Vel Sivapalan, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Chatham, NJ
Vel Sivapalan, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Chatham, New Jersey, and NPI 1427005255, issued on May 27, 2006. Check the license (New Jersey MA47419, as entered in NPPES) on the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Vel Sivapalan
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License numbers
- MA47419 NJ
169219 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 68 Meyersville RD, Chatham, NJ 07928
- Phone
- (212) 939-2942
- Enumerated
- May 27, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 30, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 01152414 NY
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050106000469); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Vel Sivapalan in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNew Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license MA47419Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
5.3 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
1,204 Medicare Part D claims for 53 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 35% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium97 claims
- Biktarvy93 claims
- Triumeq67 claims
- Nifedipine Er56 claims
- Pravastatin Sodium51 claims
- Juluca45 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: $309.42
9 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was ViiV Healthcare Company. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 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
- Physician Affiliate Group OF New York PCNew York, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Vel Sivapalan among 1,754 emergency medicine physician records in New Jersey
Vel Sivapalan, MD is one of 1,754 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in New Jersey. 83% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 4% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 4% of these records are older, 61% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated1980 · median 2011 among the 1,167 with a school on file
- Record last updated2015 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a New Jersey practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Emergency Medicine Physician providers in New Jersey
There are 1,754 emergency medicine physician records in New Jersey.
All 1,754 in New Jersey → Every provider in Chatham → Emergency Medicine Physician nationwide →
The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Ernest Biczak, MDBrookside, NJ 079261699955245
- Jennifer Volpe, D.OChester, NJ 079301104102458
- Ramy Saleh, D.O.Florham Park, NJ 079321265844054
- Anthony Carrozza, MDBerkeley Heights, NJ 079221629269543
- John De Trolio, MDBerkeley Heights, NJ 079221396070249
- Antonios Drivas, MDBerkeley Heights, NJ 079221083787485
- Charles Farmer, M.D.Berkeley Heights, NJ 079221699198127
- Ronald Fernandez, MDBerkeley Heights, NJ 079221942373345
Common questions
What is Vel Sivapalan, MD's NPI number?
Vel Sivapalan, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1427005255, issued on May 27, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Vel Sivapalan, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 68 Meyersville RD, Chatham, NJ, 07928. Phone: (212) 939-2942. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Vel Sivapalan, MD's license?
NPPES lists New Jersey license number MA47419, as entered by the provider. Search the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners at https://newjersey.mylicense.com/verification/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Vel Sivapalan, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Vel Sivapalan, MD had 1,204 Medicare Part D claims for 53 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.