VIJAY JOSHI, MBCHB, FRCS
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician in ROCHESTER, Minnesota. CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System profile including specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare prescribing data when reported.
What the federal data shows
VIJAY JOSHI, MBCHB, FRCS is a Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician in ROCHESTER, Minnesota, listed in the federal CMS National Provider Identifier registry.
- $121.67
- industry payments (Sunshine Act)
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.
VIJAY JOSHI, MBCHB, FRCS 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 VIJAY JOSHI, MBCHB, FRCS?
Quality data not reportedPrimary specialty
Specialty distribution in Minnesota
How Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician compares to other specialties among Minnesota providers
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician share within Minnesota
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician is one of the more visible NUCC categories in Minnesota
Each bar reflects the share of in-state providers whose primary NUCC taxonomy matches the specialty. Long tail of ~690 NUCC codes folded into "Other" to keep the comparison legible.
Specialty board-certification context
Estimated specialty board-certified rate — Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician (ABMS / AOA reference)
- Est. board-certified rate
- 78%
- Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician ABMS/AOA estimate
Est. board-certified rate (Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician) — ABMS / AOA estimate
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- Specialty volume Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician US NPIs
Specialty board-certified rate — Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician estimate
Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus Maintenance of Certification cycles. CMS does not publish a per-provider board-certification field; the figure shown is the specialty-level estimated rate from ABMS / AOA reference data.
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).
VIJAY JOSHI, MBCHB, FRCS appears in the CMS NPPES registry as a Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician provider holding MBCHB, FRCS credentials at 200 1ST ST SW, ROCHESTER, MN, 55905, with a listed phone of (507) 284-2511. NPI 1447700141 was issued on 10/06/2016. Because NPPES data is self-reported by the provider and refreshed monthly, the address, phone, and specialty reflect what JOSHI most recently submitted to CMS rather than a vetted directory listing, which is why patients should always confirm the practice is still at this location before scheduling.
Medicare Part D prescribing data is not currently published for this NPI, which typically means the provider either wrote fewer than 11 Part D claims in the most recent reporting year, does not participate in Medicare, or practices in a specialty that rarely prescribes outpatient drugs. Absence of prescribing data is not a quality signal — many Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician providers operate outside Part D entirely.
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician is a mid-sized specialty nationwide, with 5,062 enrolled providers across 52 states and an average of 128 Part D claims per prescriber, so the context for interpreting these metrics differs meaningfully from a primary-care baseline. Important: PlainDoctor is a directory of publicly available government data, not medical advice, a malpractice database, or a quality rating. Inclusion here does not imply a recommendation, and absence of complaints or sanctions on this page does not mean none exist — always verify credentials through the NPPES NPI Registry, your state medical board, and the ABMS or AOA before making healthcare decisions.
Practice Address
Provider Details
| NPI | 1447700141 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician |
| Credentials | MBCHB, FRCS |
| Gender | Male |
| NPI Issued | 10/06/2016 |
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How we sourced this profile
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 VIJAY JOSHI, MBCHB, FRCS. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$122
Largest payer
Travere Therapeutics, Inc.
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.
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician Overview
How VIJAY JOSHI, MBCHB, FRCS fits within the Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician landscape nationally.
Nearby Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician Providers in Minnesota
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Data Sources
- 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.
- 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 April 2026 (NPPES) / 2023 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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