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Dr. Ashok Behl, MD
NPI1598877508PAC ID9830271709
- Medicare services, 2024
- 5,995
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 426
- Part D claims, 2024
- 3,434
- Publications
- 1
- MIPS score, 2024
- 97
- Practice address
- 567 W Putnam Ave, Porterville, CA 93257-3260
- Practice phone
- Call (559) 781-0386
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Ashok Behl Md Inc
Physician office · Porterville, California
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Dr. Ashok Behl is a cardiologist in Porterville, California
Dr. Behl practices at Ashok Behl Md Inc in Porterville, California.
Dr. Behl's NPI, 1598877508, was assigned on August 31, 2006. Dr. Behl graduated from Government Medical College Amritsar in 1973. Dr. Behl's California license number on file is A38400.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1598877508NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 9830271709
- NPI enumeration date
- August 31, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (559) 781-0386
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 78
- Medical school graduation
- 1973
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Ashok Behl practices at Ashok Behl Md Inc in Porterville, California
Dr. Behl's primary practice is Ashok Behl Md Inc, at 567 W Putnam Ave, Porterville, CA 93257-3260. The practice phone is (559) 781-0386.
- Ashok Behl Md Inc567 W Putnam Ave, Porterville, CA 93257-3260Phone(559) 781-0386
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Ashok Behl is affiliated with 2 sites of care
Dr. Behl's primary practice is Ashok Behl Md Inc in Porterville, California. Dr. Behl is also affiliated with Sierra View Medical Center.
Ashok Behl Md IncPrimary
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Ashok Behl's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Behl practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Ashok Behl Md Inc | Available with a free account |
| +1 more affiliated site | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Ashok Behl is one of 2,375 cardiologists in California
Cardiovascular disease is Dr. Behl's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RC0000X. Dr. Behl is board certified in cardiovascular disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Behl has a license on file in California.
Specialties and state licenses
- Cardiovascular disease, CaliforniaPrimary
Clinical focus
Dmand AI lists angioplasty, atrial fibrillation and flutter, cardiac catheterization, chronic hypertension, coronary artery disease, heart failure, heart valve disorders and high cholesterol among the conditions Dr. Behl treats.
Cardiologists near Dr. Behl
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2,375cardiologists in California
3cardiologists in Porterville
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Ashok Behl billed Medicare for 5,995 services in 2024
CMS data shows 5,995 Medicare services from Dr. Behl across 20 procedure codes in 2024, for 426 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $276,742 for them.
Medicare services, 20245,995
Medicare patients426
Paid by Medicare$276,742
Procedure codes20
Dr. Behl's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Drugs given in the office
- 2023: 3,7682024: 2,57632%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 1,6972024: 1,5777%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 1,9122024: 1,50921%
- Imaging
- 2023: 2152024: 16623%
- Other services
- 2023: 2332024: 15434%
- Surgery
- 2023: 02024: 13
Where Dr. Behl's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office5,85398%
- In a facility1422%
Dr. Behl compared with the California median for cardiologists, 2024
- Dr. Behl
- California median
- Medicare services
- 5,995vs 1,5603.8 times
- Medicare patients
- 426vs 64434% below
- Part D claims
- 3,201vs 1,4102.3 times
Medians across 2,237 cardiologists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Behl's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024
CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.
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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Ashok Behl treated 426 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 77
CMS counts 426 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Behl in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 167 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 43% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.59, 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. Behl's median patient age at 75, with 53% women.
Medicare patients, 2024426
Average age77
Average risk score1.59
Also on Medicaid43%
Dr. Behl's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Behl's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women22352%
- Men20348%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Behl's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Arthritis50%
- Diabetes47%
- Ischemic heart disease45%
- Heart failure35%
- Atrial fibrillation26%
- Chronic kidney disease26%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Behl's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 75
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women53%
- Men46%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Ashok Behl wrote 3,434 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Behl wrote 3,434 Medicare Part D claims for 419 patients. 84% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 3,201 of them, across 40 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $442,189 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 3,078 claims across 38 drugs.
Part D claims, 20243,434
Drugs named by CMS40
Total drug cost$442,189
Part D patients419
Dr. Behl's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic2,873 claims84%
- Brand-name and other561 claims16%
Dr. Behl'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: 3,0782024: 3,2014%
Drugs named by CMS: 40 in 2024, 38 in 2023.
