Ashita J. Tolwani

  • Birmingham, AL
  • Nephrologist
NPI1073533824PAC ID8426220641
Medicare services, 2024
374
Medicare patients, 2024
140
Part D claims, 2024
271
Publications
82
Clinical trials
3
Practice address
619 19th S St, Birmingham, AL 35211
Practice phone
Call (205) 731-9770
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Primary practice

University of Alabama Birmingham Hospital

Birmingham, Alabama

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Ashita J. Tolwani is a nephrologist in Birmingham, Alabama

Ashita Tolwani practices at University of Alabama Birmingham Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama.

Ashita Tolwani's NPI, 1073533824, was assigned on July 21, 2006. Ashita Tolwani graduated from University of Alabama School of Medicine in 1994. Ashita Tolwani holds Alabama license 19424.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
8426220641
NPI enumeration date
July 21, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(205) 731-9770
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Sex
Female
Estimated age
58
Medical school graduation
1994

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Ashita J. Tolwani practices at University of Alabama Birmingham Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama

Ashita Tolwani's primary practice is University of Alabama Birmingham Hospital, at 619 19th S St, Birmingham, AL 35211 in Jefferson County. The practice phone is (205) 731-9770.

  • University of Alabama Birmingham Hospital
    619 19th S St, Birmingham, AL 35211 · Jefferson CountyPhone(205) 731-9770

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Ashita J. Tolwani is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 1 medical group

Ashita Tolwani's primary practice is University of Alabama Birmingham Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama. Ashita Tolwani is also affiliated with UAB Hospital. The medical group on file is UAB Medicine.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Ashita J. Tolwani's practice

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EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
University of Alabama Birmingham HospitalAvailable with a free account
+1 more affiliated siteAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Ashita J. Tolwani is one of 185 nephrologists in Alabama

Nephrology is Ashita Tolwani's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RN0300X. Ashita Tolwani is licensed in Alabama.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Nephrology, AlabamaPrimaryLicense 19424 · taxonomy 207RN0300X

Nephrologists near Ashita Tolwani

Counts of nephrologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Ashita J. Tolwani billed Medicare for 374 services in 2024

CMS data shows 374 Medicare services from Ashita Tolwani across 7 procedure codes in 2024, for 140 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $20,825 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

Medicare services, 2024374
Medicare patients140
Paid by Medicare$20,825
Procedure codes7

Ashita Tolwani's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 3522024: 17251%
Tests and treatments
2023: 2522024: 14144%
Other services
2023: 02024: 61

Ashita Tolwani compared with the Alabama median for nephrologists, 2024

  • Ashita Tolwani
  • Alabama median
Medicare services
374vs 1,27471% below
Medicare patients
140vs 34059% below
Part D claims
130vs 80884% below

Medians across 180 nephrologists in Alabama with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Ashita Tolwani's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Ashita J. Tolwani treated 140 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 68

CMS counts 140 Medicare patients who saw Ashita Tolwani in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 53 patients. 75% of them have chronic kidney disease, and 75% have high blood pressure. 21% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 4.10, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Ashita Tolwani's median patient age at 68, with 52% women.

Medicare patients, 2024140
Average age68
Average risk score4.10
Also on Medicaid21%

Ashita Tolwani's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Ashita Tolwani's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women7050%
  • Men7050%

Chronic conditions among Ashita Tolwani's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. Chronic kidney disease75%
  2. High blood pressure75%
  3. High cholesterol75%
  4. Diabetes60%
  5. Heart failure53%
  6. Arthritis52%
  7. Ischemic heart disease51%
  8. Atrial fibrillation36%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Ashita Tolwani's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 68

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women52%
  • Men48%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Ashita J. Tolwani wrote 271 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Ashita Tolwani wrote 271 Medicare Part D claims for 62 patients. 92% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 130 of them, across 5 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $10,948 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 196 claims across 11 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024271
Drugs named by CMS5
Total drug cost$10,948
Part D patients62

Ashita Tolwani's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic248 claims92%
  • Brand-name23 claims8%

Ashita Tolwani's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 1962024: 13034%

Drugs named by CMS: 5 in 2024, 11 in 2023.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Ashita J. Tolwani offers telehealth to Medicare patients

Ashita Tolwani accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Ashita Tolwani as offering telehealth.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

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Ashita J. Tolwani has 82 publications on record

Dmand AI links 82 papers to Ashita Tolwani, published from 2005 to 2025. 2020 was the busiest year, with 10. The most frequent topics are Acute Kidney Injury, Renal Replacement Therapy and Critical Illness. Ashita Tolwani has published most often in Semin Dial. Ashita Tolwani's most frequent co-authors are Ravindra L. Mehta, MD, Keith M. Wille and Stuart L. Goldstein, MD.

