NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Vishnu A. Patel, MD

Pulmonary Disease Physician · Princeton, WV

Vishnu A. Patel, MD is a pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in Princeton, West Virginia, and NPI 1265400865, issued on Mar 9, 2006. Check the license (West Virginia 19058, as entered in NPPES) on the West Virginia Board of Medicine; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1265400865
Name
Vishnu A. Patel
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Pulmonary Disease Physician 207RP1001X
License number
19058 WV
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1155 Mercer St, Princeton, WV 24740
Phone
(304) 431-7000
Enumerated
Mar 9, 2006
Record last updated
Nov 2, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20071231000011); accepts Medicare assignment
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Verify Vishnu A. Patel in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWest Virginia Board of Medicine
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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5.3 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average pulmonary disease physician in 2024

7,589 Medicare Part D claims for 973 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,425 among the 11,596 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 71% of claims.

  1. Vishnu Patel7,589
  2. Specialty average1,425

Most prescribed

  1. Albuterol Sulfate Hfa1,822 claims
  2. Trelegy Ellipta1,178 claims
  3. Symbicort514 claims
  4. Ventolin Hfa424 claims
  5. Breo Ellipta409 claims
  6. Breztri Aerosphere322 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.

No measured MIPS final score for 2023

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $1,795.55

87 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 8,806 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,159.88 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Vishnu Patel$1,795.55
  2. Specialty average$5,159.88

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

  1. Princeton Community Hospital Assn. Inc.Princeton, WV

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Vishnu A. Patel among 107 pulmonary disease physician records in West Virginia

Vishnu A. Patel, MD is one of 107 pulmonary disease physician records with a practice address in West Virginia. 86% 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 5% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 59% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 86% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 71% of these records are
  • Graduated1985 · median 2007 among the 76 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2011 · 50% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RP1001X and a West Virginia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Pulmonary Disease Physician providers in West Virginia

There are 107 pulmonary disease physician records in West Virginia.

The 8 pulmonary disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Emeka Eziri, MDPrinceton, WV 247401649251125
  2. Cuddalore Vasudevan, M. D.Princeton, WV 247401619082690
  3. Radha Krishnan, MDBluefield, WV 247011366402026
  4. Zainab Shamma, MDLewisburg, WV 249011164455101
  5. Richard McNeilly, DO, FCCPMadison, WV 251301093087611
  6. Nariman Halabi, MDCharleston, WV 253011871722942
  7. David Adkins, MDCharleston, WV 253041285623108
  8. Lo'Ay Al-Asadi, MDCharleston, WV 253041629061973

Common questions

What is Vishnu A. Patel, MD's NPI number?

Vishnu A. Patel, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1265400865, issued on Mar 9, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Vishnu A. Patel, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1155 Mercer St, Princeton, WV, 24740. Phone: (304) 431-7000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Vishnu A. Patel, MD's license?

NPPES lists West Virginia license number 19058, as entered by the provider. Search the West Virginia Board of Medicine at https://wvbom.wv.gov/public/search/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Vishnu A. Patel, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Vishnu A. Patel, MD had 7,589 Medicare Part D claims for 973 beneficiaries; the average among pulmonary disease physician prescribers was 1,425. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Vishnu A. Patel, MD's MIPS final score?

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.

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.