Vanessa Kanae Ferrel, MD MPH
Internal Medicine Physician · Philadelphia, PA
Vanessa Kanae Ferrel, MD MPH is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and NPI 1578067773, issued on Mar 21, 2018. Check the license (Pennsylvania MD474673, as entered in NPPES) on the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS); the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Vanessa Kanae Ferrel
- Credential
- MD MPH
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License numbers
- MD474673 PA
307008 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1427 Vine St, Philadelphia, PA 19102
- Phone
- (215) 762-2530
- Enumerated
- Mar 21, 2018
- Record last updated
- Oct 22, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20211207000889); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of California, San Diego School Of Medicine, 2018
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Vanessa Kanae Ferrel in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersPennsylvania Department of State (PALS)
Search for license MD474673Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
38% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
1,978 Medicare Part D claims for 101 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 39% of claims. 47 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Biktarvy263 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium132 claims
- Dovato84 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa79 claims
- Metformin Hcl51 claims
- Omeprazole50 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: $125.27
6 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Gilead Sciences, Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, PA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Vanessa Kanae Ferrel among 7,300 internal medicine physician records in Pennsylvania
Vanessa Kanae Ferrel, MD MPH is one of 7,300 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Pennsylvania. 78% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2018, is newer than 71% of them.
- NPI issued2018 · 71% of these records are older, 26% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 78% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
- Graduated2018 · median 2008 among the 4,208 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 56% 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 Pennsylvania practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
1,855 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Philadelphia
They are 1,855 of the 42,849 NPPES records with a practice address in Philadelphia, and 7,300 internal medicine physician records in Pennsylvania.
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Common questions
What is Vanessa Kanae Ferrel, MD MPH's NPI number?
Vanessa Kanae Ferrel, MD MPH's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1578067773, issued on Mar 21, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Vanessa Kanae Ferrel, MD MPH located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1427 Vine St, Philadelphia, PA, 19102. Phone: (215) 762-2530. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Vanessa Kanae Ferrel, MD MPH's license?
NPPES lists Pennsylvania license number MD474673, as entered by the provider. Search the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS) at https://www.pals.pa.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Vanessa Kanae Ferrel, MD MPH prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Vanessa Kanae Ferrel, MD MPH had 1,978 Medicare Part D claims for 101 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.