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. Ashok Behl scored 97 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 97 out of 100 for Dr. Behl for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Behl accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Dr. Behl's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 97of 100Final score
- 82.2of 100Quality
- 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
- 82of 100Cost
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Pacemaker insertion or repair: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)
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Dr. Ashok Behl has 1 publication on record
Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Behl. Dr. Behl's most frequent co-authors are Brijesh K. Bhambi, MD, Neil Salil Bhambi and Sanjiv Sharma, MD.
Papers1
Dr. Behl's most frequent co-authors
Recent publications by Dr. Behl
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Dr. Ashok Behl received $2,896 in industry payments from 2016 to 2024
CMS Open Payments shows 83 general payments to Dr. Behl from 16 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2024. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 71% of the total. Terumo Medical Corporation paid the most, $722.
General payments to Dr. Behl by program year, 2016 to 2024
General payments to Dr. Behl by kind, 2016 to 2024
$2.9Kin total
- Food and beverage$2,05871%
- Travel and lodging$62322%
- Education$2157%
Companies that paid Dr. Behl the most, 2016 to 2024
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Ashok Behl has 2 awards and honors on record
Dmand AI lists 2 awards for Dr. Behl, most recently CMS Stage 1 2012 in 2011.
Awards and honors for Dr. Behl
- 2011
- CMS Stage 1 2012
- Undated
- ACC Fellow
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Ashok Behl graduated from Government Medical College Amritsar
Dr. Behl graduated from Government Medical College Amritsar in 1973. Dr. Behl is a member of ACC.
- Medical school
- Board certified in cardiovascular disease
- Board certified in internal medicine
- Board certified in interventional cardiology
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Ashok Behl accepts plans from 8 insurance carriers
Dr. Behl is in network with 8 carriers, including Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Elevance. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 7. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
- Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
- Elevance
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
- HCSC
- Regence Health Plans
- CMS Medicare
- Humana
Plan types Dr. Behl accepts, by number of carriers
- Medicare7
- PPO6
- HMO4
- POS3
- EPO1
Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data
Sources for Dr. Ashok Behl's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare 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 percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Awards and committee roles | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Insurance carriers and plan types | Dmand AI Insurance Network Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Ashok Behl's NPI number?
Dr. Ashok Behl's NPI number is 1598877508. It was assigned on August 31, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Ashok Behl?
Dr. Ashok Behl is a cardiologist in Porterville, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Cardiovascular Disease Physician (taxonomy code 207RC0000X).
Where does Dr. Ashok Behl practice?
Dr. Behl practices at 567 W Putnam Ave, Porterville, CA 93257-3260. Dr. Behl's primary practice is Ashok Behl Md Inc in Porterville, California.
What is Dr. Ashok Behl's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Behl is (559) 781-0386.
What is Dr. Ashok Behl's medical license number?
Dr. Behl's California license number on file is A38400.
Which hospitals is Dr. Ashok Behl affiliated with?
Dr. Behl is affiliated with Sierra View Medical Center.
Does Dr. Ashok Behl accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Behl billed Medicare for 5,995 services in 2024, and Dr. Behl accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Ashok Behl's MIPS score?
Dr. Behl's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 97 out of 100, reported individually.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Ashok Behl see?
CMS counts 426 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Behl in 2024, with an average age of 77.
Is Dr. Ashok Behl board certified?
Yes. Dr. Behl is board certified in cardiovascular disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
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What services does Dr. Ashok Behl bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Behl's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J0153), office visit, established patient (99214) and heart test or procedure (93306).
Where did Dr. Ashok Behl go to medical school?
Dr. Behl graduated from Government Medical College Amritsar in 1973.
What drugs does Dr. Ashok Behl prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Behl's most prescribed drugs by claims were Amlodipine Besylate, Furosemide and Metoprolol Succinate.
Has Dr. Ashok Behl received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $2,896 in general payments to Dr. Behl from 16 companies from 2016 to 2024. The largest total came from Terumo Medical Corporation.
How long has Dr. Ashok Behl been practicing?
Dr. Behl graduated from medical school in 1973, 53 years ago.
Does Dr. Ashok Behl do research?
Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Behl.
Who does Dr. Ashok Behl publish with?
Dr. Behl's most frequent co-authors are Brijesh K. Bhambi, MD (1 shared paper), Neil Salil Bhambi (1 shared paper) and Sanjiv Sharma, MD (1 shared paper).
What insurance does Dr. Ashok Behl accept?
Dr. Behl is in network with 8 carriers, including Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Elevance. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 7. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
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