Venu Gopal Kankani, M.D.
Hospitalist Physician · Scranton, PA
Venu Gopal Kankani, M.D. is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and NPI 1073860565, issued on Aug 14, 2012. Check the license (Pennsylvania MD455070, as entered in NPPES) on the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS); the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Venu Gopal Kankani
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License number
- MD455070 PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1800 Mulberry St., Scranton, PA 18510
- Phone
- (570) 703-7351
- Enumerated
- Aug 14, 2012
- Record last updated
- Aug 27, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (570) 703-7801
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20150904000998); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Venu Gopal Kankani in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersPennsylvania Department of State (PALS)
Search for license MD455070Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
72% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
144 Medicare Part D claims for 58 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Metoprolol Succinate16 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
- Geisinger ClinicScranton, PA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Venu Gopal Kankani among 1,424 hospitalist physician records in Pennsylvania
Venu Gopal Kankani, M.D. is one of 1,424 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in Pennsylvania. 94% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2012, is newer than 42% of them.
- NPI issued2012 · 42% of these records are older, 53% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 94% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 87% of these records are
- Graduated2007 · median 2011 among the 1,236 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 36% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a Pennsylvania practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
62 hospitalist physician records list a practice address in Scranton
They are 62 of the 2,695 NPPES records with a practice address in Scranton, and 1,424 hospitalist physician records in Pennsylvania.
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Common questions
What is Venu Gopal Kankani, M.D.'s NPI number?
Venu Gopal Kankani, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1073860565, issued on Aug 14, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Venu Gopal Kankani, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1800 Mulberry St., Scranton, PA, 18510. Phone: (570) 703-7351. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Venu Gopal Kankani, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Pennsylvania license number MD455070, 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 Venu Gopal Kankani, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Venu Gopal Kankani, M.D. had 144 Medicare Part D claims for 58 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. 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.