Valiparambil Balakrishnan Praveen Kumar, M.D.
Pediatrics Physician · Grenada, MS
Valiparambil Balakrishnan Praveen Kumar, M.D. is a pediatrics physician with a practice address in Grenada, Mississippi, and NPI 1609141811, issued on Mar 21, 2012. Check the license (Mississippi 23517, as entered in NPPES) on the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Valiparambil Balakrishnan Praveen Kumar
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Pediatrics Physician 208000000X
- License numbers
- 23517 MS
PT 12243 ND
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 960 Avent Dr, Grenada, MS 38901
- Phone
- (662) 227-7008
- Enumerated
- Mar 21, 2012
- Record last updated
- May 22, 2017 (not updated in 9 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid IDs
- 07109554 MS
16811 ND - Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 960 Avent Dr
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Verify Valiparambil Balakrishnan Praveen Kumar in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMississippi State Board of Medical Licensure
Search for license 23517Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Industry payments in 2024: $13.67
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC. The 21,580 providers of this specialty with any payment received $842.05 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.
Valiparambil Balakrishnan Praveen Kumar among 417 pediatrics physician records in Mississippi
Valiparambil Balakrishnan Praveen Kumar, M.D. is one of 417 pediatrics physician records with a practice address in Mississippi. 58% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2012, is newer than 63% of them.
- NPI issued2012 · 63% of these records are older, 33% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 58% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 11% of these records are
- Record last updated2017 · 62% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208000000X and a Mississippi practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
2 pediatrics physician records list a practice address in Grenada
They are 2 of the 182 NPPES records with a practice address in Grenada, and 417 pediatrics physician records in Mississippi.
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Common questions
What is Valiparambil Balakrishnan Praveen Kumar, M.D.'s NPI number?
Valiparambil Balakrishnan Praveen Kumar, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1609141811, issued on Mar 21, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Valiparambil Balakrishnan Praveen Kumar, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 960 Avent Dr, Grenada, MS, 38901. Phone: (662) 227-7008. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Valiparambil Balakrishnan Praveen Kumar, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Mississippi license number 23517, as entered by the provider. Search the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure at https://www.msbml.ms.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
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.