Papers82
Years published2005 to 2025

Ashita Tolwani's papers by year, 2016 to 2025

Topics Ashita Tolwani writes about most

  • Acute Kidney Injury
  • Renal Replacement Therapy
  • Critical Illness
  • Anticoagulants
  • Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy
  • Renal Dialysis
  • Intensive Care Units
  • Critical Care

Ashita Tolwani's most frequent co-authors

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Ashita J. Tolwani has worked on 3 clinical trials

Dmand AI links Ashita Tolwani to 3 clinical trials. Conditions studied include Acute Kidney Injury, Critical Illness and Renal Insufficiency. Open Payments lists research payments to Ashita Tolwani that name 1 trial.

Conditions in Ashita Tolwani's trials

  • Acute Kidney Injury
  • Critical Illness
  • Renal Insufficiency
  • Sepsis

Investigators on the most trials with Ashita Tolwani

Recent clinical trials with Ashita Tolwani

Sources: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026; Dmand AI Research Linkage; and ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine)

Ashita J. Tolwani received $79,360 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 99 general payments to Ashita Tolwani from 9 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 42% of the total. Baxter Healthcare paid the most, $53,107. It also lists 3 research payments totaling $47,700 in 2016, naming 1 clinical trial.

General payments to Ashita Tolwani by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Ashita Tolwani by kind, 2016 to 2025

$79.4Kin total
  • Consulting fees$32,17042%
  • Education$13,57418%
  • Speaker and faculty fees$11,69615%
  • Education speaker fees$9,12012%
  • Other$10,37513%

Companies that paid Ashita Tolwani the most, 2016 to 2025

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Ashita J. Tolwani graduated from University of Alabama School of Medicine

Ashita Tolwani graduated from University of Alabama School of Medicine in 1994.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity of Alabama School of Medicine

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Sources for Ashita J. Tolwani's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Clinical trials and co-investigatorsDmand AI Research LinkageClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Ashita J. Tolwani's NPI number?

Ashita J. Tolwani's NPI number is 1073533824. It was assigned on July 21, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What does Ashita J. Tolwani specialize in?

Ashita J. Tolwani is a nephrologist in Birmingham, Alabama. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Nephrology Physician (taxonomy code 207RN0300X).

Where does Ashita J. Tolwani practice?

Ashita Tolwani practices at 619 19th S St, Birmingham, AL 35211. Ashita Tolwani's primary practice is University of Alabama Birmingham Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama.

What is Ashita J. Tolwani's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Ashita Tolwani is (205) 731-9770.

What is Ashita J. Tolwani's medical license number?

Ashita Tolwani holds Alabama license 19424.

Which hospitals is Ashita J. Tolwani affiliated with?

Ashita Tolwani is affiliated with UAB Hospital.

What medical group is Ashita J. Tolwani part of?

Ashita Tolwani is linked to UAB Medicine.

Does Ashita J. Tolwani accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Ashita Tolwani billed Medicare for 374 services in 2024, and Ashita Tolwani accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Ashita J. Tolwani offer telehealth?

Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Ashita Tolwani as offering telehealth services.

How many Medicare patients does Ashita J. Tolwani see?

CMS counts 140 Medicare patients who saw Ashita Tolwani in 2024, with an average age of 68.

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What services does Ashita J. Tolwani bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Ashita Tolwani's most billed Medicare services were dialysis (90945), office visit, established patient (99214) and medicare service (G2211).

Where did Ashita J. Tolwani go to medical school?

Ashita Tolwani graduated from University of Alabama School of Medicine in 1994.

What drugs does Ashita J. Tolwani prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Ashita Tolwani's most prescribed drugs by claims were Losartan Potassium, Carvedilol and Amlodipine Besylate.

Has Ashita J. Tolwani received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $79,360 in general payments to Ashita Tolwani from 9 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Baxter Healthcare.

How long has Ashita J. Tolwani been practicing?

Ashita Tolwani graduated from medical school in 1994, 32 years ago.

Does Ashita J. Tolwani do research?

Dmand AI links 82 publications to Ashita Tolwani, published from 2005 to 2025. Ashita Tolwani has worked on 3 clinical trials.

Who does Ashita J. Tolwani publish with?

Ashita Tolwani's most frequent co-authors are Ravindra L. Mehta, MD (10 shared papers), Keith M. Wille (10 shared papers) and Stuart L. Goldstein, MD (5 shared papers).

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