Dr. Sushma Bhusal, MD

Dr. Bhusal practices at UAMS Medical Center in Little Rock, Arkansas, part of University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

Dr. Bhusal's NPI, 1558625178, was assigned on June 28, 2012. Dr. Bhusal holds Arkansas license E-10340.

Dr. Bhusal's primary practice is UAMS Medical Center, at 4301 West Markham Street Mail Slot 612, Little Rock, AR 72205 in Pulaski County. The practice phone is (501) 686-5000.

Dr. Bhusal's primary practice is UAMS Medical Center in Little Rock, Arkansas, part of University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. The medical group on file is UAMS - University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Dmand AI also links Dr. Bhusal to 3 more medical groups, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Bhusal practices. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Nephrology is Dr. Bhusal's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RN0300X. Dr. Bhusal is licensed in Arkansas.

CMS data shows 302 Medicare services from Dr. Bhusal across 3 procedure codes in 2024, for 113 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $20,166 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 113 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bhusal in 2024. The largest group is under 65, with 61 patients. 75% of them have chronic kidney disease, and 75% have high blood pressure. 25% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 5.56, 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. Bhusal's median patient age at 60, with 46% women.

In 2024, Dr. Bhusal wrote 1,105 Medicare Part D claims for 143 patients. 82% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 881 of them, across 26 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $65,897 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,696 claims across 36 drugs.

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

Dmand AI links 6 papers to Dr. Bhusal, published from 2016 to 2024. 2022 was the busiest year, with 2. The most frequent topics are Kidney Transplantation, Graft Rejection and Graft Survival. Dr. Bhusal's most frequent co-authors are Gary Barone, MD, Maurice A. Cerulli, MD and William F. Hoffman, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 4 general payments to Dr. Bhusal from 4 drug and device companies from 2019 to 2022. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC paid the most, $81.