NPI registry status
Active
2026 NPPES data Infectious Disease Physician NPI 1669487245 M.D.
Verify on CMS → Vasanthi Arumugam, M.D.
Infectious Disease Physician in Elmhurst, New York.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 8,537 in Infectious Disease Physician, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.
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Prescribing volume
2K
Medicare Part D claims · 118 beneficiaries · Infectious Disease Physician avg: 807
Generic prescribing
70%
generic claims · 29% brand-name · higher generic rates reduce patient out-of-pocket costs
Industry payments
$499.07
28 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File, 2024
What the federal data shows
Vasanthi Arumugam, M.D. filed 1,841 Medicare Part D claims in 2024 as an Infectious Disease Physician in Elmhurst, New York, prescribing 70% generic.
- 2K
- Part D claims, 2024
- 70%
- generic prescribing
- $499.07
- industry payments (Sunshine Act)
- ≥83rd
- pct by Part D claim volume (lower-bound band)
Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.
Federal trust snapshot
What official records show about Vasanthi Arumugam, M.D.
Federal records show an active NPI with Medicare Part D prescribing activity — verifiable registry data, not a proprietary rating.
- Verified
NPI registry status
Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1669487245), first enumerated 07/30/2006.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 1,841 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.
Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF
- Reported
Board certification signal
Practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty; board certification not confirmed in federal records.
- Reported
Industry payment transparency
$499.07 in reported industry payments (28 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.
Source: CMS Open Payments
- State context
State board disciplinary context
New York statewide board action statistics are published annually — these figures describe aggregate state activity, not Vasanthi Arumugam, M.D.'s individual license status. Verify directly with the state medical board.
Source: NYSBPMC annual report 2023
- Not in federal data
Individual sanction lookup
PlainDoctor does not publish per-provider disciplinary determinations. Confirm current license and any individual actions through the state medical board or FSMB verification service.
Source: State medical board / FSMB
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CMS NPPES provider registry desk
NPI 1669487245 · Infectious Disease Physician
NPI-10 · ENUM-LEGACY · TAX-MID · RX-MID · BOOK-LIGHT · PHOTO-ENUM
- NPI-10 1669487245
- ENUM-LEGACY 2006
- TAX-MID 9K Infectious Disease
- RX-MID 1,841
- BOOK-LIGHT 791 in New York
- PHOTO-ENUM Kamran Akhtar · 2006
Vasanthi Arumugam, M.D.'s Medicare Part D volume vs every U.S. prescriber
Total Medicare Part D claims, 2024, across all CMS prescribers nationally
1,841 ≥ 83rd percentile 83% of 1,416,883 prescribers are in lower value bands
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more prescribers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
The percentile is a conservative 100-claim band: it counts only prescribers in lower claim-volume bands. Medicare Part D claim volume is activity context, not a quality measure or recommendation. See methodology § corpus placement.
Source CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File · 2024
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Board-eligible specialty (heuristic, not verified)
Vasanthi Arumugam, M.D. practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty but we don't have enough CMS-participation signals to confirm active board-certified status. Consult CertificationMatters.org (the official ABMS public lookup).
What does the federal data show about Vasanthi Arumugam, M.D.?
Quality data not reportedPrimary specialty
Infectious Disease Physician
Medicare Part D claims
1,841 128% vs specialty avg
Specialty distribution in New York
How Infectious Disease Physician compares to other specialties among New York providers
Board certification
Not published by CMS
CMS does not publish a per-provider board-certification field in NPPES. PlainDoctor does not have a reliable per-specialty certification rate to show for Infectious Disease Physician. Verify directly:
How MIPS and board certification work
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.
Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).
Practice Address
Provider Details
| NPI | 1669487245 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Infectious Disease Physician |
| Credentials | M.D. |
| Gender | Female |
| NPI Issued | 07/30/2006 |
Industry payments received (2024) - CMS Open Payments transparency data
The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for Vasanthi Arumugam, M.D.. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$499
Largest payer
ViiV Healthcare Company
Most common payment type
Food and Beverage
Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias, they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.
License & disciplinary context - New York NYSBPMC 2023 annual report
Aggregate state board data only, NOT a determination of any individual provider's status. The figures below describe statewide disciplinary activity across all ~100K New York medical licensees in 2023 - they are NOT specific to Vasanthi Arumugam, M.D.. To verify Vasanthi Arumugam, M.D.'s current license status, search the NYSBPMC public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.
312
Total board actions, New York 2023
Across 302 cases
3.12
Actions per 1,000 licensees
New York statewide rate
probation
Most common action type
89 cases
NYSBPMC publishes annual disciplinary statistics as part of public-record reporting under each state's Administrative Procedure Act. See the full breakdown by action type and year on the New York disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.
