Dr. Rameshkumar Athippalayam Chellamuthu, MD

  • Gadsden, AL
  • Nephrologist
NPI1629264510PAC ID8729227202
Medicare services, 2024
862
Medicare patients, 2024
289
Part D claims, 2024
124
MIPS score, 2024
93
Hospital affiliations
1
Practice address
1026 Goodyear Ave, Gadsden, AL 35903
Practice phone
Call (256) 840-5931
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Primary practice

Boaz Dialysis

Gadsden, Alabama

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Dr. Rameshkumar Athippalayam Chellamuthu is a nephrologist in Gadsden, Alabama

Dr. Athippalayam Chellamuthu practices at Boaz Dialysis in Gadsden, Alabama.

Dr. Athippalayam Chellamuthu's NPI, 1629264510, was assigned on September 24, 2007. Dr. Athippalayam Chellamuthu holds Alabama license 32348.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
8729227202
NPI enumeration date
September 24, 2007
NPI status
Active
Practice phone
(256) 840-5931
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
52
Medical school graduation
2000

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

Dr. Rameshkumar Athippalayam Chellamuthu practices at Boaz Dialysis in Gadsden, Alabama

Dr. Athippalayam Chellamuthu's primary practice is Boaz Dialysis, at 1026 Goodyear Ave, Gadsden, AL 35903 in Etowah County. The practice phone is (256) 840-5931.

  • Boaz Dialysis
    1026 Goodyear Ave, Gadsden, AL 35903 · Etowah CountyPhone(256) 840-5931

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

Dr. Rameshkumar Athippalayam Chellamuthu is affiliated with 6 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Athippalayam Chellamuthu's primary practice is Boaz Dialysis in Gadsden, Alabama. Dr. Athippalayam Chellamuthu is also affiliated with Gadsden Regional Medical Center. The medical group on file is Regional Clinic. Dmand AI also links Dr. Athippalayam Chellamuthu to 2 more dialysis centers, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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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 Dr. Rameshkumar Athippalayam Chellamuthu's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Athippalayam Chellamuthu practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Boaz DialysisAvailable with a free account
+5 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Rameshkumar Athippalayam Chellamuthu is one of 185 nephrologists in Alabama

Nephrology is Dr. Athippalayam Chellamuthu's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RN0300X. Dr. Athippalayam Chellamuthu is licensed in Alabama.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Nephrology, AlabamaPrimaryLicense 32348 · taxonomy 207RN0300X

Nephrologists near Dr. Athippalayam Chellamuthu

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

185nephrologists in Alabama
7nephrologists in Gadsden

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

Dr. Rameshkumar Athippalayam Chellamuthu billed Medicare for 862 services in 2024

CMS data shows 862 Medicare services from Dr. Athippalayam Chellamuthu across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 289 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $53,600 for them.

Medicare services, 2024862
Medicare patients289
Paid by Medicare$53,600
Procedure codes5

Dr. Athippalayam Chellamuthu's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 4,2712024: 86280%
Tests and treatments
2023: 842024: 0100%
Other services
2023: 702024: 0100%

Where Dr. Athippalayam Chellamuthu's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office31837%
  • In a facility54463%

Dr. Athippalayam Chellamuthu compared with the Alabama median for nephrologists, 2024

  • Dr. Athippalayam Chellamuthu
  • Alabama median
Medicare services
862vs 1,27432% below
Medicare patients
289vs 34015% below
Part D claims
47vs 80894% below

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

Dr. Athippalayam Chellamuthu'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

Dr. Rameshkumar Athippalayam Chellamuthu treated 289 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 76

CMS counts 289 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Athippalayam Chellamuthu in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 110 patients. 75% of them have chronic kidney disease, and 75% have high blood pressure. 21% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.76, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Athippalayam Chellamuthu's median patient age at 70, with 49% women.

