Viral S. Shah, MD
Hospitalist Physician · Tacoma, WA
Viral S. Shah, MD is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Tacoma, Washington, and NPI 1548204019, issued on Jun 15, 2006. Check the license (Washington MD00046205, as entered in NPPES) on the Washington Medical Commission; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Viral S. Shah
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License number
- MD00046205 WA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 315 Martin Luther King JR Way, Tacoma, WA 98405
- Phone
- (253) 403-1291
- Enumerated
- Jun 15, 2006
- Record last updated
- May 5, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20061228000329); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 315 Martin Luther King JR Way
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Verify Viral S. Shah in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWashington Medical Commission
Search for license MD00046205Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Industry payments in 2024: $31.85
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Heartflow, Inc. The 7,324 providers of this specialty with any payment received $494.84 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
- Kaiser Foundation Health Plan OF WashingtonSeattle, WA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Viral S. Shah among 793 hospitalist physician records in Washington
Viral S. Shah, MD is one of 793 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in Washington. 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 2006, is newer than 2% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 2% of these records are older, 81% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 88% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 82% of these records are
- Graduated2001 · median 2011 among the 649 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 45% 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 Washington practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Hospitalist Physician providers in Washington
There are 793 hospitalist physician records in Washington.
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The 8 hospitalist physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Joseph Bennet, MDTacoma, WA 984051992889612
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- Truc Do, D.O.Tacoma, WA 984051255352829
- Chin Leng Ee, MDTacoma, WA 984051659392918
- George Gleva, M.D.Tacoma, WA 984051184720351
- John Hung, M.D.Tacoma, WA 984051306917190
- Ling Qiu, M.D.Tacoma, WA 984051134171317
Common questions
What is Viral S. Shah, MD's NPI number?
Viral S. Shah, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1548204019, issued on Jun 15, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Viral S. Shah, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 315 Martin Luther King JR Way, Tacoma, WA, 98405. Phone: (253) 403-1291. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Viral S. Shah, MD's license?
NPPES lists Washington license number MD00046205, as entered by the provider. Search the Washington Medical Commission at https://wahelms.my.site.com/s/license-search. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
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.