Vandana Shrikanth, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Houston, TX
Vandana Shrikanth, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1174771679, issued on Sep 9, 2008. Check the license (Texas P6842, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Vandana Shrikanth
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- P6842 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1415 California St, Houston, TX 77006
- Phone
- (832) 548-5000
- Enumerated
- Sep 9, 2008
- Record last updated
- Nov 18, 2025
- Fax
- (713) 559-3255
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20151026002020); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Vandana Shrikanth in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license P6842Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
30% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
4,132 Medicare Part D claims for 206 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 43% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Biktarvy603 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium263 claims
- Tivicay186 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate116 claims
- Genvoya112 claims
- Gabapentin110 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Legacy Community Health Services, IncHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Vandana Shrikanth among 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas
Vandana Shrikanth, MD 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 2008, is newer than 50% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 50% of these records are older, 46% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated1998 · median 2004 among the 6,088 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 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).
1,488 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Houston
They are 1,488 of the 61,221 NPPES records with a practice address in Houston, and 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Vandana Shrikanth, MD's NPI number?
Vandana Shrikanth, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1174771679, issued on Sep 9, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Vandana Shrikanth, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1415 California St, Houston, TX, 77006. Phone: (832) 548-5000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Vandana Shrikanth, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number P6842, as entered by the provider. 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 Vandana Shrikanth, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Vandana Shrikanth, MD had 4,132 Medicare Part D claims for 206 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.