memphis, TN 381201750764114
- Hira ImranMemphis, TN 381201497320758
- Mubasher Malik, MDMemphis, TN 381201225341050
Common questions
What is Sivalingam Kanagasegar, MD's NPI number?
Sivalingam Kanagasegar, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1982666012, issued on Apr 4, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Sivalingam Kanagasegar, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 49 Cleveland St, Crossville, TN, 38555. Phone: (931) 456-5515. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Sivalingam Kanagasegar, MD's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 34807, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.tn.gov/health/licensure/me.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Sivalingam Kanagasegar, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Sivalingam Kanagasegar, MD had 10,480 Medicare Part D claims for 1,119 beneficiaries; the average among rheumatology physician prescribers was 1,978. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Sivalingam Kanagasegar, MD'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.