Venkata Babu Kantamneni, MD
Gastroenterology Physician · Decatur, AL
Venkata Babu Kantamneni, MD is a gastroenterology physician with a practice address in Decatur, Alabama, and NPI 1851377527, issued on Dec 15, 2005. Check the license (Alabama 00014244, as entered in NPPES) on the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Venkata Babu Kantamneni
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Gastroenterology Physician 207RG0100X
- License number
- 00014244 AL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2828 Highway 31 South, Decatur, AL 35602
- Phone
- (256) 351-2116
- Enumerated
- Dec 15, 2005
- Record last updated
- Jun 8, 2010 (not updated in 16 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (256) 351-2128
- Medicaid ID
- 000045596 AL
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110203000446); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Venkata Babu Kantamneni in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersAlabama Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 00014244Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
41% more Medicare Part D claims than the average gastroenterology physician in 2024
1,144 Medicare Part D claims for 363 beneficiaries, against an average of 811 among the 16,445 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims. 34 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Omeprazole191 claims
- Sucralfate150 claims
- Dicyclomine Hcl118 claims
- Linzess93 claims
- Metoclopramide Hcl75 claims
- Famotidine72 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $204.00
13 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 13,350 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,015.95 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
- Decatur Digestive Diseases PCDecatur, AL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Venkata Babu Kantamneni among 232 gastroenterology physician records in Alabama
Venkata Babu Kantamneni, MD is one of 232 gastroenterology physician records with a practice address in Alabama. 88% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 86% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 88% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 69% of these records are
- Graduated1979 · median 2000 among the 161 with a school on file
- Record last updated2010 · 59% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RG0100X and a Alabama practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Gastroenterology Physician providers in Alabama
There are 232 gastroenterology physician records in Alabama.
All 232 in Alabama → Every provider in Decatur → Gastroenterology Physician nationwide →
The 8 gastroenterology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Attupuram Alexander, MDDecatur, AL 356011790761443
- Manish Arora, MDDecatur, AL 356031669500708
- Michael Brown, MDDecatur, AL 356011962491092
- Jeanette Keith, MDDecatur, AL 356011124180674
- Michael Wang, M.D.Decatur, AL 356011285663898
- Gerard Haggstrom, M.D.Florence, AL 356301356304687
- Jason Wilkes, M.D.Florence, AL 356301083657688
- Luis Davila, M.D.Jasper, AL 355011861616153
Common questions
What is Venkata Babu Kantamneni, MD's NPI number?
Venkata Babu Kantamneni, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1851377527, issued on Dec 15, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Venkata Babu Kantamneni, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2828 Highway 31 South, Decatur, AL, 35602. Phone: (256) 351-2116. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Venkata Babu Kantamneni, MD's license?
NPPES lists Alabama license number 00014244, as entered by the provider. Search the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.albme.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Venkata Babu Kantamneni, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Venkata Babu Kantamneni, MD had 1,144 Medicare Part D claims for 363 beneficiaries; the average among gastroenterology physician prescribers was 811. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Venkata Babu Kantamneni, MD's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.