Swathy Puthalapattu, MD
Pulmonary Disease Physician · Tucson, AZ
Swathy Puthalapattu, MD is a pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in Tucson, Arizona, and NPI 1447443486, issued on Aug 23, 2007. Check the license (Arizona 55387, as entered in NPPES) on the Arizona Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Swathy Puthalapattu
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Pulmonary Disease Physician 207RP1001X
- License numbers
- 55387 AZ
Q0155 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3601 S 6TH Ave, Tucson, AZ 85723
- Phone
- (785) 224-3194
- Enumerated
- Aug 23, 2007
- Record last updated
- Aug 15, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230307003107); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 3601 S 6TH Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Elizabeth Acree, LMSWSocial Worker1215651336
- Emily AdamsClinical Social Worker1932694429
- Marion Adams, N.P.Gerontology Nurse Practitioner1174633523
- Sulaiman AdejumobiSocial Worker1619743481
- Rebecca Adiutori Magnotto, RNCPsychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse1033221825
- Corinne Adkins, RRTRegistered Respiratory Therapist1427374602
Verify Swathy Puthalapattu in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersArizona Medical Board
Search for license 55387Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
72% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average pulmonary disease physician in 2024
403 Medicare Part D claims for 70 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,425 among the 11,596 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 59% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa86 claims
- Stiolto Respimat43 claims
- Spiriva Respimat31 claims
- Azithromycin21 claims
- Montelukast Sodium19 claims
- Fluticasone Propionate15 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: $4,000.00
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was education; the largest payer was Intuitive Surgical, 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
- EL Rio Santa Cruz Neighborhood Health Center, Inc.Tucson, AZ
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Swathy Puthalapattu among 285 pulmonary disease physician records in Arizona
Swathy Puthalapattu, MD is one of 285 pulmonary disease physician records with a practice address in Arizona. 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 2007, is newer than 54% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 54% of these records are older, 33% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 71% of these records are
- Graduated2006 · median 1998 among the 202 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 48% 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 Arizona 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 Arizona
There are 285 pulmonary disease physician records in Arizona.
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The 8 pulmonary disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Benjamin Jarrett, MD, MPHTucson, AZ 857231689061376
- Dena L'Heureux, MDTucson, AZ 857231033320437
- Wei Shen, M.D.Tucson, AZ 857231023039534
- Billie Bixby, M.D.Tucson, AZ 857241770801938
- John Bloom, MDTucson, AZ 857241659343390
- Sammy Campbell, MDTucson, AZ 857241023081288
- Ahmed Tammer El-Aini, M.D.Tucson, AZ 857241942407101
- James Knepler, M.D.Tucson, AZ 857241336105311
Common questions
What is Swathy Puthalapattu, MD's NPI number?
Swathy Puthalapattu, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1447443486, issued on Aug 23, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Swathy Puthalapattu, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3601 S 6TH Ave, Tucson, AZ, 85723. Phone: (785) 224-3194. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Swathy Puthalapattu, MD's license?
NPPES lists Arizona license number 55387, as entered by the provider. Search the Arizona Medical Board at https://www.azmd.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Swathy Puthalapattu, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Swathy Puthalapattu, MD had 403 Medicare Part D claims for 70 beneficiaries; the average among pulmonary disease physician prescribers was 1,425. 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.