Brand vs generic prescribing mix · Above average
Vasanthi Arumugam, M.D. - brand share 29.0%
Infectious Disease Physician average
29% brand-name claims vs 70% generic, on 1,841 2024 Medicare Part D claims.
The federal Medicare Part D Generic Dispensing Rate national benchmark sits near 90% generic / 10% brand for primary-care prescribers, per CMS Office of the Actuary 2024 estimates. Higher brand share is common in specialty prescribing where generic equivalents are not available.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.
1,841
Total Claims
$1.5M
Total Drug Cost
118
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 2,422.5
- Total Day Supply
- 71,015
- Brand vs Generic
- 29% brand / 70% generic
- Brand Drug Cost
- $1.5M
- Generic Drug Cost
- $32K
- Antibiotic Claims
- 43
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 67.8 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 1.65
- Gender Split
- 50% female / 50% male
- Age Distribution
- <65: 32, 65-74: 63, 75-84: N/A, 85+: N/A
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What Vasanthi Arumugam, M.D. prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024
- Atorvastatin Calcium
Atorvastatin Calcium
130 claims
- Biktarvy
Biktarvy
124 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate
Amlodipine Besylate
81 claims
- Metformin Hcl
Metformin Hcl
69 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium
Levothyroxine Sodium
63 claims
- Tivicay
Tivicay
55 claims
- Losartan Potassium 50
Losartan Potassium
50 claims
- Lisinopril 49
Lisinopril
49 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 130 |
| Biktarvy Bictegrav/Emtricit/Tenofov Ala | 124 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 81 |
| Metformin Hcl | 69 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 63 |
| Tivicay Dolutegravir Sodium | 55 |
| Losartan Potassium | 50 |
| Lisinopril | 49 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 48 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 45 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
Infectious Disease Physician Overview
How Vasanthi Arumugam, M.D. fits within the Infectious Disease Physician landscape nationally.
8,537
Infectious Disease Physician Providers in US
54
States with Infectious Disease Physician
807
Avg Claims per Provider
Vasanthi Arumugam, M.D.'s 1,841 claims are above the specialty average of 807.
Nationwide Infectious Disease Physician peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Arumugam, both outside New York so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Same NPPES enumeration year (2006)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Infectious Disease Physician Providers in New York
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in New York, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Arumugam.
One of 791 Infectious Disease Physician providers enrolled in New York, 5 are shown here.
Dr. Mekonnen Abebe
M.D.
New York, NY
Dr. Maryam Abul
MD
New York, NY
Dr. Jacqueline Achkar
MD
Bronx, NY
Joel Ackelsberg
Long Island City, NY
Dr. Adedayo Adedeji
M.D.
Staten Island, NY
Compare Infectious Disease Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Vasanthi Arumugam, M.D.'s specialty? ▼
Vasanthi Arumugam, M.D. specializes in Infectious Disease Physician and practices in Elmhurst, New York. Credentials: M.D..
How much does Vasanthi Arumugam, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Vasanthi Arumugam, M.D. wrote 1,841 Medicare Part D claims totaling $1.5M in drug costs for 118 beneficiaries.
Where is Vasanthi Arumugam, M.D. located? ▼
Vasanthi Arumugam, M.D. is located at 7901 BROADWAY, Elmhurst, NY, 11373. Phone: (718) 334-4952.
What is Vasanthi Arumugam, M.D.'s NPI number? ▼
Vasanthi Arumugam, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1669487245, issued on 07/30/2006.
Does Vasanthi Arumugam, M.D. prescribe more brand-name or generic drugs? ▼
Vasanthi Arumugam, M.D.'s prescribing is 29% brand-name and 70% generic drugs by claim count, with $1.5M in brand drug costs.
How many Infectious Disease Physician providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 8,537 Infectious Disease Physician providers across 54 states in the US. The average Infectious Disease Physician provider writes 807 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Vasanthi Arumugam, M.D. prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, Vasanthi Arumugam, M.D.'s most frequently prescribed drugs include Atorvastatin Calcium, Biktarvy, Amlodipine Besylate. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Vasanthi Arumugam, M.D. accept Medicare? ▼
Vasanthi Arumugam, M.D. appears in CMS Medicare data with 1,841 Part D claims and 118 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Vasanthi Arumugam, M.D.'s credentials? ▼
Vasanthi Arumugam, M.D.'s NPI is 1669487245 with credentials M.D.. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.
Data Sources
View source datasets and methodology notes
- Provider Directory
- CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
- Specialty Classification
- NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
- Prescribing Data
- CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2024). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
- Limitations
- Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.
See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.
Data as of August 2026 (NPPES) / 2024 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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