Viralkumar Vinaychandra Patel, MD
Gastroenterology Physician · Dallas, TX
Viralkumar Vinaychandra Patel, MD is a gastroenterology physician with a practice address in Dallas, Texas, and NPI 1699898981, issued on Apr 9, 2007. Check the license (Texas L9421, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Viralkumar Vinaychandra Patel
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Gastroenterology Physician 207RG0100X
- License number
- L9421 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 8220 Walnut Hill LN Ste 710, Dallas, TX 75231
- Phone
- (214) 368-6707
- Enumerated
- Apr 9, 2007
- Record last updated
- Sep 21, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (214) 368-1804
- Medicaid ID
- 196775401 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080911000072); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Texas Tech University Health Science Center School Of Medicine, 2002
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 8220 Walnut Hill LN Ste 710
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Viralkumar Vinaychandra Patel in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license L9421Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
18% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average gastroenterology physician in 2024
665 Medicare Part D claims for 282 beneficiaries, against an average of 811 among the 16,445 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Pantoprazole Sodium222 claims
- Omeprazole164 claims
- Sutab31 claims
- Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag Sulf22 claims
- Linzess19 claims
- Famotidine18 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 79.9 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $1,789.00
97 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
- Texas Digestive Disease Consultants, PLLCDallas, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Viralkumar Vinaychandra Patel among 1,478 gastroenterology physician records in Texas
Viralkumar Vinaychandra Patel, MD is one of 1,478 gastroenterology physician records with a practice address in Texas. 89% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 49% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 49% of these records are older, 41% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 89% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 79% of these records are
- Graduated2002 · median 2003 among the 1,175 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 53% 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 Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Gastroenterology Physician providers in Texas
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Common questions
What is Viralkumar Vinaychandra Patel, MD's NPI number?
Viralkumar Vinaychandra Patel, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1699898981, issued on Apr 9, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Viralkumar Vinaychandra Patel, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 8220 Walnut Hill LN Ste 710, Dallas, TX, 75231. Phone: (214) 368-6707. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Viralkumar Vinaychandra Patel, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number L9421, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Viralkumar Vinaychandra Patel, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Viralkumar Vinaychandra Patel, MD had 665 Medicare Part D claims for 282 beneficiaries; the average among gastroenterology physician prescribers was 811. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Viralkumar Vinaychandra Patel, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 79.9 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.