Medicare patients, 2024289
Average age76
Average risk score2.76
Also on Medicaid21%

Dr. Athippalayam Chellamuthu's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Athippalayam Chellamuthu's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women14349%
  • Men14651%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Athippalayam Chellamuthu's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. Chronic kidney disease75%
  2. High blood pressure75%
  3. High cholesterol75%
  4. Arthritis61%
  5. Diabetes55%
  6. Ischemic heart disease52%
  7. Heart failure47%
  8. Atrial fibrillation42%

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

Dr. Athippalayam Chellamuthu's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 70

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women49%
  • Men51%

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

Dr. Rameshkumar Athippalayam Chellamuthu wrote 124 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Athippalayam Chellamuthu wrote 124 Medicare Part D claims for 48 patients. 94% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 47 of them, across 2 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $7,063 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 105 claims across 4 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024124
Drugs named by CMS2
Total drug cost$7,063
Part D patients48

Dr. Athippalayam Chellamuthu's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic117 claims94%
  • Brand-name and other7 claims6%

Dr. Athippalayam Chellamuthu'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: 1052024: 4755%

Drugs named by CMS: 2 in 2024, 4 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

Dr. Rameshkumar Athippalayam Chellamuthu scored 93 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 93 out of 100 for Dr. Athippalayam Chellamuthu for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group.

Dr. Athippalayam Chellamuthu's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 93of 100Final score
  • 78.2of 100Quality
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 79of 100Cost

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Source: Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026

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Dr. Rameshkumar Athippalayam Chellamuthu received $42 in industry payments from 2016 to 2024

CMS Open Payments shows 8 general payments to Dr. Athippalayam Chellamuthu from 2 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2024. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 77% of the total. Boston Scientific Corporation paid the most, $32.

General payments to Dr. Athippalayam Chellamuthu by program year, 2016 to 2024

General payments to Dr. Athippalayam Chellamuthu by kind, 2016 to 2024

$42in total
  • Food and beverage$3277%
  • Education$1023%

Companies that paid Dr. Athippalayam Chellamuthu the most, 2016 to 2024

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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

Sources for Dr. Rameshkumar Athippalayam Chellamuthu'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 percentilesClinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Rameshkumar Athippalayam Chellamuthu's NPI number?

Dr. Rameshkumar Athippalayam Chellamuthu's NPI number is 1629264510. It was assigned on September 24, 2007, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Rameshkumar Athippalayam Chellamuthu?

Dr. Rameshkumar Athippalayam Chellamuthu is a nephrologist in Gadsden, Alabama. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Nephrology Physician (taxonomy code 207RN0300X).

Where does Dr. Rameshkumar Athippalayam Chellamuthu practice?

Dr. Athippalayam Chellamuthu practices at 1026 Goodyear Ave, Gadsden, AL 35903. Dr. Athippalayam Chellamuthu's primary practice is Boaz Dialysis in Gadsden, Alabama. Dmand AI also links Dr. Athippalayam Chellamuthu to 2 dialysis centers, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Rameshkumar Athippalayam Chellamuthu's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Athippalayam Chellamuthu is (256) 840-5931.

What is Dr. Rameshkumar Athippalayam Chellamuthu's medical license number?

Dr. Athippalayam Chellamuthu holds Alabama license 32348.

Which hospitals is Dr. Rameshkumar Athippalayam Chellamuthu affiliated with?

Dr. Athippalayam Chellamuthu is affiliated with Gadsden Regional Medical Center.

What medical group is Dr. Rameshkumar Athippalayam Chellamuthu part of?

Dr. Athippalayam Chellamuthu is linked to Regional Clinic. Dmand AI links Dr. Athippalayam Chellamuthu to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Rameshkumar Athippalayam Chellamuthu accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Athippalayam Chellamuthu billed Medicare for 862 services in 2024.

What is Dr. Rameshkumar Athippalayam Chellamuthu's MIPS score?

Dr. Athippalayam Chellamuthu's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 93 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Rameshkumar Athippalayam Chellamuthu see?

CMS counts 289 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Athippalayam Chellamuthu in 2024, with an average age of 76.

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What services does Dr. Rameshkumar Athippalayam Chellamuthu bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Athippalayam Chellamuthu's most billed Medicare services were care management and other visits (99490), hospital inpatient care (99233) and hospital inpatient care (99232).

What drugs does Dr. Rameshkumar Athippalayam Chellamuthu prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Athippalayam Chellamuthu's most prescribed drugs by claims were Sevelamer Carbonate and Losartan Potassium.

Has Dr. Rameshkumar Athippalayam Chellamuthu received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $42 in general payments to Dr. Athippalayam Chellamuthu from 2 companies from 2016 to 2024. The largest total came from Boston Scientific Corporation.

How long has Dr. Rameshkumar Athippalayam Chellamuthu been practicing?

Dr. Athippalayam Chellamuthu graduated from medical school in 2000, 26 years ago.

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