Vijaya Sharan Basawaprasad, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Union City, CA
Vijaya Sharan Basawaprasad, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Union City, California, and NPI 1588736326, issued on Nov 15, 2006. Check the license (California A93871, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Vijaya Sharan Basawaprasad
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- A93871 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3553 Whipple RD, Union City, CA 94587
- Phone
- (510) 454-1000
- Enumerated
- Nov 15, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 10, 2022
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070117000522); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 3553 Whipple RD
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Vijaya Sharan Basawaprasad in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A93871Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
27% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
4,023 Medicare Part D claims for 470 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims. 43 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium374 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate266 claims
- Losartan Potassium202 claims
- Lisinopril168 claims
- Fluticasone Propionate163 claims
- Famotidine126 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: $24.32
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Dexcom, Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- Permanente Medical Group IncUnion City, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
46 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Union City
They are 46 of the 1,006 NPPES records with a practice address in Union City, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Vijaya Sharan Basawaprasad, M.D.'s NPI number?
Vijaya Sharan Basawaprasad, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1588736326, issued on Nov 15, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Vijaya Sharan Basawaprasad, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3553 Whipple RD, Union City, CA, 94587. Phone: (510) 454-1000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Vijaya Sharan Basawaprasad, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A93871, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Vijaya Sharan Basawaprasad, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Vijaya Sharan Basawaprasad, M.D. had 4,023 Medicare Part D claims for 470 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.