Sushanth Kakarla
Internal Medicine Physician · San Antonio, TX
Sushanth Kakarla is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in San Antonio, Texas, and NPI 1710338173, issued on Jun 28, 2016. Check the license on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Sushanth Kakarla
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- MD209417 OR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4502 Medical Dr, San Antonio, TX 78229
- Phone
- (210) 358-3000
- Enumerated
- Jun 28, 2016
- Record last updated
- Aug 7, 2023
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20220713003934); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Sushanth Kakarla in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical BoardCheck the board
- 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
63% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
1,161 Medicare Part D claims for 200 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims. 104 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Anastrozole134 claims
- Prochlorperazine Maleate69 claims
- Tamoxifen Citrate59 claims
- Eliquis45 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium42 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl42 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 91.4 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $1,960.39
93 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. 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.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through 2 group practices
- Albany General HospitalAlbany, OR
- Good Samaritan Hospital CorvallisCorvallis, OR
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Sushanth Kakarla among 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas
Sushanth Kakarla is one of 9,175 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 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 2016, is newer than 74% of them.
- NPI issued2016 · 74% of these records are older, 23% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated2015 · median 2004 among the 6,088 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
657 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in San Antonio
They are 657 of the 37,749 NPPES records with a practice address in San Antonio, and 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Sushanth Kakarla's NPI number?
Sushanth Kakarla's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1710338173, issued on Jun 28, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Sushanth Kakarla located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4502 Medical Dr, San Antonio, TX, 78229. Phone: (210) 358-3000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Sushanth Kakarla's license?
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 Sushanth Kakarla prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Sushanth Kakarla had 1,161 Medicare Part D claims for 200 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Sushanth Kakarla's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 91.4 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.