Vamsi Ponnaganti, M.D.
Hospitalist Physician · Tallahassee, FL
Vamsi Ponnaganti, M.D. is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Tallahassee, Florida, and NPI 1194967984, issued on Mar 25, 2009. Check the license (Florida ME104631, as entered in NPPES) on the Florida health license search; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Vamsi Ponnaganti
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License number
- ME104631 FL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1300 Miccosukee RD, Tallahassee, FL 32308
- Phone
- (850) 431-4556
- Enumerated
- Mar 25, 2009
- Record last updated
- Jan 8, 2026
- Fax
- (850) 431-6315
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20090908000273); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Vamsi Ponnaganti in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersFlorida health license search
Search for license ME104631Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
27% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
381 Medicare Part D claims for 162 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 17% of claims. 23 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Pantoprazole Sodium21 claims
- Prednisone20 claims
- Spironolactone20 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass19 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium19 claims
- Carvedilol15 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): 99.2 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: $531.29
24 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Shionogi Inc. The 7,324 providers of this specialty with any payment received $494.84 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
- Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare IncTallahassee, FL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Vamsi Ponnaganti among 1,817 hospitalist physician records in Florida
Vamsi Ponnaganti, M.D. is one of 1,817 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in Florida. 92% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2009, is newer than 32% of them.
- NPI issued2009 · 32% of these records are older, 64% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 92% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 85% of these records are
- Graduated2000 · median 2010 among the 1,549 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 34% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a Florida practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Vamsi Ponnaganti, M.D.'s NPI number?
Vamsi Ponnaganti, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1194967984, issued on Mar 25, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Vamsi Ponnaganti, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1300 Miccosukee RD, Tallahassee, FL, 32308. Phone: (850) 431-4556. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Vamsi Ponnaganti, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Florida license number ME104631, as entered by the provider. Search the Florida health license search at https://mqa-internet.doh.state.fl.us/mqasearchservices/healthcareproviders. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Vamsi Ponnaganti, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Vamsi Ponnaganti, M.D. had 381 Medicare Part D claims for 162 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Vamsi Ponnaganti, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 99.2 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.