Dr. Karunakar Akasapu, MD

Dr. Akasapu practices at Baptist Health Medical Center Fort Smith in Fort Smith, Arkansas, part of Baptist Health.

Dr. Akasapu's NPI, 1366671117, was assigned on July 14, 2009. Dr. Akasapu graduated from SCB Medical College Cuttak in 2008. Dr. Akasapu holds Arkansas license E-10161.

Dr. Akasapu's primary practice is Baptist Health Medical Center Fort Smith, at 1001 Towson Avenue, Fort Smith, AR 72901 in Sebastian County. The practice phone is (479) 441-4000.

Dr. Akasapu's primary practice is Baptist Health Medical Center Fort Smith in Fort Smith, Arkansas, part of Baptist Health. The medical group on file is Arkansas Health Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Akasapu to 4 more medical groups, 2 group practices and clinics, 1 physician office and 1 therapy and rehab clinic, each named with a free account.

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

Pulmonary disease is Dr. Akasapu's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RP1001X. Dr. Akasapu is board certified in critical care medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Akasapu's licenses on file in 6 states: Arkansas, Maryland, Georgia, Oklahoma, Texas and Ohio.

Dmand AI lists asthma, bronchitis, chronic lung disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), chronic respiratory failure, lung resection, pleural effusion and pneumonia among the conditions Dr. Akasapu treats.

CMS data shows 910 Medicare services from Dr. Akasapu across 8 procedure codes in 2024, for 231 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $71,664 for them.

CMS counts 231 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Akasapu in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 113 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 14% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.92, 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. Akasapu's median patient age at 72, with 58% women.

In 2024, Dr. Akasapu wrote 487 Medicare Part D claims for 132 patients. 45% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 370 of them, across 9 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $373,759 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,498 claims across 26 drugs.

Dmand AI links 4 papers to Dr. Akasapu, published from 2016 to 2018. 2018 was the busiest year, with 2. Dr. Akasapu's most frequent co-authors are Sujith V. Cherian, MD, Malaygiri Jayramgiri Aparnath, MD and Meenakshi Bidwai Bhattacharjee, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 558 general payments to Dr. Akasapu from 45 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 79% of the total. GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. paid the most, $1,792.

Dr. Akasapu graduated from SCB Medical College Cuttak in 2008.

Dr. Akasapu is in network with 25 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 15. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.