Vachaspathi Palakodeti, MD
Cardiovascular Disease Physician · Imperial, CA
Vachaspathi Palakodeti, MD is a cardiovascular disease physician with a practice address in Imperial, California, and NPI 1649224387, issued on May 19, 2006. Check the license (California A52484, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Vachaspathi Palakodeti
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Cardiovascular Disease Physician 207RC0000X
- License number
- A52484 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 516 West Aten Road, Imperial, CA 92251
- Phone
- (760) 355-8300
- Enumerated
- May 19, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 19, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (760) 545-0240
- Medicaid ID
- 00A524840 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20090522000242); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 516 West Aten Road
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Stephanie Brammer, P.A.-CPhysician Assistant1922324326
Verify Vachaspathi Palakodeti in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A52484Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
5.5 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average cardiovascular disease physician in 2024
16,792 Medicare Part D claims for 2,526 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,078 among the 20,728 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Metoprolol Succinate2,202 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium1,396 claims
- Entresto1,019 claims
- Eliquis975 claims
- Furosemide846 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate769 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: $382.86
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Amgen Inc. The 16,686 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,819.56 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
- Imperial Valley Family Care Medical Group A P CImperial, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Vachaspathi Palakodeti among 2,574 cardiovascular disease physician records in California
Vachaspathi Palakodeti, MD is one of 2,574 cardiovascular disease physician records with a practice address in California. 83% 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 10% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 10% of these records are older, 45% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 68% of these records are
- Graduated1985 · median 1999 among the 1,742 with a school on file
- Record last updated2016 · 63% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RC0000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
2 cardiovascular disease physician records list a practice address in Imperial
They are 2 of the 148 NPPES records with a practice address in Imperial, and 2,574 cardiovascular disease physician records in California.
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- Michael Bagheri, MDPalm Springs, CA 922621740463322
- Robert Bernstein, MDPalm Springs, CA 922621184718488
- Sangita Deveshwar, M.D.Palm Springs, CA 922621710055256
- Revati Ghatnekar, M.D.Palm Springs, CA 922621760452965
- Melvin Gonzalez, MDPalm Springs, CA 922621194721167
Common questions
What is Vachaspathi Palakodeti, MD's NPI number?
Vachaspathi Palakodeti, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1649224387, issued on May 19, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Vachaspathi Palakodeti, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 516 West Aten Road, Imperial, CA, 92251. Phone: (760) 355-8300. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Vachaspathi Palakodeti, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A52484, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Vachaspathi Palakodeti, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Vachaspathi Palakodeti, MD had 16,792 Medicare Part D claims for 2,526 beneficiaries; the average among cardiovascular disease physician prescribers was 3,078. 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.